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On This Day…January 21st

In the morning of 21 Jan 1945, Ticonderoga (CV-14) aircraft, along with others of Task Force 38, attacked airbases at Formosa in the South China Sea. During these raids, the Ticonderoga was hit twice by kamikaze pilots. Despite the heroic [...]

On This Day...20th January

‘Totenkopf’ (Death’s Head) SS division during Operation “Konrad” near the Hungarian city of Szomor (West of Budapest), January 20, 1945. A welder from the 26th Infantry Division works on an M-36 Tank Destroyer at Esch-sur-Sûre [...]

Lindberg 1/48 scale P-80 C Shooting Star unexpected gift

Suprises can come to you from a very unsuspected source... As it happened I visited a model train fair yesterday together with a longterm modelmaker friend. He spotted between all scale trains an old Revell 1/32 scale Spitfire, one of the [...]

Nose Art Group build - update

The Group build is still in full swing, and by popular demand I've decided to extend the deadline once again until March 31, 2019. Hopefully, that will give everyone a little more time to complete their models for this and the other [...]

Just realized I love the random trips to the past at the bottom of articles

I gotta say, I love the new feature that throws up random articles you can check out, down at the bottom of new articles. I was surprised the past few weeks, getting nice comments on articles submitted back in the early days here (and the [...]

Video: Focke-Wulf 190 Maintenance AirfieldDiorama 1/48

Patreon (link) Facebook page: (link) My web: (link) David Damek Music/Hudba: Music by Epidemic Sound ((link)) (link) Secrets And Lies 5 - Johannes Bornlöf Secrets And Lies 2 - Johannes Bornlöf Secrets And Lies 3 - Johannes [...]

On This Day…January 8th

On January 7, 1945, Thomas Buchanan McGuire took off from Leyte and led a group of four P-38 Lightnings – Tommy himself, Major Jack Rittmayer, Captain Edwin Weaver, and Lieutenant Douglas Thropp – on a fighter sweep over northern [...]

We had some real fun but it's time to say "Good-Bye".

Well. I am officially saying good-bye to all for some time, actually 3.5 to 4 years. I enjoyed my time so much participating with this wonderful group of model makers and enthusiasts. I truly believe this is the best model site on-line [...]

Happy New year! Let's get started!

So here are the first 4 kits I intend to build this year. They are all gifts from my wife and kids, who have always supported my hobby. I decided to start with the Pan Am Clipper from 2001. A simple kit, just a few pieces, but as with [...]

The New Year kiss of death on my 2019 modeling plans…

Other than completing the following builds (gosh, I’m sorry, Paul and Jaime - I will bring these Group Builds home, I promise)... (link) (link) (link) ...I’m hoping to complete on this lot. I have a grand plan to try and take a more [...]