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2017 Preview-Planned Projects new and old

Happy New year everyone as today I will preview what I have planned for the new year. New projects are mostly 48th scale for the most part, have not decided what to build in 72nd scale as yet. A little variety and looking forward to [...]

Display cases as requested… Happy New Year!

Some of our Imodeler friends made a request in the comments section of my last article which was about the Tamiya F4U-1 #15 as flown by Capt. James Cupp. It was requested that I post up some pictures of my display cases. So without [...]

2017 - a Happy new year I hope for every modeler, things I finished in 2016.

Some of these were also started in 2015 - 2016 - Tamiya RC211V, Fujimi F 4J, Tamiya F 84E, Trumpeter K8, while others have been several years in the making.

2016, some thoughts

I was contemplating reviewing my builds I've shared with you this past year but I've realized between the old builds, rebuilds and strictly new builds that I've posted a lot, maybe to much, and I've only been on the site for one year. Any [...]

Well 2016 is almost gone so....the 2016 output.

Wait a minute! 2016 just freakin got here! It's gone already? Sheesh. I hear that the explanation is at 10 years old, a year is only 1/10 of your life BUT at 61 a year is only a lousy 1/61th of it, therefore they Whoosh by. I do buy that [...]

November Imodeler "random award"

I want to thank the staff of Imodeler. I was chosen as the lucky winner for the month of November for the random award. I had joined Imodeler earlier that month. Since then I have received a very warm welcome. I appreciate the [...]

Santas' Little Helper and a Flying Sub

It's amazing what a good Imperial Stout will do for you when building something! I figured I had better take some pictures of the interior before I closed it all up. I did do the option where I can pull off the top docking ring and look [...]

1/48 Airfix Spitfire II

The first upgrade of the Spitfire was the Spitfire II, developed to take advantage of a more powerful version of the Marlin engine. Spitfire Mk.I K9788 was fitted with a Merlin XII in the summer of 1939. Tests demonstrated improved [...]

The rest of the 2016 builds

Not in any order: Roden 1/48 He-51 Eduard (new) 1/48 Bf-109G-6 Eduard 1/48 Bf-109F-4 Academy 1/48 F-86F-25 Arma Hobby 1/48 Grumman F2F-1 (resin) Tamiya 1/48 P-51D-25 Tamiya 1/48 Corsair IV Hobbycrfaft 1/48 F- 94B Zvezda [...]

Hellcats, Hellcats nothing but Hellcats

Hi there, a few days ago it seemed as if all Hell had broken loose, nothing but Hellcats were seen right here. So I thought let's wait a little while until hey all think there are safe again and then... BANG! here they are back again, [...]