After my completion of the Dam Buster Lancaster with the aircraft codes of Commanding Officer Guy Gibson, I read that after his Dam Buster adventure he flew the De Havilland Mosquito in which he unfortunately crashed near Steenbergen, the [...]
Here in the U.S. it is turkey day (Thanksgiving) and with this day, there is typically a baked turkey covered with a foil tent. But another bird is seeing the light of day today, namely an aluminum foil covered P-47.
I have been [...]
A short preface to Richard Trevithick's locomotive from 1804.
Cornwall in the 18th century is described in the sources as a highly inhospitable region and, because of its barren landscape and harsh population, it is known from London as [...]
Hi, everyone. I built this model for the "The Great War: A Tribute to Those Who Served" Group. I don't build biplanes, so my first contribution to the group was an armored car. When the ground machine was done, I thought I [...]
This one ALSO got finished...
Trumpeter, 1:48 scale, Grumman F9F-3 "Panther". Two things with this kit; it is not in my usual wheelhouse of models I like to build being a jet, and it did not sit upon the SoD, It was a model I [...]
Another one escapes the ..."Shelf of DOOM!"
1:48 scale, Accurate Miniatures P-51B, "Mustang". This kit sat languishing on the aforementioned "SoD" for quite a few more years than I'd like to mention. For [...]