Someone wrote to me and said that he had to build a paint booth. My answer to him was:
"No you don't have to do that."
From the early 1980's I painted outside next to our swimming pool in San Jose, California, then I moved into [...]
The Churchill certainly isn’t going to win any beauty pageants.. And is been said that it got some laughs from the Americans and even the Germans at Dieppe snickered at its appearance and fairly weak gun.. it was till later Mk.’s [...]
One subject that always fascinated me was the end days of World War II.. There are a lot of conspiracy theories out there surrounding Hitler’s last hours.. The Russians surrounding Berlin in April 1945 must’ve been quite terrifying for [...]
Hi,
After a lot of tanks and airplanes I have a need to do something else, so tried my first car model :-O It was a gift from last Xmass, and after two weeks here is result. Kit is from Hasegawa 1/24 😉 and because my wallet is emtpy I [...]
Some more Latin-American stuff from my father.
Airfix kit (export version), Quickboost gunsight (kit has none), Eduard Superfabric RAF seatbelts, Barracuda Studios replacement resin cowl, a scratch part for the missing headrest [...]
This is Atlantis models reissue of the old Revell 1/174 kit. Not to much detail, there never was, but they did provide two types of stands and improved the decals. You can also choose to use the external fuel tanks for a SAC version, ala [...]
Finished the 1/350 Pegasus Hobbies Moonlander last night. This was a really fun project outside of what I usually build. I used Mission Models paints throughout and added a few LEDs to give it some drama. I also used the excellent [...]
In 1984 I wanted to build a 1/32 scale Corsair, but there was no kit and I had no experience in what they called "scratch-building," including "vac-u-forming" parts. In fact, I had no idea what "vac-u-forming" [...]
I have been trying out different techniques and diorama design styles for some time now. Been working out on the 'Damaged scattered' look, and car damaged look. Haven't been able to decide on a possible diorama look but been working on [...]
The famous RAF airliner/bomber/fighter. This is another fine Airfix kit, although with some rather fiddly bits that means that this is not for the inexperienced modeler. The cockpit glazing was 3 seperate clear pieces sandwiched in and [...]