I’m thinking of building a model of the Hellcat pictured above. This is a “factory fresh” example with red-outlined national insignia and no squadron numbers…
The Sonic Scrubber is one of the finest tools available for its unintended purpose. As a cleaning tool, it’s very bad. Just bad. But as…
When I first had a chance to see a real warplane up close, I was surprised to see that the 20mm cannon did not produce…
Mottling. Silly word. Entirely too tinny. But every plastic kit builder has encountered the mystery of how those mysterious Nazi airplanes are supposed to be…
This is my “stippling” brush. It was made from a Humbrol brush that cost me a few dollars and turned out to be one of…
I thought it might be time for a little tour of the work room. I’m not particularly tidy and don’t care if other people know…
One of the things on my “to do” list for this blog is posting scans of old, old articles from my collection of old, oldĀ magazines.…
When I say “basic” I mean basic. These are the tools that are like my eyes and hands. I don’t build anything without them. Reverse…
And so the “impossible thing” appears. I’ve been adding rockets and drop tanks to show this aircraft as it was, flying out of Iwo Jima…