Another old Revell kit from the Golden Age of Plastic Ships and Iron Men has crawled up on the workbench. Revell’s Charles W. Morgan from…
As I’ve said before (somewhere) building models isn’t something I do for fun. I do it because I have to. It’s like a monkey on…
This Minicraft (Academy) B-24 has the nose molded separately in order to allow the same basic fuselage parts to be used in a variety of…
I’m starting to get excited. I found the lost and derelict decals from an old Revell kit in 1/72 of the B-24D. There, in yellowed…
Here’s Kidd Hofer’s P-51B built from the old Monogram kit and built “wheels up” and put on a stand–just like in the old days. I…
I don’t know exactly what’s wrong with the state of “internet” model building, but it has something to do with panel lines. I draw them…
Getting very close to the finish line now. Glare in the photo above makes it look like the pilot is wearing a “bone dome.” Funny.…
No, it’s not a Tamiya kit. But I used a lot of Tamiya paint on it. The basic technique here is to paint the model…
I’m not brush painting the invasion stripes. In fact, I’m omitting them entirely. Some might call this “chickening out” but I prefer to call it…
I’ve given the model two coats of Vellejo Metal Color (Aluminum). I’m still learning to apply this material with a brush, and because I’m basically…