One of the things that irks me is the tendency among certain younger, hipper people to declare that there is always something new that is…
As I mentioned in my last post, I have a Revell Golden Hind sitting in mothballs, waiting for the right moment to jump out and…
Perfectionism is a disease, not a cure. The A-20 model is coming along just fine, despite my best effort to foul it up. But first,…
I don’t know how to talk about this project without talking about art. I know this makes some guys uncomfortable. I don’t know how to…
I remember when Revell’s A-20 jumped off the shelf at me in (when was it?) 1970 (or thereabouts). Old Revell kits fill me with nostalgia…
Some blogs are about plastic model kits, and some blogs are about AVIATION HISTORY and only a few are strange and uncomfortable mixtures of both.…
A few years ago I decided that in order to be a “real modeler” I would need to learn to sand off raised panel lines…
At the risk of causing some confusion, I’ll post a photo I took before The Big Hellcat Disaster of ’17 (TM). It looks like this:…
The problem with doing something worthwhile is that it can go wrong. Today I took up my work like I always do, but the outcome…
I was posting my “Gallery II” post when a thought struck me (and almost knocked me down I’m so sensitive). Why do I ALWAYS give…