Category: Modelling materials
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Build The Stash

A pause in the litany of sin today – It’s my birthday and I thought you deserved a little variety in the column. Back to the grind tomorrow… I am a relatively recent returnee to the hobby of model kit building – though I have been whacking away at scratchbuilt structures and repurposed die-casts for…
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Well, Sheet…Now What’s Gone Wrong?

The heading image is fuzzy, out of focus, over coloured, and frightening. That actually describes my mind on a lot of occasions – federal elections, tax time, family festivals, etc – but in this instance it was actually vital – I need decals for my new aircraft. And my go-to solution for them appeared to…
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What’cha Got Cookin’ ?

Ansons…I couldn’t get the plain variety so this is the one with resins…I mean raisins… Currently it is raisin’ my blood pressure. I was nearly right by the time I got to spraying the grey undercoat on the ship. I’d filled and sanded as much as I thought I could decently do, and resisted the…
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The Resin Problem

Note: This is the second time this post has appeared in The Little World – I miscued it yesterday. If you are confused, join the club… Let’s hope the cunning plan works, Baldrick. Well, the Special Hobby 1:72 Anson is progressing, but the journey has been one of some rather unpleasant discoveries: a. The interior…
