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Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIX – Part Three – A Spiffing Spitty
There really should not be any basic problem with an Airfix kit – even the historic ones with their rivets and misshapen crew members are moulded to eventually yield a representation of whatever is on the front of the box. If you are diligent you can end up with just this. It may have some…
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIX – Part Two – ” Well! Excuse Me! “
Oops! Sorry, madam. I have intruded upon you while you are in a state of composition. One might take pictures of a lady in a state of undress, but one should never do so when she only has half her make-up on. I seem to have caught the new PRU spitfire with putty in her…
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIX – Part One – So Why This One?
For that matter, why any of them? What’s the factor that impels us to choose one particular plastic model over all the others there in the hobby shop – impels us strongly enough to get us to spend money buying it, and time researching and building it? I think it can be many things: a.…
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Can You Hear The Cheaping?
No, it’s not the sparrows on the lawn or the dry wheel bearings on the Toyota…it’s the cheaping noise the modeller makes when they want to do something frugally. Put another way, it’s the sound a penny makes when you pinch it. No, this will not be a post on how to crochet a Sunderland…
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Well, I’m Alright…But What About You?
And the topic with which I treat today is the business of after – not before or during. Specifically, what are you going to do with the models that you build? I’m okay. I spent up on Billy bookcases from IKEA when they were cheap and I wasn’t and have enough space for my 1:18th…
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” There Should Be An Enormous Kerboom…”
As Marvin the Martian was wont to say…and if my mazel runs to form this year that is exactly what I might produce in my Little Workshop. You see I have taken to collecting solvents and thinners. It started with a simple bottle of Tamiya X-20A and seems to have burgeoned. The advent of lacquer…
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Chance Vought Corsair – Part Three – We Have Liftoff
I am pleased to report that I have gotten my mojo back. The Hobby Boss F4U-1 is complete and on the tarmac at Wet Dog Regional beside her sister craft – The F4U-1 pre-built model from the same maker. Think I have done as decent a job as the makers themselves, and have certainly restored…
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Chance Vought Corsair – Part Two – New Model Just Release!
You buy now. We ruv you rong time. Someone told me I was getting cynical in my old age. I have my high school yearbook and the entry with my photo says I have an ironic wit. I am not an old cynic – I was a smart arse in 1966. All this because I…
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Chance Vought Corsair – Part One – Familiar Territory
As you’ll have seen from my earlier postings, this kit build is a confidence-building exercise occasioned by a recent failure. It is the second Corsair to get on the deck but this time it will fly. The Hobby Boss presentation is familiar – a clear plastic tray that corrals all the sprues and parts. I…
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The Same Kit Again
I have yet to make the same kit again in my current modelling – but it came close with one of the Airfix offerings. Fortunately between Mk I and Mk IV a great deal had happened so the two models are quite different looking, The real problem would be if one tried to make a…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 