Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Slowly turning that pig into a swan Gary.

I ended up with an MPC version of the Stuka back in the early 80's. The decals were absolute crap I ended up making masks and painting the markings with my old single action airbrush. I still have that plane (in pieces) in a box. Just have never gotten around to putting it back together.

Yes there was a lot of sharing, including issues and subjects that we don't normally post about in the forum. I actually found it interesting and informative. It seems that most of us modelers share similar opinions and thoughts even on the "forbidden" subjects and so it was nice to hear and...

Yeah, my dad got me hooked. I remember he built the Revell 1/72 Memphis Belle, he built a Hawk 1/72nd scale Corsair that was white with black markings. I found one of those kits a few years ago and have it in my stash. Much later he obtained a 2 in 1 AMT car kit that had the XR-6 roadster and...

Yeah his name was ChukW. He did cartoon characters to explain his builds. I think he was an artist by trade. Moved from San Francisco up to the Seattle area, and got mad about someone that posted something online somewhere else and Bob wouldn't ban them as they didn't do anything wrong here...

Looking really good Tim!

Yes you are right about the photos. That is part of why I do text IN the photos. That way the text is part of it and if someone wants to save the photo for reference they also get the info. It helps for me to have a graphics program that I have created templates that can be used easily for...

Not sure what I will do with my tank builds as I don't know how they are designed. The 251 would have been easy if I had just NOT glued the shafts solid. As I have the 251/22 yet to build with the Pak 40 on it, it should go a bit easier.

Yeah, you and I are both detail oriented and can't stand the off bits. It seems the best looking kits "always" need a fair amount of Tender Loving Care, but that is what we enjoy doing and sharing. Your build is looking really good my friend. When you post about your problems it always makes...

I got my first model for me to build on my 7th birthday. It was this kit. No paint, just glue and decals. This was a sub kit from the big set of a bunch of planes that Monogram put out a few years earlier. At about the age of 9 my parents bought me a set or bunch of the little Testors...

As my build habit is to work it spurts and then let things set, I usually place the decals and wait several days doing something else. I also do that with the Alclad paints. The gloss black goes on then immediately a wet mist of Mr Gloss Thinner Retarder that allows the Gloss to smooth and...

Yeah, War Dept's tend to not be as observant as they should be. My late wife would put her dry cleaning clothes in the wash and all kinds of odd stuff after she had her stroke. That wasn't the hard part. The hard part was trying to catch it before she FUBARed it. Finally got through to her...

My surgery turned out fairly well. Foot and lower leg are working fairly well considering they did a lot of work to clean off the main nerve in my leg. As today I am still a little on the wobbly side, not a problem as my leg is in better shape than it was last time. Tomorrow I will probably...

Lead on McDuff! I am watching closely!

I need one in 1/32 scale.