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This just HAD to be done.

YEAH!!

People overthink it. If the clay shrinks, saw it off. Start with a coat of silver and build up the base from there with grays and Tamiya clear blue. Gloss white for wakes and bubble streams, Future clear coat, Robert's your Uncle. Fannie's your Aunt, your ship is underway! Al has an...

The actual TLAR Models Hobby Shop is taking shape. I got me a comfy chair, a ton of model kits (not all of them are pictured here) and an ashtray. The last of the model kits moved in here from the tornader-damaged bedroom today. I plan a ladder and roof-top deck for the 22-foot steel...

Tell all your US-based friends about the website! I can ship internationally, but all the VAT and other such taxes are on the buyer. I don't have that tax certificate.

In the Navy your call sign might have been "Messer". Your namesake is a dandy one!

I've been to your Caribbean Island! It was lovely. If we ever meet in person, I shall lobby for your sainthood, my far flung friend!

I wasn't much for social media either. I wanna sell models. To be honest, it's repetitious and boring the piss right out of me. So many bots and imposters. I did contact the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security about the story of kindness of the officers and crew of CGC Active...

A day of somber reflection and remembrance. Consider this; How their sacrifices shaped our own Nation and our own lives. What inspiration servicemembers such as these have provided to us, as Men and as model makers. The "Garden of Stone" is on General Robert E. Lee's former property. Rest...

On a windless day, flight ops may very well have been conducted at full speed. You're on the right track. Less is more with water texture.

Don't give up! You're a better man than that! 1.5mm bushings and corresponding inside diameter shafts? C/A glue fill/sand and re-drill? Improvise, Adapt, Overcome, Baby! I'm pullin' for ya!

My little brother was a hair's breadth away from being named "Roger Wilco". Count yourself lucky! Is you whole name "Barnabus"?

My Dad was one of those hard-boiled old guys that never could utter the words "I love you" or "I'm proud of you". When he called me "Butch" I understood that was as close as he was ever going to get. The day we flew our Tri-Pacer through the clouds he said "Take 'er, Butch." No one else ever...

Expert ship models builders such as Mark Karolus, Richard Sliwka, David Waples and Carl Musselman all paint horizontal surfaces first, then, shooting up at an angle, painted the verticals. A little touch-up at the deck/bulkhead line is needed. I learned my "tricks" from men such as these. I...

Thanks. The whole Newport News shipyard in 1/350?

I've been "Rhino" since 2nd grade. An obvious contraction of Rhiner. Many moons ago, while enjoying the photos of scantily clad young beauties, I griped about not liking sand with naked boobs. Yup. "Sandman". No connection to Logan's Run. I never did care for it.

The gun tubs have been re-fitted to HMS Audacity. One shouldn't think Rhino would bore one (hem) with the details of building the 'tubs, such as it is. He is considering molding the flight deck as it were.

Consider this as well. Every time you add an accessory to a model kit, you create the opportunity for a flaw. 2 of the best ship modelers I know paint everything else first, then add the painted p/e, and carefully glue it on with teensie drops of c/a. The deepest, darkest, ship model secret...

You rang, Pup? That is a beautiful shot of Sara with bone in her teeth. 1945 fit one should think. I think this is the calm waters of San Francisco bay or Puget Sound, early in the day.