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I just sold one of these kits to a friend. There is a lot of flap about gun mantlet fit issues, I hear.

Decals are finished on Tom's 1/350 USS Guitarro. I wonder about how much weathering a nuclear attack submarine might have. Several billion dollars of US Navy underwater hardware might deserve the best of care. A nice display case is on the way to protect the Guit-fish model from dust and...

That's the mod for the napalm canister the Japanese used to attack Pearl Harbor! :lol:

Holly Molly, say it isn't so! An Emil in 1/32 scale?! Only $449.00 USD?! Wait, I think my heart just skipped a buncha beats. Incredible! Inexplicable! Inescapable! Inconceivable! :lol:

Thanks Men! I've busied myself with the "Grunt Work" of assembling parts for the 1/350 110' kit today. A creative mind doesn't care for the tedium of such, but it is a necessary evil. Casting continues until 5 kits are ready for initial release, it looks like this week yet. Instructions are...

There's a fire-breathing MK.5 short MGB right there in Jolly old England. How about something really exciting?! Do this in 1/72 Airfix.

Holly Molly, say it isn't so! A Gustav in 1/24 scale?! Only $100.00 USD?! Wait, I think my heart just skipped a buncha beats. Incredible! Inexplicable! Inescapable!

Island class 110's in other jobs.

She's coming along! I worked on instructions for a couple of hours. For one of my simpler kits, there sure are a lot of tips & tricks to relate. The 2.0 corrected hull can out swell and is casting quite nicely! Cape Islander "Janie C." Her fisheries registration number is the correct...

Interesting toothy development; Sea Shepherd has had several vessels named "Bob Barker" but this one closely resembles The St. Giles H-220 trawler, don't she?

I thought it might be snowy. This is cool as well!

.......and this is the ugly one! Thanks Men. She's been repainted and looks the part. The production 2.0 version is much better.

I fixed all the flaws that vexed me on the original 110 WPB hull. The end result will be a kit that appropriately honors US Coast Guardsmen, present and past. It took the most part of 2 days to properly atone for my model sins. The other cutter parts in the original mold continue to cast...

The 1/350 Island class hull "Do-Over" is almost done-over. The bow profile is much improved, tiny flaws in the hull surface are filled smoothed, The crooked portside life raft canisters have been replaced. The box located at the back of the superstructure has been fitted, so as not to block...

Modeler's Alliance had a Google Meet this morning, during which attendees witnessed what few human eyes have ever beheld. I demolded the Masters out of 2 of my new molds. These both look promising. 12-hour demold, 24 hours to first casting. One mustn't rush the chemicals. 1/700...

Decals proceed on the 1/350 scale USCG Island class cutter and included Cape Islander lobster boat. The decals came out fair, but it is disclaimer time! The bow profile of my 110-footer hull is just wrong. The sweep of the deadrise goes almost midships of the real cutter. My model looks...

On a soggy, chilly, November day, the need arises for another pot of Trainwreck Chili. Have no fear! The traditional pan of cornbread will be baked before serving! There is so much meat of different sorts in this, the spoon almost stands up in it! Cumin is key. Not enough to cause ignition...

I'm a little American fish in a Big American Pond, but I would have shipped new ones, (after I inspected them) right away at NO charge in the USA. I had a contamination problem with MoldMax 10 that the tech guys (a woman) at Reynolds and I couldn't figure out. They sent me brand new, fresh...

Here the link to the cool U-boat build we glossed over during the meeting.

I liked the way the 16-foot Larsens came out well enough to include them in the 1/350 war canoe mold. I've got a pile of 1/350 Caravelle 232 V-8 powered speedboats that I made for Brandon Lowe, so perhaps a 1/350 scale speedboat set will come of this. :bm: I expect to cast this mold Sunday...