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I have an original Marx 1/96 Sea Witch schooner kit on hand. Vintage 1959. Plastic kit with vac sails. Much less PIA than a plank-on-frame wooden ship kit for a similar result. Interested?

I did not realize how stubby the wings were on the Pioneer. Given she was a test bed for the Whittle jet engine, long trips weren't part of her mission profile. Clear Prop p/e instructions and NOVO kit cockpit. I may have bitten off more than I can chew on this one. Time will tell. My...

Soooooo, it's "Fill, sand, mark, fill, sand, cuss" again. I don't know a better way to make sure this old kit can be found for cheap, at KCCON, if the weather holds. I'm on Spring Break, so she should move right along. All y'all know how I don't like to lose.

Is the fit of the wings troublesome on the Airfix kit?

A grand old gent, to be sure. :salute:

If don't find a replacement Pioneer kit at KCCON, I may change my subject. These old turds are NOT worth $15.00 plus shipping.

May the Virgin Mandy smile down on you.

Apologies. I'm not sure I would know your real name from here.

The 917K appears to be a Pocher 1/8 scale kit. Squadron is carrying some of these in the US.

You can tell it was! I resized the really grand views beforehand just to be sure.

I thought I finished the job, but I missed the Junior Modelers..... The Tamiya CVE posed on the box-top was quite clever! And the "Blast (Off) From The Past" pictures.

I consider these overview articles my "Job" as Modeler's Alliance' Roving Reporter. It's satisfying to finish the job.

The pinnacle of my contest day was two-fold. Mr. Bob Kirby and his brother-in law, Steve came up from Rockford at my invitation to experience their first IPMS contest and to look over a couple of Silent Service models a Navy Nut they know made. Bob and I have been messaging back & forth for...

A 1/48 scale display of Pearl Harbor aircraft. As the show winds down, you can tell I start to think about how long it will take to post all these for a small audience. PFOOF! That's a lotta pix! 2 Plastic Surgeons entered the 2026 Mad City show. I told Joachim, I wouldn't chew him...

Mr. Paul Boyer, 1/72 scale airplane model Master, oversees the 1/72 scale Korean War aircraft display. Only a few of them are not his builds. They put him in a corner all by his onesie. I stopped to offer greetings, and maybe cheer the man up a bit. I didn't slobber all over a model-maker I...

Some Shinies! A REALLY BIG Shiny for @paddy! 1/48 Flying Shinies for Bob! The Bearcat is 1/32 scale. Construction flaws really stand out in larger scales. Random aircraft eye-catchers. The 1/144 JV-44 Schwalbe was excellent! NOTE: If you like to build Helicopters, make the...

Registration and Raffle tables. Registration is usually pretty brisk. $20.00USD for unlimited entries seemed kinda steep, but it matters not to me. I just wanted badly to see some of my old nerdy friends and debut 6 out my 7 entries in Madison. This is the same giant room as last year...

There are 99 pictures from the Mad City Contest car ride to post. Bear with me Men! Boattail 712 departs MRN 7 march 2026, 0630. Weather is at minimums with freezing drizzle. low cloud ceiling and just plain lousy visibility. I hadn't driven much distance in a while, so we went easy, rather...

We have to go. We only see Jerod and Donya Boothe 3 times a year. They are good friends and great company.

Too rich for my blood. A Hobbycraft C-45 for $70.00 is flatly ridiculous.