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The blueprints don't lie. I got to looking at the bridge for the 1/350 SPC-HWX and the blueprints, and my part is inaccurate. The spray shields should have extended past the little ladders aft. Now they do. There's a new spotlight that doesn't obscure the helm, and an engine air intake grid...

Tim Carr on X wishes his old airplane was still in service for the 250th.

Let's see if you can top the Sopwith Triplane. You've set your own bar, pretty high!

From the Sunny South, Plastic Surgeons founder Greg Metge is back in the saddle again! The kits included in his well appreciated build are from DML, AFV Club and a Custom Dioramics Bridge kit. His figures are a mix of Tamiya, DML and Warrior 1/35 guys. Pretty cool! PAMSCON link...

There is cause for celebration! The 1/700 Bluenose mold is producing detailed, outstanding, castings! Painting wood tan helps these cream colored castings. Starting tomorrow, I can pigment the polyurethane plastic and make it easier for buyer to see the workmanship that went into this...

Remember the waterline version I swore I wouldn't make? Yeah, well................

Shapeways, before they went tits-up. Buying more of these would have been way cheaper than casting them, but things has changed. ChiCom 3D printers make 1/350 missiles, but no AIM-54c is included.

This is a great show! The guys are interesting and the hardware is COOL!

You're a couple of days late for the month you mention, sir. The World Naked Bike Ride is ended. :doh:

Simply stunning! I used to watch The Flying Scot in F1 racing on TV when I was a kid. Those were much simpler times.

These are resin copies of 3D printed 1/350 scale AIM-54c "Feenie-Bombs" AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles. Also included are 10 1/700 external fuel tanks, ideally for making a military version of my delicate, tiny HU-16E Albatross, but suitable for other Jet aircraft as well. These...

Clearing Masters form a successful RTV mold sometimes looks like madness, but there is method to such madness. It's been said that my pictures don't show all the fine details of my castings. The natural cream color of first castings is a also a detriment to showcasing such fine detail...

The Mayflower quip was hilarious! I recognized the more bulbous design of a smaller, drab Spanish vessel. One might wish a ship-load of "migrants" may sail for their original homelands, rather than our shores, yes? Somewhere on YouTube there is a video of the "Parade of Tall Ships Under Sail"...

I can see plusses and minuses to this new tool. On the plus side, the actual drilling action will be improved, as your fingers won't slide down the bit with just a few rotations. This may work better than the bulkier (?) 3-jaw micro drill chucks I already have on hand. It sure is an...

That's how it worked out for me! Crybaby/Bully boss called to cuss me on MY TIME with my sweet girl sitting next to me! DONE!! That first 60 days was financially worrisome, I will confess.

I like the look of the Viking Valhalla V-33 and the Robalo very much, but getting these articles scaled down to favored micro model size has complications we are quite familiar with, yes? The Santa Lighthouse is great fun!!

Thanks guys! A wee stretch of shoreline, a grove of palms waving in the cool breeze and the Hemisphere Dancer zooming by at tree top level, In a 3" cube, perhaps? The 150-foot schooner Lucretia, tied up at the dock, would be too much model for a cube that size. I went with a bright...

A new 1/700 scale Seaplane kit is brewing at my lil shop. Grumman Albatross and Martin PBM-3/5 in glorious 1/700 scale! There's even a terminal building for welcoming Caribbean flying boat passengers. The HU-16 started out as Jimmy "Buffett's Hemisphere Dancer" but she has the long...

This is looking good so far!

Hey Terry! These are lovely builds!