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After I had my triple bypass surgery. I started building models again after about a 20-year hiatus. I started at Swanny's models where I got acquainted with a lot of you. Yesterday, I learned from SA Dave that one of our fellow modelers from that era had passed away about three years ago. Tim...

Hello everyone. My name is Purrll. I am four months old, and my dad and mom adopted me today. I watch dad build his models and I don't get into trouble yet. Nice to meet you all.

My little buddy passed suddenly today. He was with us for 8 years. While we have two other cats, he was the most personable. I'll miss you, little buddy.

The biggest contention for me concerning any Tamiya Corsair kit is the wing panel fit. There is no secure connection when the outer panels are brought to mate up with the inner ones. As a result, there is always a misalignment between the two. In the 32 scale kits it is very much less so but it...

I bought this kit a year ago and started it then. Go side tracked and it sat in the back of the shelf until yesterday' I think it is a pretty good kit with minimal fuss. Read the instructions because there are a few miss numbered parts and sprues. however, the kit comes together fairly well. I...

A friend of mine, who used to be a corporate pilot, asked me to build him one of his favorite planes. I don't know what he saw in my builds that made him choose me to do the build as he has another friend who is in the same model club as I and is a much better modeler than I am. Anyway, I won...

Can any one here help me source 1/32 clevises. I want to use it for the push / pull connectors on my Swordfish.

I am in search of 1/32 pilot figures for my Trumpeter Swordfish. If any one knows where I may source some please don't keep it a secret.

I have the GWH 32 P-40 B that I want to do in No. 112 squadron colors. I bought the Eaglecals decals for that squadron but they are for the Trumpeter 32 scale kit. I am thinking of painting the shark's mouth and foregoing the decals. How would one go about painting the sharks mouth? Since I have...

This is the first campaign for me in quite a while. Tamiya's 48 scale 219. This is not a totally issue free kit but nothing that can not be overcome. Small annoying fit issues in the nacelles and around the hatch for the schragemisik guns and one gap under the wind screen. I did not have the...

No pics yet but I have two. one in 32 and the Tamiya one in 48. I'll get pics up as soon as I can get some things cleared up around here. I have been busy with a persnickety yard tractor. Blade brake, PTO cable and deck leveling. It take me a couple of days to get up off of the ground when doing...

Saturday is our annual show here in Tulsa. If it is anything like last year it will be a blow out. It is being held at the Park Church of Christ, 10600 east 96th st. It will be held in the youth center. https://www.tulsaipms.org/ I hope if you are in the area you will come in and enjoy...

I wanted to build an early D for a long time and in OD. I watch several guys build their NMF planes and the ones that once inspired me to build are mostly built. Cripes-a-Mighty, and several others, while good subjects, are just not in my sights any more and I feel as if they have been over...

I bought this kit at a show that I attend in OKC and I didn't know when I was going to get on to it. I had a couple of issues with paint, decals and my clumsy fingers. I have a few clear parts left to add and the antenna wire. The paint is all Tamiya except the clear which is MRP, which is the...

Here is my Trumpeter 32 scale P-40N that I got as a gift from a friend. The whole kit went together rater well and I really had no issues until I came to putting on the decals. they disintegrated when I put them in the water. I coated the rest with clear lacquer but that didn't help, so I...

In October of this year, a day before his 41st birthday, I lost my son to a massive heart attack. Tim spent 12 years of his life in Virginia's prison system and that is where he got the education to be employable after his release. 20 years has gone by since then and he did nothing but strove to...

Another one for a friend of mine.

I have been quietly building at a slow pace of late. There's no particular reason just that I have been enjoying these curbside kits. I have also been learning techniques involving Mr super clear lacquer and No-Name 2K clear coats. I used MRP Ford Liquid gray for the base coat and 2K clear top...

I would like to take the time to invite anyone who is within the area to head out to Bixby, Ok for our annual model show and contest. There will be plenty of raffle items and plenty of camaraderie . We will have Kinetic models there as one of the vendors and since all of our vendor tables are...

I have been trying for the past couple of weeks to get a smoother finish for my builds. Acrylics didn't work well for me because I just couldn't wait for them to cure. Lacquers, while tougher than acrylics again I just was too impatient for get the correct setting and learning not to rush the...