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Many moons ago, I worked at a Land Rover Center with a US Navy and USCG vet. CPO Tom White. He was helmsman on the USS Guitarro, SSN-665. She was the second boat of the Sturgeon class and her primary job was gathering intelligence. Sometimes, according to Chief White, a little too close for...

So, the IPMS Blackhawk Model Building Society are in cahoots with IPMS Riverside Scale Modelers, of Coralville, IA and Major’s Rivers Edge Modelers of Davenport, IA, to present the Eastern Iowa Model Contest and Vendor Show tomorrow. Details about contest themes and printable entry forms are...

https://www.ipmswcmo.com/2023-model-fest We plan to attend. Anybody else coming to play models?

I wanted an S.E.5a for a long time. I stopped turning pages on a out-of-date aviation calendar when this British RFC fighter came up. Everything I do to the USCG 1/350 Island class WPB Master turns out OOK-LEE! So........... Break time!! Box 17 yielded the wished for kit. I took a look at...

Visiting Signature Flight Support at the Des Moines airport last Sunday, during a rare break in our recent soggy prairie weather, found us at the gateway to the Confederate Air Force's parking area on the Signature apron. Adult admission is $20.00 each, which seemed a bit steep, but how often...

Most of us a familiar with Royal Navy Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown and his aerial exploits. Major model manufacturers seem to ignore Winkle's first escort carrier model, in any scale...

It begins with short cast on a 1/350 210' WMEC lower hull. Since not much goes to waste here, chopping, sanding and shaping began to achieve a .72inch beam and close to 3.77 inch length. Yes, the hunk of lower hull started superstructure construction. The bridge winders fit well and looked...

https://trekfest.org/additional-information Ain't we all?

To avoid confusion, I have split the 1/700 Fast Response Cutter project off from the Island class WPB thread. Once again, Rafael Rivera has begun sending reference pictures that one might not find easily, from his many US Coast Guard contacts. Along the way, and since each Cutter kit includes...

The last Heller kit I built was a Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc. I opened the box and got a surprise. This 1/72 Mirage F1 kit is pretty nice for being a vintage kit that I had little appreciation for. I figger, it was started already, just as well make the best of it! I wished for SAAF decals for...

The Game is afoot! Another bright, shiny "Fartin' Fleas" model contest in the Berndes Center at the Jones County fairgrounds. Next weekend even! The Cool Kids are going on the Road! https://lippischmodelclub.org/Show2025/Fleacon21.html Forms must be downloadeded as a .jpg file and printed as...

Awright, awright, awright already! https://tlarmodels.com/ols/products/172-scale-stowage-kit-wbs-1-55-gallon-barrels-cask-and-ammo-boxes If a Tip Jar donation is made, no Linkie is needed. You get tell me who to mail these to, INSIDE the United States of America! I'm a good guy, but I cain't...

This Saturday! Anybody coming to play with "The Cool Kids" in Omaha? https://fortcrookipms.com/ The show theme is "Monogram Memories". I am excited to see some of my old favorites, but I haven't any Monogram kit recently built to take along. If the tornader hadn't broken the landing gear...

The IPMS Plastic Surgeons present Surgicon 29! https://ipms-plasticsurgeons.com/surgicon 5 April 2025 in the sprawling metropolis of Nevada (Ne-VAY-da) Iowa. The show theme is "From Tonkin to Saigon." Any subject related to the Vietnam War. A very broad theme indeed! "Rhino, Nevada? Really...

http://www.ipmsgreatplains.org/KCCon2025.htm This is the show held in the huge church in Kansas City, Kansas in conjunction with KCAMPS. The Shocking Pink Surgeons plan to voyage South this coming Saturday to join in the IPMS-style judging. I don't like to wait the whole day and then some, for...

Having watched "A Bridge Too Far" the other day, and gotten the idea I needed to build a Sherman Firefly, I waited patiently for MMM 2025. I'll see your Panther and call, Gary. Now where did I leave my Michael Caine figure?

Hi guys! Welcome to this years Plastic Surgeon club thread! That's right! Our merry band of Model Miscreants weathered another year without serious casualty or damage! Teresa built a new Lighthouse Pen. The light operates! Not really a fade to bright and fade out light, but still really...

After a few conversations with Mr. Rogers, I find him more attached to his Seahawk squadron than to the USS Carl Vinson. A change of plan has occurred. Yes, based on Frank's advice, I bought a Communist model kit. I was prepared to be disappointed and I am! :bat The Hobbyboss kit includes...

Airfix new 2025 reveal is next Tuseday. The riddle is what exciting new model kit will be included in 2025. The clue is a picture of Wilbur Wright's statue at Le mans. I think a 1/24 Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I/Hawk 81a is in the offing. RAF and AVG markings? 1/72 and 1/48 kits have been done, so...

What does your Christmas tree look like this year? Does your family have any interesting/funny holiday traditions?