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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...

I have now some good positive ventilation and PPE in the hobby room and I have bought some Mr Paint 2K clear urethane. My quest is to find an adequate cleaner. I am not buying proprietary cleaner/reducer in the quart. I'm thinking if the stuff is available for much less cost I would be willing...

It is becoming an obsession. First a build for a friend, then two. then this. I have been battling trying to get the shade of red that I wanted. Nothing in lacquer and the closest was Aqueous from Gunze. I am letting the paint cure real well before gloss coating and a polishing. plenty big...

After the Miata build I sort of got the bug to build curb side kits. so I got to thinking of a way to get an affordable kit. I bought the Revell '85 Olds 442 from Hobby Lobby. Looking at the plastic it appeared to be molded with several different types of styrene. It had swirls different shades...

The last couple of weeks I have been clandestinely building this Mazda for a friend of my wife. Ultimately it is all black and quite a challenge for me because I don't really do gloss paint jobs well. Since I got the eye surgeries out of the way I thought it time to finish the black paint...

I had my second cataract surgery today and if all goes well I'll be back at the bench real soon.

I caught this while trying to get the mojo back and knowing that we have 2 outstanding cycle builders I thought this would be fitting.

The years just seem to go by real quickly now since I came into my mid sixties. Ive been having difficulties with health related things from high blood pressure to a triple CABG about 14 years ago. Diabetes, obesity and a myriad of other conditions that I just chalk up to getting older and a...

I thought it would be time to start the Airfix 24 scale F6F-5. So far I think it is a fairly decent kit and I have searched out reviews on it before I bought it. I started the pit today and I am pretty much in the paint phase and throwing some washes on it. I am making this a three or four month...

I am looking for a set of decals for an Australian Grey Nurse sqdn. Specifically Gibbes mount. If anyone has a set laying around please get in touch.

My 1/1 scale Tom Cat

I really need to get a table set up to do pics with and it is not like I don't have a good camera. It is pure laziness on my part. Anyway, I had this kit in the stash for about 12 years and I had started it a couple of times. In those years I managed to loose parts and pieces and parts of decals...