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Monthly Archives: June 2016

You’ll remember from last time, I got a piece of narrow gauge railroad rail that I can balance right to push down the arrow shapes into place. I was hoping that would hold things so I can move on to the next step. It went surprisingly well. There are gaps, but ones that should be hidden when the cockpit goes in. So now I’m going to use aluminum foil to create some custom… Read More

Oh boy, talk about bringing back memories! I remember now how very poorly the jet intakes fit on this old Monogram mold. Yikes ahootie. It’s a serious balancing act to make these come together. I’m going to be doing well if I get them lined up at all, nevermind clean joints. The main fuselage of the jet from behind the cockpit back to the exhaust is split between the top and bottom… Read More

Started in on the cockpit, one of my fav parts of any aircraft model. It’s really fun to make a detailed cockpit, even knowing that if you have it displayed closed, you won’t see the detail later on. It’s not only hard for me to see the details on scale models unaided, but after I’m done, the details I’ve worked on I can’t really see anymore either. I’m finding that taking pictures… Read More

I did the model that got away first, the one back in the 80s I thought I might finish as my last. Now I’m revisiting and old friend with an old kit I bought off eBay. This kit isn’t the really old one pictured above, but a 90s one. As I inspected what I bought, I see I failed to notice the canopy was missing from the pictures of the kit. So… Read More