Scale Model Wings

You might remember the last time that I’d put together the arrow piece with the foil jigs and Tamiya tape to pull things together into shape. Man, did it set well,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Don’t do what I did. I made a stupid assumption and didn’t read the label. I made the assumption that two Krylon spray products would work with each other. Well they...

This Testors mold is clean and fits well for the most part, but not a lot of detail. The cockpit was so sparse of details, I didn’t think to take any...

I’m pretty excited about this one. Got this kit for a steal off eBay. Looks in decent condition, but is kind of an old mold of the aircraft without much detail....

Oh man. It’s been a bit of a journey. I really didn’t think that would take quite that long. I also thought I was better at this than I am. I’m...

This is the kit that got away. The one I’ve thought about for years. It would stare at me from the store shelf, tempting me. But I couldn’t seem to pull...