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Really fun, and really happy with how this turned out! Some of the decals were way past shot and just wouldn’t sit down no matter how much Micro Sol I put on them, but I wanted the craft to be clean and simple, wheels up, bomb bay doors up. You can even see just a bit of the green glow in the cockpit! Here’s looking to whatever comes next. The stash is… Read More
I was excited to see in the extra kit I bought to get a replacement canopy, it had the old decal set I remembered from the kit when I did it in the 80s. Lots more selection and definitely crisper, cleaner text and graphics. That said, I didn’t want to put all the decals on I did back then. Wow, every single “no step” is there and more. When you put that… Read More
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 pretty rusty. I also learned after the fact once finding this outstanding outline resource that can tell you some about the kits you’re building ahead of time ( ). I remembered and used old skills, but with a bit less deftness… Read More
Got this fun kit along with the X-Wing from earlier. It’s 4th favorite ship from the Star Wars trilogy (1. Millennium Falcon, 2. B-Wing Fighter, 3. Y-Wing Fighter). I love the way they look, fly, and the way the old Kenner toy version was not only the coolest for it’s strobing laser, but also because it was the most closely in-scale to the figures compared to the movies. Anyway, another fun build,… Read More
This is my first kit in the new hobby room. A simple x-wing from a snap-tite. Just wanting to get warmed up again to building and this room and workstation have really made it enjoyable! The magnifying lamp is what truly makes it possible. Could my eyes actually be worse than when I built that Falcon last year?
It’s both a great and a sad feeling to finish a model. There’s obviously a feeling of accomplishment, but there’s missing the process when it’s done. It was nice to be back at it modeling, but these snap-tite kits go so darned fast, it’s hard to enjoy build for very long. And I seriously took my time to make the most of it. That said, even for a quick simple one, it… Read More
Scale Model Wings 