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Ever feel like you’ve just had it too good? Me either, but for some reason, testing new tools? Over confidence? I felt like I needed to break part of this model purposely and repair it solidly. I think I’m paying too much attention to how cheap this was. Might be an idiot too. I’d assembled the dolly wheels for the jet when I was suddenly taken with the stupid notion that I… Read More

Often scale models of WWII aircraft will have antenna pegs molded to the fuselage or tail, meant to hold a wire communications antenna line as on the real aircraft. Sometimes these are pretty robust as on the Revell | Monogram B-17. Other times they can be pretty thin, flimsy, or already broken during shipping on smaller aircraft like fighters. They might be attached from the tail, fuselage, or a taller peg sticking… Read More