Review: 3.5X-420mm Dental Binocular Loupes
Modeling can often involve working with - and straining to see - extremely small parts. Detailing instrument panels. Drilling out gun barrels. Rigging biplanes. We're often faced with bits that…
Review: 1/72 Revell of Germany P-47D-30 Thunderbolt
I should preface this entire review with the caveat that 1/72 scale isn’t my thing. Excepting a small stash of 1/72 heavy bombers, my tastes run to 1/48 and 1/32 scale kits. So…Revell of Germany’s 1/72 Jug isn’t the type of kit I’d typically buy. But I’ve heard good things about it, and it’s cheap. As in, $6.76 cheap. So what does Revell provide with a sub-$7 kit? And what does a 1/48 and 1/32 modeler make of the diminutive Jug? Let’s find out. (more…)
Gear Review: Tamiya Electric Handy Drill
Of all the tools in a modeler’s arsenal, there’s none I despise more than the pin vise. While it’s utterly necessary, it’s also an exercise in frustration, particularly when fragile…
A Soviet Trend?
It was the Soviet Union that broke the back of Nazi Germany. Sure, the Allied campaigns in North Africa and Western Europe doubtless sped the fall, but by the time…
How To: Give Your Cockpits More Depth
Over my past several builds, I've become increasingly disenchanted with my cockpits. Despite the usual weathering, they've all appeared too...clean. So, with my current set of builds, I've determined…
On the Bench: 1/48 Tamiya Dewoitine D.520
The Dewoitine D.520 In the late 1930s, the major European powers all undertook the development of a new generation of fighter aircraft. In Germany, this development resulted in the Messerschmitt…