2011 Year-End Retrospective
If I had to sum up 2011 in a single word, I'd probably go with "grinding". This has been a year. Two job switches. A layoff and a month and…
The Pipeline
With the Tamiya Fw 190A-3 well into the painting stages, I’ve already started casting furtive glances at the stash and planning my builds for the next several months.
These are obviously subject to change at the slightest provocation or whim, but right now, here’s where I’m at: (more…)
Future Build Preview – P-51D-5-NA Mustang – “Hun Hunter ~ Texas”
If you look through my stash, it's fairly obvious that most of my modeling interests are focused on World War II. Sure, there's a biplane or two in there, and…
I Just Sold My Badger Airbrushes. Here’s Why.
Back in April, I scored a really good deal on two Badger airbrushes – the 105 Patriot and the Renegade Velocity.
When I first picked them up, I was impressed by their solidity and their balance. They felt substantially different from the Iwata and Harder & Steenbeck airbrushes they joined in my stable, much in the way that Japanese, German, and American cars have subtle yet decidedly different personalities.
Yet, today, I sold both Badger brushes.
Why?
It’s simple. Or complicated. Or both. (more…)
Bench Mk.II – Ready to Commence Flight Operations
A final push, an interlude to drag the $*@#*$@#% Christmas tree inside, and at last, Bench Mk.II is ready to go. Mostly. You can follow the earlier progress HERE and…
First Kit Back…
Progress on Bench Mk.II has been hindered somewhat over the past few days thanks to a resurgence of the sinus infection that hit me a few weeks ago, but I'm…
Bench Mk.II – Moving Along
Slowly but surely, Bench Mk.II is coming together. More shelves are up and the stash is being, er, stashed... Nearer the bench proper, the paint racks have gone up. These…
Bench Mk.II – In Progress
When I came back to modeling in July 2010, I put my bench together with two folding tables bought on the cheap and whatever spare bits I could scrounge together. I mean…I made a paint rack out of unused shelves, PVC tees and Diet Dr. Pepper cans! And a light mount out of an unused desk hutch, a few lengths of wood, a bungee cord and some chains jacked from some hanging plant baskets.
With the move, it’s been my intention to rethink some things and put together a better, more functional bench. Bench Mk.II. (more…)
- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- …
- 53
- Go to the next page