The Public Thing
"Is modeling art?" It's one of those questions that never seems to go away. I've been skeptical for years. Not because modeling isn't art, but because "art" has been stretched…
2024 – All quiet on the western front
2024 has been a pretty big year at Casa Doogs, with one notable exception - modeling. The high hopes I brought into the year fizzled pretty quickly. And as I…
Done with 1-2-3
I spoiled myself this weekend. To the extent that I now have serious doubts about whether I'll ever be able to stomach a 1-2-3 IPMS show again. The TLDR This…
1/16 Sherman Tracks – 5 Types Now Available!
Happy to announce that my latest batch of downloadable tracks - a whole gaggle of sets designed for 1/16 scale Shermans and other VVSS vehicles - are now available over…
FAQ: TBD-1 Edition
It seems like every single post I make documenting my progress on the TBD-1 Devastator attracts questions I’ve already answered at least five times. In the interest of not posting…
Focus Points for 2024
As 2023 races to a close, I find myself looking to 2024, and what I want to accomplish. I don't particularly subscribe to resolutions. I hate goal-setting at work. But…
2023: well that happened
In order to understand my 2023, you really have to start with my 2022. 2022 was the year the wheels kinda-sorta came off my life. I spent months going to…
Musings on Creativity
The past week or three have been so full of hot takes about creativity and innovation - or the lack thereof - that it's feeling like the rhetorical equivalent of…
Don’t Buy These Wheels (They Suck)
I'm not a fan of vinyl tires. Never have been. Awful paint adhesion, difficult to remove mold seams, awkward gaps and fit with the wheels, all of it. Generally, if…
Strange Things Afoot at the NCC…
In most years, the usual post-Nats churning would be settling down by now. But 2023 is simply not most years. We've had sub implosions and Hawaii burning and orcas waging…