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Hello all! I have been missing due to some health issues. Here is an update: I do NOT have CTEPH so the big scary surgery is off the table 😎. I did however have a diagnosis of severe veinous reflux and am recuperating from surgery to rectify that. I was taken off a medication (a beta blocker)...

On the bench ! Maquette T-34 obr 1941. Well what can I say? Weird plastic clunky details.... So here is the donkey work. 1. The upper hull is a T-34/85... That means backdating. 2. A 7mm strip needs to be removed from the front glacis to fix the rounded prow. I did this by measuring (twice) with...

What have I gotten myself into??? My workbench won't hold it! On a side note I have always wanted to build a 1/72 Fubuki class... It would only be slightly bigger.. $59 at Ollies

Two years ago this September I suffered a massive bilateral pulmonary embolism. After my "recovery" I felt better, but in the last year my condition has progressively worsened. I made an appointment with a vascular surgeon, but before the appointment my left leg "blew up" (it was the source of...

Lets see how good everyone is with rail yard operations. What's the potential disaster here?

Here is Zeke. He's one half of my dynamic duo of dogs. He's grown since this pic, but loves to sit by my workbench. He is an English Cocker.

Here is a 95% complete build on the bench for final assembly. The kit is the venerable Hasegawa offering in 1/48 kit #09806. The kit was bought off ebay and had bad decals so I sourced an aftermarket set from Bestfong out of Taiwan. The plane represents a machine from the 37th Chutai which was...

I goofed up a decal on my Ki-45 Toryu. I had painted it in a home island defense scheme which put me in a problem. Only two Sentai (wings) operated it, the 53rd which I had prepared the plane for and the 4th. Unfortunately, the 4th wont work as I had painted a single white band behind the...

My Ki-45 I started after being released from the hospital two years ago. Working on wrapping it up with decals and detail parts. Hope you enjoy it

Hello everyone Jon here. I mostly build WW2 Japanese aircraft. Or Soviet armor. I live in South Carolina and work in a rail yard.