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After poking around the abandoned airfields website, I came upon a photo of a rotating beacon tower at Mellar Field west of Houston. And since I needed a project to keep my laser cutter busy, I designed this little kit. I settled on a height of around 40 scale feet, which is probably too short...

Hi everyone- I'm seeking some opinions here. Below are some photos of a little side project that I've been working on. Using my laser cutter, I've made two simple rulers for common model aircraft scales- 1:144, 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32. They're made from painted strips of white oak hardwood. My...

Here's a look at my latest, the 1/72 Avia BH-3 from KP Models. This is a rather old kit, as you can probably tell from the yellowed decals. It went together fairly well. This is a part of my "beater" series... old, less expensive kits that I can mess up without losing any sleep if/when I do. No...

Thanks to all the folks who put in the work to host the SodaCity ModelCon in Columbia SC. There wasn't much online info available about this show before the event, so I wasn't sure what to expect- or even if the event was actually happening- but I drove up from Savannah anyway. It turned out to...

Here are a few scans of my father's C47 "Stand Up and Cheer" during ww2, where he was a radio operator. I remember building a model of this plane with him when I was a kid, carefully piecing together bits of decal to get the M2 on the nose. These are starting to fade pretty badly, so I've...

Just curious... are any of you folks using a laser engraver to help with your model builds? How are you using it? I have a Scuplfun S9 that I absolutely love using. It only cuts paper and cardstock. I don't usually cut plastic (I've seen some nightmare photos of cutting any sort of plastic...

Hi Folks: This is my first post here, sorry if it's in the wrong place. I've often wondered if anyone has compiled any suggestions that folks have for modelling "on the cheap..." in other words, money-saving tips that cover anything from acquiring models to airbrushing and painting. (I've...