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My recent visit to the ‘Americans in Wartime’ Museum’s Open House (aka ‘The Tank Farm’ Open House) provided a chance to get some unusual armor subjects ‘on film’. This is my collection of images of the M42 “Duster” armored AA … Full Article→
UPDATE: Six members of our local modeling fraternity took the drive to experience the Open House: Joe Koenig, Clint Mills, Jack Cairns, Dennis Tennant, Scott Bregi and Robert Beach. Look for new walkaround gallery postings for fresh reference pictures for … Full Article→
Each year, the Americans In Wartime Museum holds an open house event at their restoration facility near Nokesville, VA. This venue serves as a patriotic showcase for the efforts of the Museum and private citizens who seek to preserve the … Full Article→
I’ve recently stumbled across yet another P-61 ‘Black Widow’ resin update set other than the True Details set I purchased a couple of months ago. Obtaining copies of Mark Buchler’s Model Shack (now Flightline Engineering as of June 2016) set … Full Article→
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2012 “Virginia Shootout” show in Roanoke, Virginia was held at the city’s nice & convenient Civic Center. Put on by IPMS/Roanoke Valley chapter, the show was a nice one day event although the distance from Hampton Roads area is a … Full Article→
What is a Vac kit – really? In the context of this series, a ‘vac’ kit is where the primary components are manufactured using a vacuum molding process. Instead of parts formed from the injection of ‘molten’ polystyrene plastic under … Full Article→
1:48 Scale F3H-2/ F3H-2M ‘Demon’ by Furball Aero Designs Order through eBay: http://stores.ebay.com/Furball-Aero-Design/ Screamin’ Demons Part 1 (48-001) $20, free shipping in US (incl. APO/FPO), $6 shipping OCONUS Sometimes, you come across something on the internet and find out you … Full Article→
2014.01.01: Donations program established @ Hampton, Virginia VA Hospital – website. 2012.08.01: New pictures on the IPMS/USA website. I recently found that IPMS/USA has an organized program aimed at getting modeling supplies to forward deployed troops. This makes sense, … Full Article→
Well, the show at the Roanoke Civic Center was a success; RVIPMS reported approximately 350 entries were on the tables such that several categories had to be split. Particularly impressive was the number (and quality) of the Junior entries. The … Full Article→
If you do Facebook, you might want to check out the Scale Plastic Modeling Hour Radio Show. The count is up to 23 episodes so far and the next live broadcast is due on 19 July, 2012 at 7 PM. … Full Article→
