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1965 Buick Riviera – AMT – Rescue
The Kit For those that attend model swap meets, you know those bags of trashed model kits sellers keep under their tables? This is where…
The Bench – October 2020
Now that the building ball is rolling, I really started to make progress on all of my builds including the distraction builds I started! The…
The Bench – September 2020
Back on the horse. Although August was slow, the work completed helped my motivation. Also, added a new project as a distraction from the difficult…
The Bench – August 2020
Slowdown Having wrapped up several builds in July, I found myself with no projects near completion and waning motivation to moving again. As I contemplated…
The Bench – July 2020
And across the line! July was a really big month! My persistence through the beginning of the year paid off and I was able to…
Lamborghini Countach LP500R – Fujimi
The Countach Several years ago, I bought this kit knowing I needed a Countach in my collection. I honestly can’t tell you why I selected…
The Bench – June 2020
Not as busy Although I didn’t have as much time to work on projects this month, I did finish the ’01 Z06 Corvette. The Porsche…
2001 Corvette Z06 – Revell
Another one? Yes, I just finished an identical kit last year. The 2004 Championship Edition Z06. It was a challenging build that I really didn’t…
1937 Ford Sedan – Monogram – Rescue
The Kit Ebay is a dangerous place! I set up a search for “Junkyard” listings. For the most part, it’s random parts, overpriced kits, sets…
The Bench – April 2020
Decisions, Decisions… As the weather started to break, and I took my 1:1 project out of storage, I found that I didn’t want to build…
The Bench – May 2020
Even with all of the non-model projects I had through the month, I managed to get through plenty of work on builds. For this year,…
R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R – Tamiya
Skylines! My introduction to the Skyline, like so many others in the states, was through Sony’s Gran Turismo video game. Ever since, I have a…
The Bench – March 2020
Lock-down As many know, this is the month the US starting shutting down due to the Covid-19 Virus. In the model community, there were a…
The Bench – February 2020
Plugging along February continues the pace I set in January in that I’m working many different projects but not committing to any one specifically. I…
The Bench – January 2020
Starting off slowly Coming off the heels of an excellent build year, I thought I would take a more conservative approach for this year. I…