Although I know it's not something you want to think about, have you made any plans for your stash or your built models when you've popped your clogs? From the sound of it some of your stashes could be worth a fair chunk of dosh to your family. I know I'm odd, I was wondering if anyone else has thought about their inevitable demise (I hate to break it to you, it's going to happen eventually). A few years ago I wrote a document entitled 'What to do if I kick the bucket', which is intended to help whoever is sorting out my stuff when I'm pushing up the daises. Originally my models weren't even m ..read more

Hi folks just a quick question, does the present 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk.I have a 2 blade Watts prop on the sprues and early type flat canopy?    ..read more

Happy New Year all! I was hoping that our members here could confirm for me something about the props and spinner hubs used on the Me.210/410. For some reason, I've had it in my head that the Me.210/410 uses the same props and spinner hubs (less the gun opening in the centre) as a Bf.109G.  Wondering if anyone can confirm or correct me.   Thanks ..read more

Afternoon Everyone  A simple thread for us to show off our favourite models that we've built, could have been the last couple of years or like, for eva (innit) Don't just plonk up a picture, give us a bit of blurb as well. I'll start, and I know what you're all expecting...but...... ITALERI 1/12 FIAT MEFISTOFELE 1924 Ahh the good old days, when records were made to be broken and safety meant wearing goggles. Ernest AD Eldridge decided in 1923 to break some of those records, so he took a 1908 Fiat SB4 racing car and added a 21706cc Fiat A12 Aircraft engine to try a ..read more

I'm currently working on a Special Hobby Firefly and I've lost a bit somewhere. Lord knows how but I had it and now it's gone. It ain't even that small being a V-shaped part that is the underside of the fuselage aft of the wing where the Arrestor hook goes. Now I also have two more SH Firefly kits in the stash. Do I - Rip apart the shed until I find the bit that has gone AWOL Nick a replacement part from another of my kits and then replace it if when the lost piece turns up. or take the piece from one of the other kits and make a copy of it in plasticard or Milliput Your thoughts gentlepeople ..read more

In contrast to the recent thread on genres we avoid, what about the ones we miss? Mine are firmly injection-moulded, with a few exceptions. My "gone but not forgotten" genres include the old 1:1 scale birds and other creatures by Airfix, and the ca. 1:80 scale buildings by Faller. In the "Never say never" class come 1:8  scale aero engines like the Gnome rotary, Napier Lion and R-R Merlin, 1:24/5 classic wire-wheel motorbikes (diecast accepted), hover platforms and autogyros, 1:72 aircraft of the pioneer era (vac-form wings accepted), British Golden Age and postwar experimental types, 1:1 ..read more

Jeff Groves/Inch High Guy has posted these of the USS Cowpens on his blog today. Enjoy:https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2024/01/03/uss-cowpens-cvl-25-color-photographs/comment-page-1/#respond    ..read more

With just over three hours to the end of the year here in the UK, I have no chance of finishing a last kit. Conveniently ignoring last year's dusty box of doom,  I'm left with the C-117D, Wessex, S-2G Tracker and 4 that you don't know about. What are you left with ..read more

This is aimed at the members who appear in the threads but to date have never shown us one of their models. Come on..we have a few days left in 2023...let's see one please. No judgemental folk on here so that is one thing you don't have to worry about. Straight from the box, Scratchbuilt, PE or no PE, even a Spitfire, anything goes  ..read more

Jeff Groves/Inch High Guy has posted more color photos from this series on the HMS Forth today.  Enjoy: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/hms-forth-a187-colour-photographs-part-ii/comment-page-1/#respond    ..read more