This just in -

An interesting project was this old Tornado from Revell. It came to me about 70% complete, but reduced almost to its earlier kit form in order to be posted. The owner had done a pretty good job considering it's such a problematical kit to begin with, but I think he had lost patience with it, and I know the feeling. Anyway, with a little extra work and another three weeks, the job was complete.

Also - a preview of two other projects recently completed. First, the EA-6B Prowler in 1/48 from Kinetic.

And second, the old Monogram P-61 (remember it from en earlier blog?) dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

More, as always, on these later.

Something old, something new....

...nothing borrowed and mostly blue. A sort of mini-view of part of my current stock. And all will be forthcoming builds. It's only the FW 190 that I'll build right out of the box. All the rest require new decals and/or photo-etched parts.

The old Curtiss Helldiver, although it comes with its own set of photo etched they are mostly for dive flaps, so I've added a fine set of Eduard coloured bits.

Even though the new F-100F offers four aircraft to choose from in the box, including Thunderbirds , it's waiting for a new set of decals. The older P38J will definitely be updated. Have you seen how boring the thing is? Dick Bong's Down Beat?

Of course, the builds will all be on here, just as soon as I get to them...

There's always more

When it comes to our hobby (and the source of my income) I am always grateful that we live in a time of plenty. The choice for the modeller is endless. So why do I have a forty year old kit sitting on my bench? This is my fourth P-61 kit in as many years. Of all the new toolings that are currently available, why am I still dealing with such ancient plastic? Perhaps it's just a case of bad timing. Flicking through the latest Scale Modeller magazine, I see Great Wall Hobby are just about to release a brand new P-61 in 1/48 scale. But I'm too far into this old Monogram kit now to suggest a change, and besides, it is now wired for light and sound, so no turning back, or even away. More of this build later...

For now, here is the Italeri/Kinetic EA-6B Prowler. Very expensive, but I've been waiting for this subject in a new tool for so long I felt I owed it to myself. Not quite forty years, of course.

And so far it's been a lovely project. All together now - more later....