SPA Modeler

Nice project!

Just arrived yesterday. Just got it setup and calibrated. Bambu Labs A1 Mini filament printer... Unfortunately, filament did not arrive yet! Plan on using it for prototyping resin parts and creating assembly jigs and other non detail items, although I may be able to use it for some actual detail par...

Wow, that is crazy how much stuff that still turns up each year.

Stuart wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:47 am Coming along nicely!

Thanks Stuart!

Looks like a pretty early Hasegawa kit. Sure is John, probably one of their first recessed panel line jobs. Excellent for it's day, but 40 years later if you put it next to the Tamiya 1/72 version you scratch your head and say 'why am I doing this?' :hmm: Well, I guess I can answer why I'm doing th...

I get it, but I have enough paint types on my shelf already and don't like mixing brands on a project. Mixing your own can be fun, as long as you mix enough to last a while and record your formula

A Possible Tamiya Paint Mix for P-47 Cockpit Green. I got to tinkering due to a recent question regarding Tamiya paint call out for their P-47 cockpit and came up with this mix. What do you guys think? It's the color in the top right corner of the index card and is roughly equal parts of XF-5 Green,...

Some more progress on Little Demon. I've never done this before, but the fit was almost perfect when gluing only the lower wings to the fuselage 1st , then the tops after the lower's set up. Naturally I took all the other customary steps like trimming away all flash from the mating surfaces. I am al...

Happy Easter to all my model making friends!

LyleW wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:35 am Interesting what you did with the cowling brackets.

Yea, I do that with most 'old mold' p-47 kits,
since the way the cowl attaches is so feeble.
Now the cowl slides on nice and snug.