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Goodbyes
The past few weeks have not been kind to the hobby… This past weekend, the modeling world learned of the death of Sheperd Paine. Most of us were…
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More on history and keeping it
While I was putting some thought behind both of the national model shows that will be happening in Columbia next year, I was reminded that I still had…
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Another one of “those anniversaries”…
24 April is another one of "those anniversaries" that are vivid in my memory. I'll elaborate the "why" later, but first let's cover the "what"… In late 1979,…
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Karma Five-Two
In addition to being Tax Day here in the U.S., 15 April is also the anniversary of what is now being called "The first shot in the International…
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Photoetched brass is…THE DEBIL!
There are two products in the world that I consider to be the work of Satan. One is Styrofoam packing peanuts, the other is photoetched brass parts for scale models. I'm…
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Lunchtime musings
Howdy and all that… I've been pondering a few things of late. In no particular order: 1. I really need to do some Spring Cleaning. There are things I have…
