Iron Modeler Blog

  • More on older model kits…

    Howdy, all… The other night, I recalled that the Monogram 1/48th scale kit of the F-106A turned 40 years old this year, having hit the hobby shop shelves…

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  • To Quote the Rossington-Collins Band…

    Howdy, again! I’ve heard from some people about my latest post: “Why are you so against new kits”? “If we didn’t get new kits, we’d still be building…

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  • Turning Corners and “From the Mouths of Babes”

    Howdy, all! Do you remember the projects you completed where you thought you had “turned a corner”—that is, you finally put a group of skills together into one…

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  • New Year, New Stuff

    New Year, New Stuff Howdy, all! I trust you all had a safe, healthy, and happy holiday. We’re looking forward to the New Year. With a New Year…

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  • Stormy Weather

    Howdy, all… Every now and then during the day this past Wednesday and Thursday, I would check the progress of Hurricane Ian.  As landfall approached, my heart went…

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  • “I Can’t”

    Howdy, all! I’m going to discuss something I have noticed more and more over the past few years.  My discussion (as usual) will pertain to the hobby of…

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