Iron Modeler Blog

  • The IAI Nesher

    Howdy, all! Here's a model I completed not too long ago.  It got started during one of the Saturday build days at the hobby shop before they moved…

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  • Tales From the Hangar

    Howdy, all… My Facebook feed is mostly pictures of cats and models, links to music videos, and history tidbits.  A few months ago, I noted the celebration of…

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  • Game-Changing Moments

    Howdy, all… Set the Wayback Machine.  The date:  July, 1982.  The place:  Warrick Custom Hobbies, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The summer was winding down.  I had graduated high school…

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  • Old School Sea King

    Howdy, all! Last time we talked about Fujimi kits, and I promised you a rundown of the Sea King model I built not too long ago.  Well. here…

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  • Fujimi, Fujimi, wherefore art thou, Fujimi? (With apologies to The Bard)

    Howdy, all… I’ve been reading a lot of back issues of modeling magazines lately—way, way back issues, from the early 1980’s.  I was reading FineScale Modeler, to be…

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  • Interesting things you find online…

    Howdy, all! I trust this finds all of you well and healthy.  The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in one form or another—family gatherings are on…

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