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Hi – I’m back. After last month’s drain debacle, I was able start yesterday a “quick-ish” project I picked up from the local model show – Spring Show Seattle hosted by IPMS Seattle. They are a couple of WW2 German figures in cold-weather BDUs. It’s my first go at resin figures. First impressions – theseContinue reading “Quick Update – Late May 2023”

Hit a setback (again) in my hobby journey. The joys of home ownership, especially a 20+ year old house. This one is a doozy. The drain pipe in the crawl space under the kitchen decided to spring a leak. I didn’t notice this until I was outside my house and noticed water splashing sounds inContinue reading “Why House, Why?!”

Hi Friends. Just a quick update for Early April 2023. Worked on updating site links in particular having to do with the Tools and Materials I use in my hobby and crafting activities. You will see a red button marked “Tools and Materials”. You be directed a page of tools and materials I use orContinue reading “Finished US Paras Project and Website Updates – Early April 2023”

Hi – Here’s a quick update on the activities. Took a quick break from the Airfix WW2 US Paratroops paint-up to work on some very last minute cosplay for a recent comic convention in Seattle. I was going for a Wild West Gunslinger cosplay theme loosely based on Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name (FistContinue reading “Quick update – March 2023”

Welcome to the first post of 2023. The plans are to finish the Airfix WW2 US Paratroops this month (painted and based). Begin some terrain projects using various materials accumulated over the years – basically to clean out my junk pile, work on finally painting up my hobby space – tired of looking at theContinue reading “Happy 2023!”

So. Welcome back? It’s been a minute since the last update on the paint-up for the Airfix WW2 Paratroops. It is the eve of Dec 30, 2022 and I have to say I have been severely procrastinating on this one. I don’t really know why. I can clearly see the models screaming for attention onContinue reading “Some WW2 Paras progress – Dec 2022”

So I was mixing my colors on my wet palette trying to complete this Airfix WW2 US Paratroops painting project and this random thought came to mind, “Is it better to have a small set of colors to mix or just have every color paint available?” There are a couple of schools of thought onContinue reading “Too Little, Too Much…Paint”

It’s been a while since I put down words and worked on my hobbies. Life will often get in the way of things you’d rather be doing. Take for example the drywall screws I discovered that the previous owners (or builder of this home I live in) drove into the ABS waste pipe in theContinue reading “Calamity is the spice of life”

I have had this obsession to acquire and paint up a set of Airfix WW2 1/32 scale figures since seeing a painted set on the interwebs years ago. This began a multi-year challenge as I soon realized that these were out of print figures. I searched many websites and Amazon to see if I couldContinue reading “Obsession by Airfix?”