Models & Musings


  • 2013 In Summary

    What a great year! A new job, relocation to England, 50th Anniversary of IPMS, attended Telford, got a Saturn V for Christmas and I completed some models. My goal for 2013 included a number of Spitfires as well as other kits. I didn’t complete all I wanted, and now of course still have a few…


  • SpitHawk

    Hawk T.1 XX184/19 of 19 Squadron, 2008 I struggled with where to blog this one: on my Spitfire blog or my general modeling blog? Obviously I chose this one because it’s aligned to Spitfires. This is my response to our club theme of “Build the same kit”. 2013 was a year where I was able…


  • Another Anniversary

    Mk I, K9797, 19 Squadron, Duxford 1938 This is my second attempt at an introductory Spitfire.  My previous attempt was a squadron-mate from just a few months later in the year, but essentially the same kit.  The relatively new tooling of the Airfix Spitfire Mk I/IIa. The Subject 19 Squadron was the first Spitfire squadron,…