Models & Musings
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Battle of the Atlantic – Small Stuff Part 1
Ship models are slow going! Lots of parts and attempting to mask for airbrushing is just, well, frustrating. For space reasons I long ago settled on 1/700 scale if/when I build ship models. Over the last few weeks I’m starting to wonder if that was a mistake! With the exception of HMS Prince of Wales…
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Prince of Wales
Tamiya HMS Prince of Wales, 1/700 scale, as configured during the Battle of the Denmark Straight, May 1941. Introduction This model is for the Patuxent River Museum’s Battle of the Atlantic display and will be part of the vignette representing the early phase of the campaign that involved Germany’s strategy of surface raiders against the…
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Modeling Goals for 2013
The new year means a number of things for me: a new job, a new home, and of course the age-old question of, “how to set up my modeling space?” Since my assignment is temporary, but long term, I plan to simply work from a table in a spare room…or at worse from the kitchen…