Models & Musings


  • “Shark Tank”

    The requirement was to build any subject with a shark or shark mouth motif or related to a shark in some way.  Examples are a Blackburn Shark (been there, done that), any various aircraft with a shark mouth, SS-174 USS SHARK, a P-3 Orion of VP-6 “Blue Sharks”…you get the picture. I wanted to make…


  • “Trench Warfare”

    After a couple of years of poor participation in our BTSK — Build The Same Kit — theme we decided to change things up and build the same kit manufacturer.  In this case we chose Matchbox.  For the uninitiated, Matchbox is notorious for deep trench-like panel lines, but I have to say most of my…


  • Sword Spitfire XVI Preview

    Sword Spitfire Mk XVI “Bubble” canopy SW72052 Back in May I was on vacation in London and was able to visit an IPMS UK show at Hendon.  What a treat!  But that’s a story for another day, as they say.  While there I picked up Sword’s recent release of their Spitfire Mk XVI at a…