In my first group build, I tackle Tamiya's 1/48 Brewster Buffalo. Is it a stubby fighter with a bad reputation, or a victim of circumstance?

Model tank tracks mean creative freedom. Here are my top 10 favorite tips and tricks to mix and match.

This post is part of a series discussing 1/48 Wildcats by Tamiya, HobbyBoss, and Eduard from unboxing to final weathering.

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class first set sail in 1977 and examples are still in service across the globe. To find out why, I had to build!

Even a ship's aviation detachment should get the proper detailing and weathering. Here's how I do it on the small scale!

A Pegasus-class boat is small. And at 1/700 they are even smaller. How much modeling can there possibly be?

Refurbishment projects are an excellent way to test new ideas. In this post, I place Tamiya's 1/35 scale Sd.Kfz. 250/9 under the brush.

Painting figures is tough! This panzer crewman was coming along great...until it wasn't.

The Zero is an icon of the Imperial Japanese Navy and World War II. Here is my build of Tamiya's 1/48 Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero.

This Thunderbolt story begins several years ago in Arkansas. That's right, Razorback country.

Tanks are a common subject for modelers. Uncommon are tanks with a mine roller attached!

Many years ago I built Tamiya's 1971 tooling of the Panzer II and now I have my hands on their 2008 new(ish)-tooling kit.

The idea to start a blog is not something that I had in mind when I began work on my first model in over a decade: a Testors 1/48 scale...