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Larry Thompson over at Pegasus Hobbies was kind enough to send me their newly released P-51B. If you've built a Pegasus kit, you'll know what an exceptional value they are, and wonderfully engineered for a snap-tight kit. Here are a few progress shots of the cockpit before I closed up the fuselage.

As with most Pegasus kits, the cockpit is simplified, but reasonably detailed, especially with a closed canopy. Wouldn't take much scratch building to really make it shine, though.… Continue

Hyperscale has a very informative article on painting cockpit detail. Really makes the details stand out.

There is a great diorama over on ARC of "JMN's"- Joyless Modeling Nazis". They are judging a show.... one is shown with an FS color chart, one with a list of red x's, another with a magnifying glass and hammers. Quite funn… Continue

I finished my Accurate Miniatures 1/48 F2G build. You can take a look at the build report and photos here.

This site software lets us do a lot of really neat stuff. One thing that is especially appealing for our hobby is the ability to upload photos. Here are some tips to help you out, and to keep our costs down.

First, try and make sure your files are saved in .jpg format. You can upload .png and .gif files, but for the best results in both look and file size, I recommend .jpg.

Next, make sure you scale your photos down. Most cameras take photos that are 2500 pixels wide or more. This translates i… Continue