Welcome.
Navigating this site should be easy (if you think it’s not, please let me know and suggest changes). Each header tells you what you will find in there:
Gallery is where you’ll find photos of completed builds without any explanations.
Behind the Scenes is the detailed breakdown of a build, including why, how, what worked, what didn’t work, how I fixed what didn’t work, and certain pithy observations (sometimes obscene).
Side Projects involve tasks that are model-related such as molding, pouring resin, and some of my experiments.
Opinions, Reviews, and Tips is where I give my opinions, review kits and tools, and make suggestions. (Bitching is not uncommon here.)
What the Hell Does That Mean is where you’ll find the glossary and detailed explanations of certain things. (And if you have any suggestions or questions for that section, please speak up!)
There is a “Search” box as well as a link to the five most current posts to make things easier for you.
My goal for a build is to attempt 90-95% accuracy. Sometimes this just isn’t possible, perhaps due to my own limitations as a builder, sometimes because of how the kit is engineered (which includes how well…or not…things fit). My other goal is that when someone looks at a photo of a build, there are no indications of its size.
This site will change as content changes and I figure out just how to work it and what I want the tone of it to be. This thing will change. Feel free to make comments. (Feel free to stay well-mannered, too.) If you like something, let me know. If you don’t like something, let me know that too…though there are no guarantees that any of what you don’t like will change, any more than there are guarantees that what you do like won’t change. I’m capricious. (I’m also crazy.)
What’s important to keep firmly in mind is that this is all just one maniac’s opinion. I’m no expert; if I was I would charge you money. What’s written here will be just my opinion and hopefully YMMV.
I’ve had a couple of people contact me looking to use my references for their own work (and neither said “thank you” when I complied). NO MORE. Please. Don’t do that. Nothing I’ve found and absolutely zero information I have is classified. I’ve found all of it on the Internet. If I can find it, you can also. Using me as a reference source means you’re only going to be as accurate as I am…and I am FAR from perfect. Do your own work. On the other hand, comments are welcomed.
So, off the edge I step. I hope you enjoy what you find here. Time is a terrible thing to waste. You can never get it back.
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By Cat on March 24, 2016 at 2:57 am
This format is easy to navigate even went using a small touch screen to do so.
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By twoworkinghands on March 26, 2016 at 1:26 am
Thanks! I figured that if I only had categories for things actually built or in progress that would simplify finding things *actually* built or in progress!
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By rapierfighter on April 2, 2016 at 6:49 pm
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By Jacob on February 16, 2017 at 12:22 am
Thanks, Jacob!
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By rapierfighter on February 22, 2017 at 5:17 pm
Beautiful, beautiful work.
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By Claudia Sperber on March 11, 2018 at 5:38 pm
Thank you!
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By rapierfighter on March 11, 2018 at 8:33 pm
I’m only a pro at appreciating other people’s work and talents.. So no suggestions would come from me, questions.. many questions, maybe, but I know little that would actually be helpful here (haha). Thank you for sharing this and adding me to your list for updates. I will continue to enjoy your future work! Peace be with you my friend!
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By Aurora Wells on July 21, 2018 at 2:14 am
Suggestions don’t require expertise, just interest. Any questions you have will be easy to answer if you ask them… Thanks for coming and checking stuff out!
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By rapierfighter on July 21, 2018 at 2:24 am
Go Wayne!!!!! WOW
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By Lisa on January 22, 2019 at 8:29 pm
Thanks! Keeps me outta trouble.
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By rapierfighter on January 22, 2019 at 10:29 pm
Saru mo ki kara ochiru.
I just thought I’d leave this here. Why? I don’t know why I do anything, so I’m the wrong person to ask.
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By Nicolas Etienne Lenoir on March 23, 2019 at 9:36 pm
Yeah, sure, banana-breath…
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By rapierfighter on March 24, 2019 at 1:06 am
Keep in touch.
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By Vevette on May 2, 2019 at 2:34 pm
Okay…but when it inevitably goes bad, it’s YOUR fault.
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By rapierfighter on May 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Love you always
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By Cat on November 16, 2019 at 8:25 pm
Love you all ways.
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By rapierfighter on November 16, 2019 at 8:28 pm
Thanks brother for the help in getting me started up again in model making. I am so stoked. Hope one day to be nearly as good as you.
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By Chris on August 6, 2020 at 9:17 pm
You’re quite welcome. I hope someday you’re *much* better than I! Set your sights high, don’t use anyone as your yardstick except yourself. If you’re better today than you were yesterday, that’s the route to take.
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By rapierfighter on August 6, 2020 at 9:44 pm
Like your site. I have been looking for awhile now , at any price, for Verlinden Productons 2735. I will continue look, wish me luck. Thank you for what you do for the modeling world.
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By Gregory R Waldo on August 13, 2020 at 2:26 pm
Thanks! Yeah…it’s getting more and more difficult to find Verlinden’s products. I keep waiting (and more like hoping, as time passes) for someone else to step up and make some of the Verlinden stuff that we took SO much for granted. I do wish you luck!
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By rapierfighter on August 13, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Hi
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By Nick on March 27, 2021 at 8:46 pm
Hi,
I stumbled on your website when I was looking for reference material to build my 1/48 blackbird. Great build log, and tons of useful information !!
I am going to read through this with a cup of coffee. Thanks !
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By Tim on June 10, 2021 at 6:03 am