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The State of the Workbench February 2024

04/02/2024
Nothing much happens in Australia in January, we're all off...

The Interesting Modelling Company Made Me Write This

04/12/2022
(December 2021) It is Christmas Day 2021 and I am...

In the Box

04/12/2022
What to do with models after they’ve been on the...

Top Ten Tools

04/12/2022
that I can’t model without (April 2021) When you listen...

Confessions of an AMS survivor

21/11/2022
There is life after superdetailing and weathering (December 2020) It’s...

Accurate French Colours

13/11/2022
What are they and where to find them (December 2019)...

I’ve Been Converted to Lacquer Paint

07/11/2022
Praise the Lord! (May 2019) I don’t know about other...

Old Model Kits, Happy Memories

07/11/2022
but you wouldn’t want to make them now (August 2018)...

Falling in Love with My New Badger

07/11/2022
Approaching Airbrush Heaven (December 2018) I think I may have...

Modelling Tray – keeping it all together

23/10/2022
(May 2017) Here’s a tool that I use every day...

Paint – Love It or Hate It

16/10/2022
You can’t model without it (December 2016) As we are...

Airbus and Boeing Greys

16/10/2022
Two Shades of Grey (September 2013) I’m sure it hasn’t...

So Much Effort, so Little Result

09/10/2022
So you feel like you’re not getting anywhere (May 2020)...

A Matter of Philosophy

09/10/2022
Deep thinking at the modelling club (October 2015) Here is...

The Power of Planning

09/10/2022
How I made trouble for myself, again (October 2013) If...

My Tool Box

09/10/2022
New tools and techniques (April 2013) I guess that every...

My Hobart Hiatus

09/10/2022
A modellling holiday (April 2013) Despite rumours to the contrary,...

Indiana Edmonds and the Wall of Doom

09/10/2022
When too many kits is barely enough (February 2013) This...

That Will Be $29.95 Thanks

09/10/2022
A refutation of the whig view of modelling (August 2005)...

Out of the Box

09/10/2022
(what’s in the box) (August 2004) Now, where was I?...

Box of Tools

09/10/2022
(where do we put the tools we use) (May 2001)...

Damned Decals Driving Me Mad

03/10/2022
(Decaling the Fokker E.V and Airbus A.380) (August 2012) There...

Little French Beauties

02/10/2022
(Fun making little French Aircraft) (February 2012) I don’t care...

Masochist Corner – More Head Banging in the Workshop

26/09/2022
(December 2010) It occurs to me that this is becoming...

More Masochist Corner

26/09/2022
(November 2010) Keen readers will recall that previously I made...

Masochist Corner

26/09/2022
(October 2010) There’s something wrong with me, I’m sure of...

I Fought Alclad II and Alclad II Won

18/09/2022
So you want to paint your model so it doesn’t...

Three Cheers for Monsieur Dujin

18/09/2022
The uniqueness and challenge of making a Dujin model (January...

A Decent Lightning, At Last

18/09/2022
The BAC Lightning we’ve been waiting for (October 2008) Many...

The Mystery that is ADC Grey

18/09/2022
With the Matchbox McDonnell F-101, the Hasegawa Convair F-102 and...