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Dweller in the shed of beer, plastic, rock and cricket.
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Bonjour and good morning #histscalemodel gang!

Just a little reminder that on May 1st, the #BastilleBuild 🇫🇷 group build starts! It's never too early to order those aftermarket accessories ;)

You can read all the rules and (optionally) RSVP via the embedded form on bastille.videospectre.net
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Decal day 4. I was fearing the worst after trouble with fuel tank stencils but it is going well so far.

#histscalemodels.

As an aside the rain has finally stopped after 22 days of the stuff. Mostly because it is colder so it is snow instead.
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Some paint on

#histscalemodels
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Thinking about what has happened in Minnesota

What the horrific events of the last few weeks may tell us

A round-up post by me

emptycity.substack.com/p/thinking-a...

(Non-Substack version will be posted later.)
Thinking about what has happened in Minnesota
What the horrific events of the last few weeks may tell us
emptycity.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Yum, Mrs B did a Burns Supper. It was ace. As usual we discussed why we don't have it more often. Tomorrow we will forget this conversation for a year.
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I don't have much brand loyalty as you have seen from #buildthestash stocktake. Saved the best to last. Eduard are my favourite kit manufacturer, but boy are they intense builds, so I only build a couple a year. One Zero has been built from Tora Tora Tora box.
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Nearing the end of the stocktaking #buildthestash Wingsy and CSM
January 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Purchased before the invasion, #buildthestash
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The Tamiya section is the largest. If I am going to succeed in #buildthestash I probably have to put aside my view that armour is placed in a vignette/diorama
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Trumpeter shelf of #buildthestash
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Undercarriage done. Oh boy did Airfix break complexity down into simplicity.

#histscalemodels
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Hasegawa section of #buildthestash . The seller of the T4 failed to mention the lack of decals which was the whole bloody point of the purchase.
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Can't be a #buildthestash brsaker if I was gifted it, surely?

I am chuffed to bits.
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This is a beautiful kit. Undercarriage tomorrow, it looks fiddly but I am hoping it will be as smooth as everything else.

#histscalemodels
January 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
#buildthestash #histscalemodels

ANK, Special Hobby and Infinity.
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
#buildthestash HobbyBoss section
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
#buildthestash

ICM and Takom section
January 18, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Thought it might be best to stocktake for #buildthestash

Border and Meng
January 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The reviews are not wrong, the Airfix Jag is superb. Any fuck ups will be mine alone. Thanks to the rigour of #buildthestash I am looking forward to getting tucked into the Airfix section #histscalemodels
January 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
What next? If I am going to #buildthestash then getting tucked into the Airfix kits I buy but somehow ignore. 6 years since I last built an Airfix. Unlike most I am not going Desert Storm, local(ish) instead.
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
First for 26. Tamiya's 1/48 F-15J. 60th Anniversary of Chitose Airbase, as flown by 201 Squadron JASDF. Unsure if this variant is correct, but just look at those tails. Kept her clean. 2 tone grey may be too subtle.

#histscalemodels #buildthestash
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Not only am I fed up with the weather (no snow so far today but a couple inches due tonight), max temp minus 5. I am tiring of decals, 75% done. Underside to go.
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I have lived in Aberdeenshire for 11 years, the older folk tell me this is what it used to be like. However, speaking as a Guernseyman, this is not normal. 6 days of the stuff, 6 days shovelling the drive just in case. I have never seen this much snow.
January 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Weird decals sessions today. Same sheet, same process, same weather conditions. Yesterday and Saturday, smooth as silk. Today the decals are lifting after about 30 mins. I don't understand why.

#histscalemodels
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM