by FourEyedMonster | Feb 14, 2020
Being well into the current year, it would seem to be a significantly belated exercise for me to analyze what hobby projects I actually have on the worktable and in semi-storage. But things are in such a mess at the moment hobby-wise that I need to take stock before I...
by FourEyedMonster | Oct 17, 2019
My journey with the Star Wars scale model kits was supposed to have continued with a piece serving as the dioramic complement to a figurine nearing completion, both at 1/12 scale. But plans change. While I've always been uncomfortable with half-finished kits gathering...
by FourEyedMonster | Jun 2, 2016
When I'm painting Bandai's Star Wars model kit parts, especially the ones that barely see the light of day, I've a recurring imaginary scene playing in my mind. It goes like this. There is a group of Bandai product designers huddled over a table giggling and...
by FourEyedMonster | May 25, 2016
Following the completion of my Empire Strikes Back version of the Bandai 1/72 scale TIE Fighter, work resumed on the 1/144 scale Millennium Falcon. Work-in-progress up to this latest stage has seen paints and decal applied on the cockpit and two forward mandibles sans...
by FourEyedMonster | Apr 21, 2016
It has been an extremely slow week for hobby-related activities as I've an ongoing writing deadline to meet. It took every little bit of precious free time I had just to glue together the Millennium Falcon's cockpit interior and external hull, except for the final...