My First Ichiban Kuji Pull ….. a Failure?

 After finishing a rather time-consuming project (i.e a scale model kit of the Going Merry pirate ship), I have been guilty of taking it easy these past two weeks. Apart from checking out some budget-friendly pre-painted figurines to add to my collection, I didn't...

More drawing practice as the missus recovers

 With the missus still recovering from surgery, all miniature and scale model kit projects are still in a state of suspended animation i.e. lying dormant. Any tasks that require a prolonged period of focus without break is being put into the back burner while I attend...

A Look Back at 2022

 Well, it seems bad news is the order of the day, even so early in the new year. As per my previous post, the family car was wrecked in an unfortunate accident at the tail-end of last year. No one was hurt, which is the best news possible. But everything else is...

Enforced Hobby Downtime

 It was fairly inevitable that the unfailingly steady progress of my hobby projects would eventually grind to a halt again for one reason or another. It's just that I didn't expect the party pooper to be the dreaded Covid virus. My missus contracted the virus first,...

Testing out Auto Paints & Primers on PP and PS plastic

 Sometimes a seemingly inconsequential circumstance (the case in point being my inability to find a specific hobby paint color i.e. Tamiya Mica Blue for some recently acquired car scale model kits) will kick off my inane hobby OCD behaviour. With so many miniature...