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5 Years & 10,000 Likes
Earlier today, the Doogs’ Models Facebook page cracked 10,000 likes. Holy crap. When I started on this venture five years ago, I had no inkling it would attract the kind of following it has. My...
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“Just” a Hobby?
“Whatever. It’s just a hobby.” “It’s your model. Do whatever you want.” What if – bear with me here – but what if we all agreed to put aside these dodges when discussing various aspects of modeling?...
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Bench Video: Finding a Rig
Let’s talk about video. If there’s one request I get more than any other, it’s for more video content. And I always dodge, because, well, video is pretty work-intensive. Photos by comparison are easy....
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Weathering Words
At work, everyone wants to own their little slice of “strategy”, to the point where the term itself has become – I won’t say meaningless – but certainly confused. Over the past week, I’ve been on...
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How About Better Aftermarket Cockpit Sets?
Recently, some well meaning commenters have intimated that I am some kind of aspiring modeling dictator, telling everyone else what and how to model. While nothing could be further from the truth (I...
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Test Drive: Mr. Paint
Recently, I was testing out a few new metallics, trying to sort out what exactly I want to use on the F-104. In that test, I came away rather impressed with Mr. Paint’s Super Fine Silver. This little...
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Review: 1/32 Italeri Mirage IIIC
Italeri’s big Mirage IIIC has been one of the most anticipated kits of 2015, so when I got my hands on one, I quickly whipped up a review for Large Scale Modeller. You can read the full thing HERE. I...
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2015 – The Year in Review
In the past, I’ve typically done this year in review thing as a blog post. But this year, in a nod to finally starting to get video production up and running, I decided to tackle it as, well, a video....
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Is Modeling Art?
Spend any amount of time in the online modeling community – on forums, on Facebook, YouTube, blogs, wherever, and you’ll see it pop up. Modeling as art. Or modeling as an art form. Or modelers as...
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Fight the Future
Yesterday, I was doing a bit of bench cleanup… And came across my big, unwieldy bottle of Future. What to do about it? Well… When I posted this over on the Facebook page, it elicited some cheers, some...
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Black Basing, Now in Video!
Ever since I posted about Black Basing a year and a half ago, I’ve wanted to follow it up with a better, improved version. And since I’m making the foray into video, it seemed the perfect subject to...
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Dick Move
I did something yesterday, and it’s still eating at me. I came across a build. Not a good build at all. The paint job was your typical “hairy stick” special. The construction was amateur at best –...
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Stalling Out
The Combat Workshop asks an interesting question for the first Sprue Cutters’ Union of 2016: At what point of the build do you tend to stall? Well, shit. That’s not really an easy question for me to...
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Decals are Magic!
I’ve been in a decal state of mind lately. In part because I’m neck deep in the decal stage on my F-104, and in part because of some, let’s say heated discussion about the quality or lack thereof of...
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Bare Metal Variance
These days, we modelers face an embarrassment of riches when it comes to quality metallic finishes. But as good as many of them are, none of them seem up to the challenge of capturing the worn patina...
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Stash Reduction Efforts
Interests change. Space becomes a premium. Anyway – I’m taking efforts to reduce and focus my stash. So…I’m throwing a bunch of them up for sale. Want to see the list and have a go? CLICK HERE!!!!...
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The White Whale
I’m sure that more than a few modelers have a “white whale” of a kit. The one that got away…that went awry…that gnaws at you. For me, that kit is Academy’s 1/32 F-16D Block 52+ Viper (or,...
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Video Review – Tanmodel 1/48 RF-84F Thunderflash
Tanmodel (read my interview with founder Baris Tansoy) was kind enough to send me a review sample of their new 1/48 RF-84F Thunderflash, and I decided what the hell, let’s do it up as a video. Instead...
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Let’s Talk About Photo References
So. The Scale Modelers Critique Group‘s Photo Reference Group Build kicks off on March 1, 2016. And as the start date looms, there have been some questions about photo references. This post is intended...
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Aircraft Kit Manufacturers, Ranked
On a whim, I decided it’d be fun to kick a hornet’s nest pit all the various kit manufacturers against each other, just to see where they come out. In a half-assed attempt to be somewhat scientific,...
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