Moggy

I think all of the SAAB kits emigrated including the Viggen. So if you want one you either get a second hand or buy it in Argentina. The availability of Swedish Air Force subjects is fortuitous - it improves the modeller's taste on subject matter! 😜 Any model of a Swedish Air Force subject is automatically high art 😜 Cheers, Moggy (into Swedish Air Force since 1985)

Excellent modelling. Which grey did you use? Cheers, Moggy

An Argentine toymaker (Hughes-Crovetto) bought a number of Heller moulds in the 2000's; Draken was one of them. There were other SAAB aircraft kits too. Being that imported kits are very expensive (and modellers get little respect - modelling is usually barely tolerated by spouses) the Hughes-Crovetto ex-Heller kits are popular. There's a implausible number of Argentine modellers on a steady diet of SAAB's best 😜 Cheers, Moggy

Let's go crazy: Nord N.262 Fregate Second the Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris (backing Dennis_C)

beautiful modelling! I am full of admiration. Cheers, Moggy

we had a solid week of -c degrees with the warmest being -4 worst was last monday with -12 at 09:00 getting warmer 13:00 at -9

Iḿ currently building a Miranda-class USS Saratoga (see Above the Karman Line group) Checking the existing aztec decals i found them to be too dark and obtrusive. The masks are a much better solution - provided you choose the right colours. The original studio models had the Aztec painted on to break the monotony of all-white model in camera. If you look at the ships in the movies and series there's no obtrusive pattern painted on the ship; subtility is the watchword for the aztec pattern. With the help of Carlos Zangrando's freely available Aztec patterns I'm endeavoring to cut masks - a time consuming operation. Carlos Zangrando's patterns are actually scale-perfect decals - to be printed by the modeller. I've checked the pattern on the actual model; they fit perfectly 😜 So you see it's as usual - ye pays yer money and make yer choice 😇 Cheers, Moggy (Starfleet enthusiast)

Man, your build is out of this world! Cheers, Moggy (wannabe astronaut)

I'm now slated for an operation next monday 🙃 We'll see. Now for something completely different! The kit has no real stand instead it has these: It's completely ridiculous... even if one succeeded in balancing the model on these any touching or even a hard look will tip the model into ruin 😝 So I decided to make a proper stand using this: I need a really strong anchoring point to avoid risking breaking the model every time I lift it ... I built a "tower" made of 2mm plasticard bits inside the main hull: Then I drilled a hole very slightly smaller diameter that the pipe... It was not easy to drill through all this styrene 😉 It ended up looking like this: The "foot" is going to be made of wood sawed to the shape of Starfleet's symbol Since I haven't done any woodwork for years it's going to be interesting to see how many I have to make before one is acceptable 😜 That's all for now! BTW if I should drop a clanger on Monday my daughter will be entertaining any and all serious offers for my 1000+ stash. Stingy offerers will be pelted with old KP kits 🤣 Cheers, Moggy

unfortunately no... in the christmas preparations rush and the rush to finish the model in time I completely forgot Cheers, Moggy

Here I am again! Unforseen health issues made my life more, err... interesting for the last six weeks Now I'm back to the real important thing in life - modelling Next is the main hull: I begin with the fantail This - like everything else in this project - doesn't fit particularly well. However I am a modeller - bad fit comes with the territory 😇 And now the saucer correction set: These are truly crappy - next time I'm using plasticard Here's what I'm talking about: Since the saucer's sides are beveled, sanding down the oversize resin overhang is a bit messy if not done carefully. Cheers, Moggy

Some brilliant modelling in here! Cheers, Moggy

There are two different FROG Javelin kits: the early one with its original release in the late '50s and the far newer one released for the first time in 1975. I have owned both The FROG Gannet is likewise a product of the '50s - no openongs for landing gear, no cockpit openings either - just a "pilot head" 🤣 Cheers, Moggy

JT Graphics - made in the US. I'm not sure they're still around - but I think so Cheers, Moggy

Originally I was going to do USS Reliant with lights for this GB. While checking the project I decided to do a build of the same kit as a kind of prototype for the Reliant build Since I had an extra Reliant kit with all the Saratoga trimmings then this build will teach me the kit and correction bits' idiosyncrasies - thus the Saratoga conversion now rather than later Here are the bridge and decks B & C as compared to the kit's shapes. As you can see I've already started to saw the kit's B&C decks off. Here's what it looks like when finished. There has to be a "shelf" left to attach the resin bridge on ...and the B&C decks that have been excised Finally the new resin bridge & b&C decks attached to the saucer. The dark smears are thick grey paint used as filler. That's all for today! Cheers, Moggy