Yeah, Putin was part of Epstein’s circle too.

I dusted ff a 7-year-old build for a local IPMS show and tell. It’s the 1/24 scale Airfix Mosquito. The last truly unfinished 1/24 kit they did before they started doing them properly with the Hellcat. Here’s a video review of it. #histscalemodels, #scalemodels

At least one adult in the room. youtu.be/pE-dV4BtK6Q?...

I’m happy to say that my wife and I will be a big drain on the U.S. government with our Social Security and non-taxable retirement income and then will pay tax in the UK with some of that U.S. government’s money.

This is our rental in Nantwich and the first time I’ve mowed a lawn since I was 11 years old.

Found out (by accident) that it’s cheaper to fly from Phoenix to Manchester via Heathrow than it is to fly from Phoenix to Heathrow. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

So, basically, all the propaganda the Iranian rulers have been feeding the Iranian people about America being the great Satan turned out to be spot-on.

I got all my model building supplies and tools packed to ship to England for our escape from the U.S. It compacted to a reasonable size. #histscalemodels, #scalemodels

This week, I had a special experience seeing “The Empress Pub” which my great grandparents owned in Liverpool. Ringo Starr grew up in the row of houses behind it and his mom worked for my great grandmother as a barmaid.

This is why we have American fascism. Most US adults don’t support Trump but many more 2024 VOTERS do.

If randomly bombing civilians and infrastructure wins wars, why is Ukraine still undefeated? Having people in power with a real history education would be useful.

My great grandparents owned the Empress Pub in Liverpool and my great grandmother ran it long after my great grandfather passed away. She employed Ringo Starr’s mother, and family legend has it she paid for his music lessons. #ringostarr #thebeatles #RingoStarrAndHisAllStarrBand #peaceandlove

FYI, we’re looking to rent this 4-bedroom house in the UK for less than my US health insurance would cost.

Interestingly large number of right wing bot accounts on Bluesky lately.

It should be lost on no one that Trump isn’t demanding free and fair elections in Venezuela and Iran but he wants to choose a regime leader that will line his pockets.

Trump is completely above the law. This is the new normal.

For four years since I got my UK citizenship, I’ve been trying to move there to escape Fascist Trumpmarica. But in those four years, England has descended into the populist right-wing Trumpisms with Reform. We’re going, but it may only be until Farage becomes PM and Trump might be out of office. 😒

Snow day.

Finished the Tamiya Beaufighter. A good kit if you know someone looking to get into modeling. Easy to build…not amazingly scale but fun. After 3 complex biplane builds, I needed something easy. #histscalemodels #scalemodel

#histscalemodels #scalemodels Began the topside camo with a ton of chipping using liquid mask based on a wartime photo. Also installed the engines. You don’t have to paint a whole plane at once.

#histscalemodels #scalemodels Didn’t realize that the front cowlings on these planes with Bristol engines was actually the exhaust collector. Pretty clever. Replicating it was a fun challenge. Also most of the way through painting the underside.

I’m not in the Epstein files, are you?

#histscalemodels #scalemodels Okay, this Tamiya Beaufighter isn’t the most detailed or scale thing but the worst “feature” in modeling is a clear canopy hatch with thick clear plastic and a huge ledge that can’t easily be hidden. About a quarter of the build time so far has been fixing the canopy!

I’ve never seen a national of people prouder of their ignorance and stupidity. Trump truly represents them.

The documentary Melania (2026) had a weak opening in the UK and Ireland, grossing just £32,974 in its debut weekend (Jan 30–Feb 1, 2026). It opened in 155 cinemas with an average of £213 per site, ranking 29th, which was significantly lower than the re-release of The Lord of the Rings: ROK.

#histcsalemodels #scalemodels One of the easiest and most effective techniques to make engines and guns look realistic is to rub a pencil on coarse sandpaper to get the graphite, then use your finger or a coarse brush to rub it into matte black paint. The first photo is before, the second is after.

#histscalemodels #scalemodels The Tamiya Beaufighter has come together so easily. About 14 hours to this point. Lately I’ve been using Tamiya LP-11 silver lacquer as a primer so I can easily chip the Vallejo acrylics I use. This plane was exceptionally weathered. It will be fun to replicate.

I took a Korean song I really like and put it together with some of the POV clips from some of the most magical places from the hike as a Valentine’s Day card for my wife. #cotswolds #thecotswolds #cotswoldway youtu.be/yXDYVXi1DBU?...

One of my favorite artist is Kimie Fukahara. She did some music for “Midnight Diner Tokyo Stories” on Netflix and has several youtube channels. This is one of my favorites: #indie, #independentmusic, #music youtu.be/pdUKrj8ry-0?...

The whole “anti-woke” messaging of the last few years was totally about normalizing extreme racism. It worked.

#histscalemodels #scalemodels 10 hours in and I’m already to this point on the Tamiya 1/48 Beaufighter. Tamiya was genius for making the delicate parts (like landing gear) as a module that goes in later so I can handle this easily to do bodywork. Very little filler. It’s fun to rip through a model!

#histscalemodels #scalemodels After a Special Hobby, Kotare, Roden and two Wingnut Wings builds, I needed a break. I got a Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter 1/48 that I’m building out of the box. What a joy. Perfect fit, no PE, 90% of the interior will be hidden. It took me only 4 hours to this point.

#histscalemodels #scalemodels As a pilot, a modeler and a history buff, there are a lot of modeling techniques that bug me because they are simply wrong. One of the biggest is putting gun streaks on the top of the wing. That’s where the low pressure is so no gun soot can possibly stick there.

40% of the country is nuts but that 21% on the far left of the chart are bat shit insane.

#histscalemodels #scalemodels. Finished the WNW Sopwith Camel. Gonna skip WW1 planes for a while. Too fiddly for me.

Servile sycophants gonna bootlick.

Way to crash the dollar asshole.

It was going so well until I broke every part of the tail in the jig while putting the wings on. Later, I broke the tail skid off while rigging it. Spent a full day passably fixing it but it’ll never go down as a great finished model when it’s done. #histscalemodels #scalemodels

Well…bye

#histscalemodels #scalemodels A lot of parts ready to come together to finish this Wingnut Wings Sopwith Camel.

Watching an old episode of Hogan’s Heroes and they’re supposed to be building a model of the Hindenburg and there on the table is a Monogram Stuka model! #histscalemodrls #scalemodels #hogansheroes

Everyone on Bluesky when Trump dies: youtu.be/Dkq7WZTzkLQ?...

Trumps policies never fail to screw me.

Starting to look like a Sopwith Camel. #histscalemodels #scalemodels

Folks, Trump’s current approval rating is slightly higher than this point in his first term. And higher than Biden’s. Let that sink in. The problem isn’t Trump, it’s the U.S.

#histscalemodels #scalemodels Us modelers can get obsessive. I ordered better seats from Barracuda and worked around them for two weeks. They showed up and I had ordered the wrong scale 😩. I gave up and decided to use the stock seats and it turns out the seatbelts mostly covered them up anyway. 🤔

In our bubble, don’t forget that Republicans see all of this completely differently. They’re happy with Trump, they support him and they’re fine with whatever he does. Particularly if it pisses us off. Don’t think for a second there is any undercurrent of true discontent with Trump. We’re fucked

We hiked the magnificent Castell Dinas Brân in Wales. youtu.be/wxODjnVNdMA?...

We narrowboated the Llangollen canal. This is crossing the truly awesome Pontcysylte Aquaduct. youtu.be/Da4VIn7Qux0?...