Some paint on #histscalemodels

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Yum, Mrs B did a Burns Supper. It was ace. As usual we discussed why we don't have it more often. Tomorrow we will forget this conversation for a year.

I don't have much brand loyalty as you have seen from #buildthestash stocktake. Saved the best to last. Eduard are my favourite kit manufacturer, but boy are they intense builds, so I only build a couple a year. One Zero has been built from Tora Tora Tora box.

Nearing the end of the stocktaking #buildthestash Wingsy and CSM

Purchased before the invasion, #buildthestash

The Tamiya section is the largest. If I am going to succeed in #buildthestash I probably have to put aside my view that armour is placed in a vignette/diorama

Trumpeter shelf of #buildthestash

Undercarriage done. Oh boy did Airfix break complexity down into simplicity. #histscalemodels

The Hasegawa section of #buildthestash . The seller of the T4 failed to mention the lack of decals which was the whole bloody point of the purchase.

Can't be a #buildthestash brsaker if I was gifted it, surely? I am chuffed to bits.

This is a beautiful kit. Undercarriage tomorrow, it looks fiddly but I am hoping it will be as smooth as everything else. #histscalemodels

#buildthestash #histscalemodels ANK, Special Hobby and Infinity.

Office done #histscalemodels #buildthestash

#buildthestash HobbyBoss section

#buildthestash ICM and Takom section

Thought it might be best to stocktake for #buildthestash Border and Meng

The reviews are not wrong, the Airfix Jag is superb. Any fuck ups will be mine alone. Thanks to the rigour of #buildthestash I am looking forward to getting tucked into the Airfix section #histscalemodels

What next? If I am going to #buildthestash then getting tucked into the Airfix kits I buy but somehow ignore. 6 years since I last built an Airfix. Unlike most I am not going Desert Storm, local(ish) instead.

First for 26. Tamiya's 1/48 F-15J. 60th Anniversary of Chitose Airbase, as flown by 201 Squadron JASDF. Unsure if this variant is correct, but just look at those tails. Kept her clean. 2 tone grey may be too subtle. #histscalemodels #buildthestash

Not only am I fed up with the weather (no snow so far today but a couple inches due tonight), max temp minus 5. I am tiring of decals, 75% done. Underside to go.

I have lived in Aberdeenshire for 11 years, the older folk tell me this is what it used to be like. However, speaking as a Guernseyman, this is not normal. 6 days of the stuff, 6 days shovelling the drive just in case. I have never seen this much snow.

Weird decals sessions today. Same sheet, same process, same weather conditions. Yesterday and Saturday, smooth as silk. Today the decals are lifting after about 30 mins. I don't understand why. #histscalemodels

Support your local pub, especially if there is 8" of snow

First time with 2 Bob's Decals. They are ace, great to work with. The magnifying visor will take some getting used to.

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you Hi, I'm the rotten attic floor

Winter has arrived in Aberdeenshire. The view from the shed of beer and plastic.

Finally, my 1/72 military builds for 2025 - S-Model M151A2 'Mutt's, and Wiesels (one converted to TOW); PJM Models 3D-printed Alvis FV107 Scimitar; Italeri/ESCI M60 and Revell M60A3. Very much a cold war/West German theme going on! #MAFVA #ScaleModels #HistScaleModels

Just sneaking in with my 2025 builds. A fairly quiet year for me with work being quite busy! Thanks to all the modellers on here for your support and inspiration over the year 😍

My favourite builds of 2025 (in no particular order) @stefjn.bsky.social @rogerhunt.bsky.social @scottroby72.bsky.social @traindriverdave.bsky.social Top work!

No models for Christmas but I did get this.... #histscalemodels

My Christmas family duties are complete. Back in the shed of beer and plastic. Dodging the freezing rain to get this done. Happy with it. #histscalemodels

Please give my 2025 review a read, and share if you like #histscalemodels shedofbeerandplastic.blog/2025/12/23/2...

Wrong hash #festivetankchallenge2025 #festivetankchallenge25

#festivetankchallenge complete #histscalemodels

That was fun. #festivetankchallenge #histscalemodels

Here we go, unusually we have a guest for 5 days over Christmas, this makes completing the #festivetankchallenge significantly more difficult. Went for something simple and fun. #histscalemodels

The blow of #whamaggedon will be softened by my annual pitcher of Bloody Mary

Yak-3 of 303rd Fighter Division, late 1944. An early Eduard kit, not anywhere near as sophisticated as today's offerings. #histscalemodels

Current WIP. Hard to comprehend that they are the same scale #histscalemodels

In first place Suyata T-90A 1/48 by @twai.bsky.social

Yak-3. A strange way to build the cockpit 🤔🙄 #histscalemodels

A6M5 built under license by Nakajima. Captured by US forces on Saipan June 44. The scheme may or may not exist, and if it does nobody knows the actual greens used. I did it because I like it, and variety is added to my Zero collection #histscalemodels

Bonjour #histscalemodels ! Now that #HeaviesGB has concluded, I would like to propose a new group build for 2026. I floated the idea a while back and people seemed interested, so here we go: #BastilleBuild will run from May 1st to July 14th! Details in comments or at bastille.videospectre.net

My word, this is a 1998 mould from ... Eduard....wtf. As it's a Profipak boxing from 2011 there is some PE to spice the cockpit up. I did not expect this. #histscalemodels

Getting out of the habit of posting. Anyways I made the long journey down south for 5 days in London. Mostly to drink proper beer with my mate Neil, but squeezed in some culture. I approve this idea of a coffee house

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I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦

It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...