Roys Rants

Hi Guys, This tutorial will show you how I paint resin seats with molded in harnesses. Lots of modelers hate dealing with fussy photoetc...

Our interpretation of White 13 "Viva!".  VMF-124. Flown by 2nd Lt Kenneth Ambrose Walsh. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 28 May 19...

F4U-1 Corsair. Bu no. unknown. “Tojo Eats Shit!”  VMF-222. Pilot unknown. Munda Airfield, New Georgia. Solomon Islands. The inscription wa...

A meticulously restored F4U-1D Corsair cockpit shows just some of the many stencils and placards that litter the cockpit. Our new stencil...

The long awaited Thunderbolts of the Hell Hawks sheet in 1/48 is finally available!  Featuring over 21 aircraft, 19 of which have never b...

Borrowed from my good friends at Aeroscale, here is a shot of the forthcoming Special Hobby Firefly in 1/48th scale. This is good new...

Hi Guys. Yes, once again its been quite a long silence here on the blog. I am trying to rectify this and am planning at least a onc...

The weeks leading up to a big show can be extremely stressful, involving long days and little sleep in preparation for the event. Telford is...

Hi Guys. Another quick blog to catch you up on whats been going on with the man from BS. I am in the hotel lobby fighting with this funn...

Hi guys, If you have been following the Blog for the last few posts, you will recall that a dramatic setback, in the form of all of my pro...

with one important caveat. I am at Birmingham airport, waiting for my friends Robin and Linda to pick me up. Flights were fine... BUT! O...

Well, I'm at LAX, waiting for this A380 to finish boarding. Heading across the pond. I'll be in Telford tomorrow. Hope to see thos...

Ron O'Neal's superb 1/32nd scale Tamiya P-51D Mustang serves as eye candy to help announce the new P-51 wheel sets in 1/48th scal...

This classic air to air shot of the Blenheim I shows its unique and (to some) attractive lines. Hi Guys. I have really been lax about posti...

Jens Haakon Brandl's beautiful Seafire FR 47 in 1/48th scale from the Airfix kit  is a great example of a beautiful model built to a ...

Hasegawa has just re-released their beautiful Warhawk kit in 1/32. This new boxing has parts for both the P-40E and filleted tail for t...

Its true, Barry! Barracuda Studios now takes Plastic. Yes, in addition to Paypal payments, we now accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex and D...

BR32012 P-51 Mustang Cockpit Sidewall set. Hi Guys. It has come to my attention in the last few days that the installation instructio...