I'll be camping with Dakota the Sheltie from Tuesday, December 16 through Thursday the 18th. No posts as I won't have internet acces...

From the new Optima kit instructions: The leading edges and outside edges are rounded. The trailing edges remain square. The short leading e...

There is enough "free" balsa on one side of the Monarch fin sheet to cut out one of the larger, lower Optima fins.  The other two ...

  I decided to kitbash the Monarch into a downscale Optima. I've always liked the dual fin design and bold graphics. I couldn't find...

The finger tab was cut off and the engine hook flipped over. A subtle curve was bent down the length of the hook for better motor retention....

It looks like I already sanded the coupler.  Sometimes these red couplers are too tight and can get locked up in the wrong position when glu...

I'm taking a break on the Enterprise build. I remember pausing the Klingon build a few years back. Sometimes you just have to ease up a...