Having a break

I’ve found it hard recently to spend much time on the plastic. Lots of things wrestling for my time, but now the nights are starting to draw-in I’m hoping to pick-up some of my long term projects to while away the hours. More to follow soon…

Over to the dark side

I’ve had an ebay alert set up for a couple of years now to try and nab a 1/48 SR-71 of some sort. Several close shots, some near misses and a couple of bargains slipping under the radar made me think I would have a long wait before getting my hands on one. I can remember a few years ago contemplating getting one; they were readily available, but we were in the process of moving house and it slipped my mind. Then, when I came to buy one, the supply had dried up and I had to resort to ebay. There were rumours of a Revell re-release, but nothing came of it. A visit to good ‘ol Affinity Models a couple of weeks ago was prompted by a hiatus in a Tamiya Meteor F.1 build (I needed to get some tubing and paints), and there on the shelf was the very kit I’d been looking for:

So I was obliged to buy it.