How-To | Hawkeye's Squawkbox/The Plastic Scale Modeling Hour

Where The Rubber Meets The Road

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 0 Comments

Tires and wheels are a popular topic of discussion with scale modelers whether they are building vehicles or aircraft. The aftermarket world has responded with resin alternatives for some of the needs modelers have requested. It could be something such as the correct tire thread pattern or weighted appearance. But what do you do if you have plastic or vinyl tires that aren’t quite what you need? Well, use your scale modeling skill sets and get creative!

Bush Whacked Turbo Porter PtIII

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 0 Comments

A quick update on the Turbo Porter. All major assemblies are installed including the remodeled nose section. Most of the aircraft has had a coat of primer applied to find any flaws in the surface and joints.

How-To: Impromptu Bench Grinder

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 2 Comments

Video How-To: Scale modeling often calls for the use of a tool found in a mechanics or woodworkers workshop. Many of these larger power tools are available in scaled down form, but often they are not available nor affordable for everyone

How To: Vinyl Tire Filling

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 0 Comments

Video How-To: Vinyl Tires

How-To: Removing Vinyl Tire Flash

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 0 Comments

Video How-To: Here is a quick tip on how you can easily remove the vinyl tire flash and sprue from the tires that came with your model kit.

Truck Cab Slim Down PtIII

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 2 Comments

During this session at the bench I worked on getting the rear slider window installed and filled in so I can sand it flush.

Use A Jig To Stand It UP!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 0 Comments

Do you want to build a better model? Who doesn’t! Roger W. of IPMS-Steve Wittman suggest building yourself some stands and jigs to hold the components as you build them. This protects those delicate parts from damage by heavy fisted handling. They also aid in the accurate alignment of parts so everything squares up.

Let’em Breath-Open Up Those Intakes

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 0 Comments

Often we want our models to have as a realistic appearance as possible but often even though the kit manufacture went to the trouble of giving us separate parts for intakes and scoops they are often not really any better than if they had been molded in place. I show how to remedy that!

Bush Whacked-Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 1 Comments

From the time I saw the PC-6 perform I began to wonder, can it be made to perform even better? Having seen aircraft such as the Piper Cub evolve into new designs such as the Sherpa I thought I could tweak the base PC-6 into something that Alaskan Bush Pilots could make other PC-6 owners jealous.

Overcrowding On The Shelf Of Doom

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Gerald Voigt | 2 Comments

The Shelf Of Doom as many call it, a place where kits languish and collect dust and seemingly have little hope of ever being completed. Some have their suffering ended when they are finally cannibalized for parts, the rest tossed into the spares stash or end life completely by being tossed into the workshop garbage bin.

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