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Friday Finds: September 16, 2016

It’s been a while, so stand by! Tutorial: Creating realistic metal pipes Photo studio upgrade The world’s largest model railroad Take a ride on 9 of the world’s best model railroads Build log of an amazing project: Faun L900 6x4 tank transporter (with some great reference photos!)

By |2016-10-29T19:09:30-05:00September 16th, 2016|Fun Finds|0 Comments

German surrender footage [VIDEO]

I’ve always been fascinated by the “rest of the story”. The battlefield tales are interesting, but learning how local residents survived or rebuilt after the battle is infinitely more interesting. I came across this footage of Germans surrendering at the end of the war. Fascinating look at how things can turn from brutal to something much different.  There’s also a TON of diorama ideas here! [Watch the video] UPDATE:  The moment I posted this link, I went back to the video. It had been playing and I noticed that the FAMO mit Flak vehicle was driving along in the video. Hilarious, considering finding pictures of this low production, end of the war vehicle has been incredible hard. And now here’s a color video! Nice!

By |2016-10-29T19:09:31-05:00September 2nd, 2016|Fun Finds|0 Comments

Amazing model railroad [VIDEO]

If you're not following Atlas Obscura, you should. It has some amazingly interesting content! This article caught my eye, and the video below is a great watch. An Up-Close and Personal Look at the World's Largest Model Railroad

By |2016-10-29T19:09:31-05:00August 30th, 2016|Fun Finds|0 Comments

Friday Finds: June 19, 2015

Some of you readers may already have heard, but I've quit my job and have grand plans to take the summer off. Hopefully that means you'll be see a lot more building and blogging on this site. If you like what I post, leave a comment and/or drop me an email and let me know. I'm more inclined to post if I know people are reading! Dorothy Mckibbins interview - Manhattan project Tutorial on making a (rough) brick wall Beautiful diorama... this is the quantity of ruble you should see when a building collapses!

By |2016-10-29T19:09:31-05:00June 19th, 2015|Fun Finds|0 Comments

Friday Finds: June 12, 2015

Incredible train bridge diorama Son finds lost D-Day footage in father's attic Good tutorial on using Vallejo's Still Water product (and a nice idea on building a cool diorama too) Some non-modeling nerdy fun Green leader - cool Star Wars comic

By |2015-06-10T17:10:16-05:00June 12th, 2015|Fun Finds|0 Comments

Friday Finds: May 29, 2015

Well, I'm a day late this week, but I'm still here! 12 foot long aircraft carrier model, complete with motion! Every Mad Max car explained (great modeling reference... this might get me into building cars!) The Fallen of WWII "Above and Beyond" - a great movie about the formation of the Israeli Air Force - includes a lot of really interesting historical footage. I found myself screenshotting on my iPad repeatedly. And of course, great story. Great photo gallery of WWII photos

By |2016-10-29T19:09:31-05:00May 30th, 2015|Fun Finds|0 Comments
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