Been making some progress on the M113.
At the detail painting and decal stage for the exterior. Did some chipping using my new technique of using a slightly lighter shade of the top coat and then lazy dry brushed metal.
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I think this is my official walk of shame away from the high ideals of #BuildtheStash ! putteringinthestudy.com/2026/04/11/m.... #HistScaleModels.
The first group build of the year has started on Britmodeller, Rescue and Recovery, so my choice is the Thunder Models Scammel Pioneer. Not an easy kit by the sounds of it but I will plug along and see how it goes.
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FFS! I think #buildthestash is on for a bit longer. And luckily I am pretty well stocked with paints and sundries.🤬👍
Join #buildthestash John. It will make you feel good about finishing stuff.
Sea King is very go-stop-go. I hate dead model time. Been working on a #buildthestash side project. Ferret Mk2, kept her clean as it's a training unit. Airfix 1/35.
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Model airplane kits of an Iranian Tomcat, a Japanese Mitsubishi F-2, and a Chinese/Russian Su-30MKK in their boxes
but what next 😭 #PopcornTooButtery
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1/100 scale West German CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter
1/100 scale West German CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter
1/100 scale West German CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter
Thank you #HeliscaleQuality for fantastic decals. #BuildtheStash #TeamYankee #Bundeswehr #CH-53 #SeaStallion Paint and decals applied, next up some detail and then I do it all over again to the other #Hubschrauber in the box.
A decal sheet for two CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
I think we're doing decals today. #BuildtheStash #TeamYankee #CH-53 #SeaStallion #Hubschrauber
Another deleted scene from the film 1917.
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Cheers Paul, I think I quite enjoy "normal" cars, might have to get some more once the #buildthestash moratorium is over 😁
A completed Tamiya 1/24 Honda Fit/Jazz in mint opal green with homemade LED warm white headlights and red taillights.
A completed Tamiya 1/24 Honda Fit/Jazz in mint opal green with homemade LED warm white headlights and red taillights.
A completed Tamiya 1/24 Honda Fit/Jazz in mint opal green with homemade LED warm white headlights and red taillights.
A completed Tamiya 1/24 Honda Fit/Jazz in mint opal green with homemade LED warm white headlights and red taillights.
Well that came together quickly once the wiring was in... wipers, decals and black paint on some of the more obvious electronics. A fun build and I learned how to do lights for future kits! (this represents an old car I once had) #scalemodels #buildthestash #honda #tamiya
Resin model of a 14th Century Polish knight, part painted in acrylics.
Resin model of a 14th Century Polish knight’s shield, painted in acrylics.
#WIP - I often have a couple of projects on the go and switch between them to keep benchtime interesting. Paused to do some surgery to the Indian Army Officer’s sword, so started this C14th Polish knight. Early sketching on face etc so long way to go. #scalemodels #histscalemodels #buildthestash
1/100 scale Team Yankee German CH-53 Sea Stallion in Nato Green
1/100 scale Team Yankee German CH-53 Sea Stallion in Nato Green
Oh ya, Project Fourteen of #BuildtheStash is well underway. A little cleanup of the resin and a coat of NATO green and we're ready to make it look like a German. #Airborne #Assault #MissionPack #TeamYankee I'm not sure Battlefront provides decals but a guy in Germany makes better ones. Ordered!
A surprise #buildthestash . Languished in the drawer of shame for 4 years, dragged out and completed. She's terrible, but serves as a marker as to the progress I have made. Camera angles chosen wisely. #histscalemodels
Eduard boxing, Hasegawa kit, F104-J 1/48.
A MkIV Male model kit painted and propped up in front of an open wooden box of artist's pastels.
It's time for some pastels and I may be a while. 😁
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The unit card for a West German Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter from the Team Yankee Airborne Assualt Mission Pack
Next up #BuildtheStash Project Fourteen is another #TeamYankee kit. Simple project that is part of the #Airborne #Assault #MissionPack. Two 1/100 scale West German Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Heavy Lift helicopters.
Some very cool stuff for sale at AtlantaCon. I'd snap up that Roci in a heartbeat if it wasn't for #buildthestash. Those Pocher 1:8 scale die cast kits are wild. Probably a few thousand dollars sitting on that table. #scalemodels #histscalemodels
Four 1/100 scale German Bo-105 PAH-1 helicopters
Not really #BuildtheStash but they have been waiting a long time for the paint and finishing touches so here we are. A group of PAH-1 Bo-105 helicopters for #TeamYankeeGame #Panzerabwehrhubschrauber
I finished my first build of the kits I picked up at Rivercon in Shreveport last weekend with a colorful little 1/72 Boeing F4B prewar fighter. putteringinthestudy.com/2026/03/20/1... #HistScaleModels Hats off to Yellow-Wings Decals for a terrific decal set. (It's still technically #BuildtheStash )
Model figure of an officer from the 15th Lancers, Indian Army.
#WIP - the 15th Lancer’s officer is starting to come together now there is colour on his turban and sash. Glad i waited until now to paint him but still being pushed well outside my comfort zone! #histscalemodels #scalemodels #buildthestash
A 1/87 scale Teccotoys Age of Mecha Heavy Pocket Mech in yellow and green livery.
A 1/87 scale Teccotoys Age of Mecha Heavy Pocket Mech in yellow and green livery.
A 1/87 scale Teccotoys Age of Mecha Heavy Pocket Mech in yellow and green livery.
Build Thirteen all dressed up for a night on the town. #AgeofMecha #ScaleModels #BuildtheStash #HappyStPatricksDay #TeccoToys
A 1/87 scale mecha robot primed and held aloft on a aligator clip attached to a red block.
A little update on Build Thirteen. I was focused on Operation Dryer Drum Glide last week so didn't get much done. That said, Mecha Heavy is built and has a light dusting of primer on it. Ready for some colour. #AgeofMecha #ScaleModels #BuildtheStash
Don’t think took many people are working on these two at the same time. #histscalemodels. Trying to get back on the #buildthestash wagon with … two I got yesterday.
A standard bearer for my W'adrhun Blooded wields a menacing banner made up of some sort of large predatory dinosaur's skull with an even larger blade sticking out the back of it, with a banner draped from said blade.
Banner for my W'adrhun Blooded was a bit frustrating to put together, but I am very much so looking forward to painting it! The other 7 Blooded are in various states of assembles, but I'm hoping today will be the day all of them get marked down as assembled!
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I fell off the #BuildtheStash wagon at Rivercon today, but I can’t say no to good 1/72 plane & armor kits for $5!
The Constitution in the classic 1960 Revell 1/196 kit that will be a nostalgia build - I started one in 1976 and never finished it, and always wished I had. #HistScaleModels
Paint it black (or various shades there of). The front office of the CV-22. #scalemodels #histscalemodels #buildthestash
Finally polished the Tamiya Porsche 926C. Bit disappointed with the remainder of the overspray that I can't get off, and there is a mysterious crack in the windscreen.
Plus I've chipped the paint in a couple of places.
Ho-hum. Learning experience, I guess.
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Next up is the Italeri 1/48 V-22 and the extra bits to convert it to a CV-22. This might be a bit painful. #scalemodels #histscalemodels #buildthestash
