So far I have not been attracted to ship modeling. In the past years I’ve started some Chinese cruiser, Markgraf from ICM, some HB’s submarine, but it all was 1: 350 and they got stuck in fairly early stages, then ended up in a quarantine or in a bin. It has changed when I came […]
IJN Soryu | Aoshima AOS14851 | 1/700 — Kendzior’s Way
I will be hitting the pause button for the rest of 2020 while I will be resting after my eye operation. Everything is fine, but using my airbrush will have to wait after January 18, 2021.
My Forgotten Hobby III has been quite an experience in 2020, first by finding out how binge shopping on Amazon has been affecting my collection which had added 23 new model airplane kits.
That’s 23 in 2020!
I am sure I won’t be adding more in 2021 as I have to realize I have to stop adding to my collection.
As a reminder, here is a list of the 23 model kits I bought in 2020.
ICM Ju 88 A-14 (bought on January 20, 2020)
ICM Ju 88 C-6 (bought on January 21, 2020)
ICM He 111 H-3 (bought on January 22, 2020)
ICM Do 17Z-2 (bought on January 21, 2020)
ICM Me 109 F-4 (bought on January 28, 2020)
Eduard F6F Hellcat Weekend edition (bought in January 2020)
Eduard Spitfire Mk XVI Weekend edition (bought in January 2020)
Eduard Me 110 E (bought in January 2020)
Eduard Me 109 G-4 (bought in February 2020)
Eduard FW 190 D (bought in March 2020)
Eduard Me 109 E-3 (bought in March 2020)
Eduard FW 190 A-8 (bought in January 2020)
Eduard FW 190 A-4 (bought in March 2020)
Eduard Hawker Tempest Mk V (bought in June 2020)
Eduard P-51 D (bought in June 2020)
Eduard Hawker Tempest Mk V Weekend Edition (bought in June 2020)
Tamiya FW 190D (bought in January 2020)
Tamiya IL-2 Sturmovik (bought in February 2020)
Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter TFX (bought in June 2020)
Tamiya P-38 F/J (bought in June 2020)
Tamiya P-51B (bought in September 2020)
Tamiya P-47D Razorback (bought in September 2020)
Trumpeter Vickers Wellington Mk III (bought in February 2020)
I hope I have not forgotten one.
In closing, I wish you all the best for 2021, and may all your wishes come through like a 1/48 scale Handley Page Halifax Mk III and a B-17D.
This will be my last post about remembering December 2013 before I let you in on a litle secret…
How to solve my big problem with displaying my finished model airplanes? I could build my unbuilt model airplane kits, and then give them away as gifts to someone to remember someone dear to him or to her. I could build a model of this Mosquito stationed in Malta in 1942.
I did build a Mosquito Mk VI fighter-bomber in 2012 as a gift for a 84 year-old man who was looking for information about his war hero when he was 18 years-old back in 1945.
Eugene Gagnon, Mosquito pilot
Would you like to know more? Are you sure? Then click here.
Picture taken in July 1945 at Little Snoring, in England
I posted close to 250 articles on RAF 23 Squadron, a little known Mosquito Squadron with the R.A.F. in WWII. I told you my hobby was writing blogs.
My blog about RAF 23 Squadron has grown since with more than 450 posts. All I write is about preserving the past and honouring those who served in WWII.
Next time on My Forgotten Hobby III, finishing the MiG-15 and tackling Tamiya IL-2.
Courtesy of Tamiya Website.
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Petlyakov Pe-2 — Plane Dave
At long last… December 14, 2020.
There is a reason behind each model airplane kit I have bought. This makes it difficult to choose one. There is also a story behind why I have been building model airplanes since 1958.
My Forgotten Hobby is a personal diary that I am sharing with everyone who might one day stumble upon it. This is how I view My Forgotten Hobby.
Getting back to my forgotten hobby… here are the three comments left by readers who had offered suggestions.
Comment no. 1
The IL-2 Sturmovik would be my first choice, but wouldn’t be disappointed if the SBD Dauntless was chosen. The P-61 Black Widow would also be nice. Which of the three has the most detail and would be the most demanding?
Comment no. 2
I was about to vote for the P-51 D, when I saw the Kitty Hawk mention and thought maybe you should start with the one that basically created the others.
Comment no. 3
I have two thoughts; first is the BP Defiant. That’s one I’ll get to in a couple months and it would be interesting to see you process through. The other is the Tamiya P-51B. I always like Mustangs! And it would be an easy break after fiddling with the He 111.
So what is the story behind each of the model kits that were suggested? That would be a great way to procrastinate isn’t? But I am not going to do it as each one will be eventually built in 2021, 2022 oe 2023.
As for revisiting again December 2013 on My Forgotten Hobby…? We’ll see what happens a little later.
So stay tuned…
I still have the same problem I had seven years ago, maybe even worst.
https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/houston-we-have-a-problem/
You may call it a big collection if you want…
I would call it more a big problem.
When to start building my big unbuilt collection of model airplane kits, and then, where to display them afterwards when they are built? I have been reading this blog and I know that my problem is shared by many model builders.
Pat Murphy is a model builder who does not have a problem with his collection. He works as a volunteer in a museum in Victoria, British Colombia. He contributed to one of my blogs I write about a Spitfire squadron in WWII. You can see what he did to pay homage to Spitfire pilots.
Impressive work isn’t?
And what about that untold story behind my B-29, sitting on the box of an unbuilt Revell 1/48th scale B1-B bomber on top a bookcase, which is gathering dust and is easy prey to my scared cats…?
I use a can of compress air to move the propellers around when my two year-old grandson visit me.
You should have seen the look in his eyes. Sorry folks no picture of my grandson, only my cats…
Maybe my grandson will get hooked on building airplane model kits like his grandfather was back in 1958, and, one day, build some with him.
Can cats help in building model airplanes?
This is where I stand right now…
Posted on 12 December 2013
https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/b-29/
I was already on a roll with My Forgotten Hobby in December 2013. I won’t say I am obsessed with my forgotten hobby, but I won’t disagree if you think so.
There were two posts on December 12,2013. This is the first one…
Post No. 9
Who reads this blog anyway? I do so is Allan Bussie who wrote me a personal e-mail last night.
Hello Pierre,
Even with that dust, that is a very good looking kit!
Thank you for your email. You are welcome to use pictures and such as long as you give credit to www.oldmodelkits.com or have a link like you did. I appreciate the fact that you included the link. Feel free to use anything as long as you give credit as you did.
I enjoyed your blog! Especially the photos of the older models – and the wrecked B-17!
Sincerely,
Alan
To which I replied…
Hi Allan,
I will surely send my readers to visit your Website when I use your pictures, and also send them to read articles on your blog which is fascinating. I am a 65 years-old 10 year-old kid just having fun on Cyberworld.
This is just the beginning. I have several blogs on WWII.
Glad you enjoy this blog. I enjoy writing it.
Pierre
P.S. I have cleaned up my planes yesterday and I started repairing the B-25 this afternoon.
This blog is like traveling back in time. This is my favorite airplane and my favorite model kit. This B-29 model was built in 1977 or 1978.
I remember well because my daughter was not born yet. Monogram had just released this 1/48th scale B-29, and I had to have it.
If you click on this next image, you will see how I painted it.
In fact, I did not paint it. It’s all covered with aluminum foil using glue from an aerosol can. Great technique that was also used on the B-17G.
Hey Mac! It’s aluminium foil…
There are also stories behind the B-29. One is here. A trip in 2013 with my cousin Joe to the New England Air Museum.
Another story I will tell you later… Sometimes, I am playing with my B-29 with someone who is very dear to me…
It’s not my cat.
The second one is here…
https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/air-zoo-of-kalamazoo-mi/
I’ve uploaded a video with some tips and a demonstration of how I finish radial engines. For those who have been following the blog for a while, this video features much of the information contained in my Modeling Radial Engines article from last year. The engine I am finishing comes from the venerable 1/48 Hasegawa […]
Finishing Kit Radial Engines – Now on YouTube
This is starting to be The Twelve Days of Christmas on My Forgotten III.
In December 2013 I was asking my few readers what was their favorite plane?
https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/11
You tell me, and I will tell you what’s mine.
What’s your favorite Website about model kit building? I have to say this one because of all the old box tops.
They also have a blog worth visiting.
One reader wrote this in the comment section.
Just discovered your blog. In my youth I had the same hobby but I was into the Airfix collection. They would be displayed all over my bedroom furniture. I like the Korea war period planes and my favourite would be the F-86 Sabre.
That was seven years ago…and I am building one right now.
On December 10, 2013 I had written this on the original My Forgotten Hobby…
https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/
I hope you have enjoyed yesterday’s post about the Flying Tigers like the only visitor I had on this new blog yesterday. I intend to get more traffic.
This post is about my boneyard. Nothing compare to boneyards in U.S.
Cats don’t live in harmony with model airplanes. This is why I keep a boneyard.
This Monogram 1/48th scale B-25G is one of them. I bought it in Washington, D.C. in 1976 when I visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. It was my first trip with my new girlfriend. I have a beautiful picture I had taken of her in Washington, but I won’t post it. Nicole would become my wife a few months later.
This Monogram B-17G was shot down a few years ago when one of my cats got scared.
My wife was scared about my reaction…, but I love cats more than model airplanes.
The cat survived, but the Flying Fortress did not. I have recovered most of the parts and I intend to repair it someday. God knows when I will do it though.
I have another Monogram B-17G. This one on top of a bookcase where sometimes one of my cats takes refuge when she is scared by someone entering the house. Scary, but this B-17G has survived.
Sorry for the fuzzy shot…
Here’s a better shot of this B-17G.
Only the tail guns are missing. The ground crew take good care of the old lady. The display board was made for a C-47 model I had built in the 1980s. It was also shot down by another of my cats in 2002, and now sits on a shelf.
My biggest problem with starting again building the 50 or so airplane model kits I have is where to safely display them in the house with my cats always running around them when they are scared.
How do you display a 1/48 scale Monogram B-29?
Simple… On top of the box of an unbuilt 1/48 scale Revell B-1 Bomber I bought in the 80s.
End of the original post.
When I wrote this on December 10, 2013, I had five cats. I now have just one as all the others died.
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