So now I've moved on to the largest member of the Fairy Kikaku 1/700 Dunkirk Set (1) kit. Originally it was meant to represent HMS Grive but I chose to render it as the yacht Narcissus. In real life that was its original name. Here is the …

This time I tackled a recent arrival: Fairy Kikaku's 1/700 Dunkerque (1) set. There are four ships in this set; the motorboat Firefly, MTB 102, a French sub chaser, and HMS Grive (former yacht Narcissus). Of this lot, the latter two were s…

This ship is the second vessel included in the Australia First Convoy Escort Group kit. The real life HMAS Bingera started off as a merchant vessel built in Scotland and was commisioned into the RAN in February 1940. The model is yet anoth…

So, I decided to tackle another Fairy Kikaku kit. I've got so many I might as well make a dent in the stash of them. This time I opened up their "Australia Convoy Escorts (1)" (sic) kit.... Contained in the box are hulls split into three p…

I've just finished a somewhat unsuccessful search for the name of bar/club that once existed in Gastown (in Vancouver). It was the venue where I once saw the punk band Slow in concert. I have a vague recollection of one of the band members…