I spotted an auction for completed models of two Japanese ocen liners; the Hikawa Maru and the Yawata Maru. I put in a bid on them and that turned out to be the only bid on the models. The reason for bidding on the models is that the Hikaw…

Yet another Fairy Kikaku kit. This one is a "sea truck" which was pressed into service as an IJA transport ship. It met its demise at the hands of USAAF and RAAF on March 3rd, 1943 during the Battle of the Bismark Sea. It was struck by bom…

A few nights ago I was in the process of seating myself in front of my computer when I felt something hard under my right foot. I looked down and spotted something small and grey. Upon inspecting it after picking it up, I realized I had in…

My choice to use one of the two ships in a Seals Models kit of River class frigates as HMCS Ribble was decided by the decal set provided with the kit and my luck in finding a photo of a ship which wore one of the pennant numbers on that de…