Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 12h#ItaliaGB Macchi MC.200 Saetta complete. 1/48 by Italeri. I've messed up the canopy, but "oh well". Much better quality than my only previous Italeri. Won't avoid them anymore. #histscalemodels 9426
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Open the new Airfix Mag. It's almost like they know #ItaliaGB is happening. 1/32 Veltro should I 🤔 #histscalemodels 5321
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 02/10/2026London trip...what was it for? A proud brother moment. My sister was invested as a Member of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Over 30 years of voluntary service and leadership duties of the youth section. Well done Jackie. 9231
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Staying in Clerkenwell, an area of London that escaped me during my 23 years there. Found tomorrow's destination which simplifies matters. 071
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#ItaliGB #histscalemodels that's the last session for a week. Off down to London for an important family do (well my sister and I). Details with pics on Friday. 4594
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have no idea Adam. I am not a research type of modeller (MiG-15s aside). #ItaliaGB though was a rallying cry to get some difficult schemes across the line. Mind, I have never shied away in the past. 3121
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 21/09/20265 months on. It would have been Monty's 17th birthday today. These are previous birthday portraits. The youngest one is on his 8th. The shed of beer and plastic is quieter without the presence of "security". 1120
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have changed my mind often about the approach to this tricky scheme. Even after applying the first coat, I am not entirely sure. Anyways.... #ItaliaGB #histscalemodels 3334
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Not much to the Saetta cockpit but it has taken a while. The instrument panel had 11 steps. #ItaliaGB #histscalemodels 2302
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A quick on subject diversion from #ItaliaGB while waiting for primer to cure on the Saetta 0202
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Macchi C.202 Folgore in the markings of 363 Squadriglia 150 Gruppo 53 Stormo of the Regia Aeronautica in 1/48 scale. Kit was released by Hasegawa in 1995, and it showed at times. First build done for #ItaliaGB #histscalemodels 5486
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Paint on, decal day tomorrow #ItaliaGB #histscalemodels 3445
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Now that Folgore is at the "paint, wait 24 hours, paint , wait 24 hours " stage, and I loathe dead bench time, it's time to get to grips with the Saetta #ItaliaGB #hiscalemodels 3311
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Cockpit done....chances of seeing anything....minimal. #ItaliaGB #histscalemodels 1241
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 02/09/2026#ItaliaGB day 2. Tomorrow is PE. #histscalemodels 1311
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Look what has just arrived. It doesn't qualify for #ItaliaGB but it finally gives me the opportunity to build one. #histscalemodels 1462
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Yeh.. #ItaliaGB is here #histscalemodels good modelling to all who are taking part 1263
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Latest off the #histscalemodels work bench. JSDF Type 16 MCV, Tamiya 1/48. A quick fun build. 3344
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 26/08/2026#histscalemodels 1/48 is way too demanding of my very limited figure painting skills. Should be passable in situ. 3351
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Had to take a break from #histscalemodels as the Border Zero sapped a lot of enthusiasm. But I am back and fully energised. As always Tamiya 1/48 armour works as the reboot 3403
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Another arrival for #ItaliaGB , the instructions are.....interesting #histscalemodels 2345
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Match Day Scotland v Canada at Forfarshire Cricket Club. Seating position...the bench closest to the bar. 1130
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I plan on displaying her with Tamiya's Toyota Model AB, but that's for another time 0202
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Finally got Border's 1/35 A6M2b over the line. Enjoyed the step up in detail and complexity that a bigger scale brings, but I haven't really done her justice. Having to destroy a week's work on the engine so that it actually fitted sucked the joy out. #histscalemodels 14578
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 10/08/2026An extraordinary read. I can still hear the screaming. 0180
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Sigh. Travelled down early to Forfarshire Cricket Club, Broughty Ferry. Scotland v UAE. Rain yet to stop. Sheltering in the local 'Spoons.£1.98 a pint. 030
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I wish, that's way above my abilities. Lucky Gordon and Lemon Drop 150
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It may not be #histscalemodels but that's the most fun I have had at the bench for quite a while. It may be inappropriate but I have a sister for #ItaliaGB. 6354
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Sometimes I just want to glue things together. A break from the Border Zero, a "Superior" kit from Matchbox. No paint, just assembly. It was useful in teaching me to be more precise with removal from the sprue and applying the cement as I didn't want to mar the glossy sheen. 4312
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Only built the one, it went together like a dream. 2 in the stash. You are quite right, the instruction booklet is a work of art. 160
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A wonderful read about an understated cricketer at an unfashionable county. 030
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Could any of the Japanese modellers or Zero experts help me with this. Decals for Border's 1/35 Nakajima A6M2b. Instructions say 16 or 17, which is correct? Google lens hasn't helped. #histscalemodels 181
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 12/07/2026A birthday present from my sister. Never have I devoured a book so quickly. I can't do my relationship with Big Country justice here, expect a Shed of Beer and Plastic blog tomorrow. "Stay Alive" the last words I heard Stuart say, it hurts that he didn't. 272
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Starting to look like a Zero, though I forsee problems getting the engine mounted. #histscalemodels 1290
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Airfix's Sea Vixen is not perfect, but with a bit of wrestling it comes out OK. 5131
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Bigger Zero cockpit complete, that was almost a kit in itself. Tricky, but fun. #histscalemodels 3485
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 22/06/2026With all the indulgent cricket watching, progress on the 1/35 had slowed to snail's pace. Finally a WIP shot... #histscalemodels 1341
Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The Original Oak for today, West Indies v Scotland 100
