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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Never watched MTV TBH. On the other hand I still remember TMF from the 90's. Guess it had to do with VJ Bridget Maasland who was in her early twenties 🤩 at that time 😅 Also remembered that Laser PC. Had one and its Power Supply Unit blew up 🔥🤬 Had to do some soldering for installing a new PSU 😳

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Paint mysteries.. did spray White-Grey (AV 71.119) but the Mustang's underside looks more Light-Gray irl 🤔 Guess spraying an extra layer might help in reducing the differences in colour 🙄🤷‍♂️

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some steps to go before doing the panel lines for my WIPs. I did not (over) accentuate the panel lines in my previous builds. Have to admit the model looks better with panel lines popping out. However, that's often not the case on looking at the planes irl. What do you do with your panel lines?

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

First computer growing up was the Exidy Sorcerer, mid eighties.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe. Is this a good bribe? 🤔 The Swedish Air Force donated this Saab 37 Viggen to the Aviodrome aviation museum (NL) in 2006. Exposed to the elements ever since the plane starts to decay and looks more and more weathered by the day 😳

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I have a compressor without an external tank as I am not doing long sessions and it also needs less space. After 1 hour I was already finishing & cleaning stuff as the compressor stopped because it got too hot. How long does it take before your processor needs a break because it gets too hot?

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

De "Zeven Provinciën" (1665) was a flagship of Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. The Batavia shipyard started building the replica in 1995. The project was put on hold indefinitely 19 years later. Pictures are from 2017. Hope Association Tourville do better in building their Jean Bart.

Pictures were taken in 2017 at the Batavia shipyard.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

35 years ago by now 🎧😎🎧 Founded in 1990 - from the Rotterdam area where I studied & lived in the '90s ⏳

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Have to admit I really do enjoy some of those Bollywood movies. Although on singing and dancing 🕺💃🎶 it's fast forward to me ➡️ www.youtube.com/shorts/9o6mU...

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What if Star Trek had been made in Bollywood? #bollywood #startrek #startrekthenextgeneration

YouTube video by Yishay Raziel

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hope this will protect my clothes somewhat against paint specks / drips 🎨🖌️

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was treating my DC-10 with medium gray and decided to spray the Mustang medium gray as well. It might not do justice to the RAF 268th squadron's historical accuracy but I decided to give the underside a white-gray colour 😎 anyway. Like Italeri's RAF colour scheme that looks more whitish 🤔

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The programming languages I earn a living are within the top 10 according to the TIOBE programming Community Index. That’s why I like building my scale models. It makes me forget programming languages and statistics like that for a while.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Guess those will be Skynet's first words on becoming self aware 🙄

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Interesting: modelkitworld49141446.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/i... I agree it's highly unlikely the hobby will disappear. Prejudice: building plastic model kits is mostly done by OFGS (Old Fat Guys). Can't prevent getting old but I try not to get fat by going to the gym & doing some jogging 🏃‍♂️🐖🐢 😅

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Some dry fitting of what i made of the DC-10 wings so far. The Tamiya masking tape did well, no bleeding. And the AV Model Air paints behaved as well. Now on to the upper sides of the wings.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Passed the test. Went to the shop for flow improver and I left the shop with... just flow improver 😎 Although that Tamiya model kit was very tempting but I could resist the temptation 💪 #buildthestash

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The P-51A Mustang had its primer. Now on to the next paint layers. Unfortunately it's always AFTER cleaning the airbrush and throwing away the paint that I found out I had forgotten parts that could be sprayed in that spray session as well 😳

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's not the "Artesanía Latina" with its 10.000+ parts 😳 what I am having, It's 'only' the Airfix one what is in my stash. Looking at pictures of the real thing, how many ropes does that thing have? 🙀 Is there some kind a wiring diagram whenever in the future my HMS Victory is ready to be rigged 🤔

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Spent some time on the hobby this weekend. Will do some extra sessions next week. Content with the AV Model Air Silver and the AV black primer but several paint sessions need to be done to get satisfying results 🤔

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." - such a pleasant working environment 😅 -

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On our way, 10 years ago (2016) - la Route Nationale, somewhere between Bourges and Troyes. For a tourist most French villages look similar, hardly changing over the years. Really did enjoy my holidays in France.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Could have saved the effort painting the wheel wells. Unlike a Spitfire nothing of it is visible once the landing gear is retracted. Seems the Italeri P51-A model kit is focused on an extended landing gear. The parts in question don’t have the best fit if you want to have a retracted landing gear.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What a great song 😎🎧 Reading the lyrics it seems it has has to with an unpleasant toxic relation? 🤔 Still a great song 🎧😎🎧 youtu.be/9TgUraGg07Q?...

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Pete Bellis & Tommy - Sometimes

YouTube video by Pete Bellis & Tommy

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wasn’t satisfied with the sprayed paint layer so i decided to do some sanding as a preparation for the next layer to come. Just a little bit of sanding giving it an appearance of being in decay on a scrapyard 😅interesting 🤔

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Time to apply a first layer (=primer). Don’t want to glue the canopy yet. Somewhat in doubt what’s the best way to mask the interior. Guess i have to use this silicon masking putty although it’s not my favourite material to work with 🤔

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Travelling & marriage endurance: mrs driving 🚗 and me doing the navigation 🧭 using a map 😳 - all went well, we reached our destination and we are still married 😅

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A medieval gate, built between 1380 and 1425 and given this current appearance after the 1885/1886 restoration. As a resident of the city in question, I almost see it daily without giving it a second thought. However as a tourist, I might have taken countless pictures 📸

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Came by and saw the water tower (built in 1897 - 1898) in Zwijndrecht (NL). Beautiful building but I never paid attention to that building when I lived in that area many years ago. Maybe worth a visit next time once the tower is open for public.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Airbrushed the DC-10, several metal colours coming later. Painting 🖌️ larger areas in my childhood didn’t went well, enamel paint didn’t cover and started to drip. Went better now using the airbrush. Less layers would do if I choose to do pre shading making the base layers shining through.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Painting 🖌️ a spinner - Duck Egg Green (AV 71.009) went well, Black (AV 70.950) needed several layers and Yellow (AV 70.953)...😭 Didn't use primer but I wonder why Duck Egg is doing so well compared to the other colours. Maybe it's because the Duck Egg is brand new, fresh out of the bottle 🤔

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Can't go wrong with the cat's 😽 assistance.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Last winter I wanted to “unyellow” this decal sheet but ultraviolet sunlight was blocked by cloudy ☁️ weather. I will give it another try as we have summer ☀️ now. If i ever going to build a Mig 👹 jetfighter it will be the one in use by the Indian Air Force for which I will use these decals.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Impressive hardware from the past at the steam depot in Beekbergen (NL). The locomotives of the VSM (Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij) are maintained and kept running by a large number of volunteers.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

What the ... 🙄 I would expect the decal having a white stripe as well. And once again another challenge for this model kit, an airbrush 🌬️ white stripe-challenge this time.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The "trench" on top of the MDD DC-10-30 KLM fuselage has been plastered somewhat. Enough is enough and I don't want to put more putty and effort in it 🥱 Now on to next phase, applying fresh KLM colour combinations 🖌️ 😎

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#buildthestash status update. Halfway through the year and all went well. Haven’t bought any kits so far. Just tools and paints. Currently building two kits simultaneously, a Karaya (former Eastern Express 😭 ) MDD KLM DC-10-30 1:144 and an Italeri P51-A 1:72. How is your stash doing?

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Interior forever hidden from view once a closed canopy is put in place. My 1:72 interiors looks horrible on magnifying, larger scales might become better. The Italeri is less detailed compared to Airfix and a decal sheet for the cockpit instruments (what Airfix often does) might made things easier.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sanding for several hours using 400 - 600 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 grit sanding paper 🥱 Relaxation therapy 😴 ? It seems to work somewhat, less seal and some cracks. A last effort to conceal the cracks.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Using AI coding tools seems to be the future. Maybe it's is an old fashioned statement, but you still have to understand what the (generated) code is doing and why it is written/generated that way. AI can help you with that as well but you can't leave your understanding entirely to AI?

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Building a 1:72 Italeri P-51A Mustang. This model kit has 2 configurations. I guess I have to select a configuration what pleases me most. Still I'm very curious what Mustang (A/B/C/Mk.II or..) uses what configuration. The model kit mentions nothing. Anyone can tell? #scalemodel #histscalemodels

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Scale modelling Crisps Summer Riding my motorbike Creating / maintaining non spaghetti code

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It really sucks the way those DC-10 fuselages parts came out of the moulds 😭 Guess I have to putty / CA-glue again to conceal the ugly seal 🙄

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Have to put my Karaya MDD DC-10-30 aside for some days as the black primer still feels tacky. Seems the retarder being used is doing its job well 🙄 So in the meantime I'll start this from my stash. The Mustang P-51A will be given RAF 268th squadron colours 😎

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Vallejo Black Primer went well on mixing it with thinner, flow improver & retarder. Despite the mixture being used, I am afraid I still must give it a week to cure. Otherwise the primer will peel off on sanding. And how to get rid of that ugly seam? Guess more sanding sessions need to be done 🤔

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

#TankTuesday This Panther-D tank was given to the city of Breda (NL) by Polish troops who liberated Breda (General Maczek's Polish 1st Armoured Division - 1944) and this monument was erected to commemorate the liberation of Breda (NL 🇳🇱) and its liberators.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Bloody hell 🔥 does this model kit, created from moulds having its origins somewhere behind the iron curtain 👹 contain parts that by accident do fit? 😅 Seems to be common practice for civil passenger jet model kits 😳 I will do some more plastering & sanding this weekend. Enjoy yours 👋🏻

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

For those building scale model civilian passenger jets, What do you use for those white markings most jet engines have? Decals or using a brush freehand? #histscalemodels #scalemodels

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Not exactly a perfect fit 🫣 for those parts coming out of a mould having its origins somewhere behind the iron curtain 👹 Guess I will need that putty from the hardware store (intended for walls) to fill up the huge gaps 😳😅

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Did use some clay for adding weight to the nose so the plane won’t rear up. Looks quite horrible 😅 Guess cavity wall insulation also looks like that. Anyways, once the fuselages are glued you won’t see the clay anymore.

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MRA @mrasoft.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Tried organizing my ‘mobile’ workshop and my scale modelling hobby stuff using a trolley. Don’t have a fully equipped workshop 🤩 like some lucky ones are having,

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