Building Books…and Plastic Models
Posted by Mike Cox on 1st Sep 2023
It’s 3 a.m. and I’m desperately trying to get back to sleep. But my
brain’s on-off switch is frustratingly stuck on “on.”
Care to listen in? I’ve got to get the Texas Ranger book finished in time for the
Rangers’ Bicentennial observances this year. What else should I include?
Have I forgotten anything? Does any verbiage need to be cut? What photos
should I use? Is the cover design compel
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Gamer's Get Some Love This Week
Posted by Danielle Adams on 11th Aug 2023
With IPMS Nationals behind us (read Rudy’s Report at the end of the newsletter), it has me thinking about the future of LionHeart Hobby. I think it’s safe to say that Rudy has created an incredibly curated selection of models, tools, and paint that has gotten the attention of modelers worldwide now. Those of you who are local are truly the envy of so many around the nation. You have no idea how ma
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Trumpeter TBD-1 Devastator, Kit No. 02226, 1/32nd Scale
Posted by Phillip Friddell on 11th Aug 2023
It’s been a long time coming, this one; twenty years, to be exact, from the date of its initial announcement until we finally received the kit some several weeks ago. Two decades is an exceptional gestation period for almost anything these days and it’s remarkable in the extreme for a polystyrene model airplane kit. That simple fact begs the question: Was the wait worth it? The answer to that one
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A Memory of Milton
Posted by Phil Friddell on 22nd Jun 2023
I have a memory of Milton I’d like to share with the LionHeart family.Most scale modelers have an airplane that is “theirs”, one that is special to them in some way. Mine is the Curtiss P-40E as used in the Pacific during the seminal years of 1942 and 1943, so I was ecstatic when Hasegawa introduced their 1/32nd Scale Warhawk to our hobby way back in 2008. I didn’t like any of the kit decals, howe
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