Scale Modeling Tips News and Information http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Scale-Modelers-blog.html Scale modeling tips Blog brings you the latest news and trends in scale modeling for the hobbiest and the professional. en-us Scale Modelers Tue, 15 May 2012 11:45:21 GMT Tue, 15 May 2012 11:45:21 GMT scale-modelers-handbook.com May 15, Diorama Subject USS Iowa To Open As Museum in July http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/diorama-subject.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/diorama-subject.html Diorama Subject Comes To Life Again After 50 Years Tue, 15 May 2012 11:45:20 GMT May 15, human being http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/human-being.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/human-being.html I LOVE THOSE BOOKS and the movie...Read ALL the books 4 times and PAID to see the movie 4 times...plus bought the DVD ...stories are wonderful on many Tue, 15 May 2012 02:17:36 GMT May 9, Dream Job captivates Windy City Model Railroader http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/dream-job.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/dream-job.html Dream Job Running HO Diorama 40 Hours Per Week Wed, 09 May 2012 14:10:10 GMT May 8, Log Farmhouse Shows Unusual skill http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/log-farmhouse-shows-unusual-skill.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/log-farmhouse-shows-unusual-skill.html Hi all ... me again with my latest project. I scratch build all of my log cabins by hand from my own hand drawn plans, none of them are kits. Each is Tue, 08 May 2012 19:44:06 GMT May 5, Cutty-sark renewal brings Queen to rededicate new display http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Cutty-sark-renewal.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Cutty-sark-renewal.html Cutty-sark renewal turns fire-ravaged ship into unique display Sat, 05 May 2012 13:09:46 GMT May 2, Family Trains because of son's model railroad passion http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/family-trains.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/family-trains.html Family Trains Together To Grow Hobby Business Wed, 02 May 2012 17:47:12 GMT May 2, Green Christmas For Your Scale Modeler Helps Environment http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/green-christmas.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/green-christmas.html Green Christmas Can Help You Save Both Money and Environment Wed, 02 May 2012 14:02:06 GMT May 2, Virtual modeling is a method of creating your own 3-D scale models http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/virtual-modeling.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/virtual-modeling.html Virtual Modeling Is Ready For Prime Time on Your Bench Wed, 02 May 2012 13:38:01 GMT Apr 26, Titanic-2012 Paints New Photos of Century-old scene http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-2012.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-2012.html Titanic-2012 brings century-old sinking up close and personal with the latest answers Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:35:23 GMT Apr 26, Titanic Looters Create Quandary for Undersea Explorers http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-looters.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-looters.html Titanic Looters Set To Raid Undersea Gravesite Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:31:12 GMT Apr 25, Love Log Cabins http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/love-log-cabins.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/love-log-cabins.html I'm a retired guy with more time on my hands than I knew what to do with. I've always loved building things with my hands and was an avid RC aircraft Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:28:38 GMT Apr 25, Prepping plastic models http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/prepping-plastic-models.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/prepping-plastic-models.html I never heard of anyone lightly sanding a plastic model to help paint adhesion. The best thing to do is to carefully wash the plastic parts in water and Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:21:06 GMT Apr 22, Web Business Two Draws Buy Ready Traffic http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/web-business-two.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/web-business-two.html Build A Winning Site To Serve Your Home Business Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:06:17 GMT Apr 21, Ships Movie Marquee Is Where You'll Find Sea Going Flicks http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/ships-movie-marquee.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/ships-movie-marquee.html Ships Movie Marquee Is Home To Scale Modelers Handbook Reviews Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:51:40 GMT Apr 20, Kitbashing Transformers From Model Kits Takes Imagination http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/kitbashing-transformers.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/kitbashing-transformers.html Kitbashing transformers May Have Helped Movie Success Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:52:31 GMT Apr 20, Movie Models stimulate hobby industry http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Movie-Models.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Movie-Models.html Movie models created by pros hard to distinguish from real ships Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:50:16 GMT Apr 20, Learn sketching and you will have an economic scale modeling tool http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/learn-sketching.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/learn-sketching.html Learn sketching and develop your own scale model building plans Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:13:08 GMT Apr 20, Painting A Black Art For Some Model Makers http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/painting-a-black-art.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/painting-a-black-art.html Painting A Black Art When Too Many Make Decisions Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:12:08 GMT Apr 20, Ultimate-Paint-Job More Than Modeler Can Duplicate http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/ultimate-paint-job.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/ultimate-paint-job.html Ultimate Paint Job Puts Patriotism On Four-Wheeler Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:52:27 GMT Apr 20, Dream Racer Makes RC Racing Possible For4 Disabled http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/dream-racer.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/dream-racer.html Dream Racer Head-Tilt Control Gets Handicapped Into RC Racing Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:38:59 GMT Apr 20, Radio Control Molbilizes Scale Modeling on Land, Sea and In the Air http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/radio-control.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/radio-control.html Radio Control Joins Modelers and Models at up to 30 mph Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:37:15 GMT Apr 20, Scale Choice: Your First Model Railroading Decision http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/scale-choice.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/scale-choice.html Scale Choice For Your Pike Takes More Than A Letter Preference Decision Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:04:14 GMT Apr 20, Military Models Commanding Respect From Master Modelers http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/military-models.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/military-models.html Military Models Are The Basis For Intense Historical Research Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:50:08 GMT Apr 20, Hobbies For Seniors Add to Zest for Life http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/hobbies-for-seniors.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/hobbies-for-seniors.html Hobbies For Seniors Can Reduce Drug Dependency Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:12:08 GMT Apr 20, Web Businesses Provide Economic Boost For Many http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/web-businesses.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/web-businesses.html Web Businesses Resolve Need For Income Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:39:34 GMT Apr 20, Free ebooks Make Internet Business Success Probable http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Free-ebooks.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Free-ebooks.html Free ebooks can make your website better Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:27:06 GMT Apr 20, Early retirement provides time to enjoy the life you want http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/early-retirement.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/early-retirement.html Early retirement bypasses the 10 real retirement mistakes Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:26:18 GMT Apr 20, Retirement How-To With Your Own Web Business http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/retirement-how-to.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/retirement-how-to.html Retirement How To guides you through web business development Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:57:31 GMT Apr 19, The Scale Decision Not Always Easy http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/the-scale-decision-not-always-easy.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/the-scale-decision-not-always-easy.html First I want to say I find your site a great resource, and find what you do fascinating. I am about the same age as you , born JUNE 6, 1941. To tell you Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:27:17 GMT Apr 14, Diorama tips to make your good model even better http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/diorama-tips.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/diorama-tips.html Diorama tips can give your model a lifelike and historically accurate look Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:37:37 GMT Apr 14, Titanic build retraces history of this great vessel in a free app http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-build.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-build.html Titanic build is National Geographic's top history app and it's free Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:26:31 GMT Apr 10, Titanic Parable details lessons the sinking offers for today http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-parable.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-parable.html Titanic Parable compares its iceberg to today's climate change Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:00:08 GMT Apr 9, Titanic Finale Attempts To Assess Goliath's Last Minutes http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-finale.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-finale.html Titanic Finale Fosters New Diorama Ideas Showing What Happened Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:49:19 GMT Apr 9, Titanic Marketplace features variety of Titanic models http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-marketplace.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/titanic-marketplace.html Titanic Marketplace models recall history of a tragedy Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:32:10 GMT Apr 8, Modeling Gallery is Your Online Brag Book Of Scale Modeling Successes and... http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/modeling-gallery.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/modeling-gallery.html Modeling Gallery completes your project by showing it to your peers Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:10:03 GMT Apr 5, Diorama Plan More Important Than Craftsmanship http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/diorama-plan.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/diorama-plan.html Diorama plan, complete with mock-up, provides solid basis for success Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:01:08 GMT Apr 3, Heading South http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/heading-south.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/heading-south.html A few weeks ago while thinking about re-arranging my den I was sitting watching TV when all of a sudden one of my (luckily)not yet completed model trucks Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:54:55 GMT Apr 2, Ghost Ship off West Coast Serves As Environmental Model http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Ghost-Ship.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/Ghost-Ship.html Ghost Ship foreshadows what Japanese Tsunami Brings Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:14:38 GMT Apr 2, Debris Updater tracks a growing plastics problem in the Pacific http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/debris-updater.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/debris-updater.html Debris updater highlights the impact of last year's tsunami on trash dump Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:29:31 GMT Mar 24, Flight From the Corner Bookshelf http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/flight-from-the-corner-bookshelf.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/flight-from-the-corner-bookshelf.html My new room doesn't lack for space and yet, somehow, ends up as home for the oddest furniture in the house and invariably, this becomes home for my dioramas. Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:38:20 GMT Mar 24, The old Alabama stock car http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/the-old-alabama-stock-car.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/the-old-alabama-stock-car.html I bought this model from a grocery store clearance center 20 years ago and built it as a deep south USA backyard (in my imagination, I live in Canada). Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:36:40 GMT Mar 24, Finnish Tank http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/finnish-tank.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/finnish-tank.html An old kit from 30 years ago, I think offer a choice of decals and I took Finnish...sorry for the lack of historical knowledge, I was more interested in Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:33:18 GMT Mar 24, Scale Modelers Tips and Techniques For Ships, Trains and Planes http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/index.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/index.html Scale Modelers build skills here to master their craft Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:10:20 GMT Mar 24, P-61 Build Sets Stage for Scale Model Research and Kit Choice http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/p-61-build.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/p-61-build.html P-61 Build Lays Groundwork for Diorama Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:31:27 GMT Mar 23, P61 Build Continued Gets Into Serious Model Building http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/p61-build-continued.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/p61-build-continued.html p-61-build continued brings Black Widow Model to life Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:37:25 GMT Mar 23, Acrylic tips can help you save modeling expenses http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/acrylic-tips.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/acrylic-tips.html Acrylic tips add variety to color palette Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:31:34 GMT Mar 23, Adding Movement Heightens Modeler's Interest http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/adding-movement.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/adding-movement.html Adding Movement Increases Hobby Engrossment Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:22:36 GMT Mar 23, Solid Modeling Preferred By Many Scale Modelers http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/solid-modeling.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/solid-modeling.html Solid Modeling Is Unique Hobby Preserving History Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:15:11 GMT Mar 23, Scale Model Practicing Needs to be Considered if Perfection is the Goal http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/scale-model-practicing.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/scale-model-practicing.html Scale Model Practicing is Important to your Hobby Development Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:01:37 GMT Mar 23, Museum Research http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/museum-research.html http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/museum-research.html I am trying to locate one or more of the French modelers who were featured in an article in here about 6 years ago. It was about their work to build an Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:43:46 GMT