Going to the Krazy Races in Stockport
Soap box racing came to Stockport over the Bank Holiday, and a Lancaster bomber flew overhead. I managed to get some video of both.
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Campus Friends II- modern take on an old favourite
I’ve been stocking up on figures for the Spinneyworld store, so I took the opportunity to have a look inside Tamiya’s Campus Friends 2 box- with a quick look back at the original, and a bonus box from Hasegawa.
You can find these figures, and more, in the Spinneyworld store.
What’s inside Custom Car’s May 1982 edition?
And will I have to pixelate any of it?
Another old car magazine leafed through for nostalgia and inspiration.
Anything for views
‘Plane crash YouTube’ could become the description of the worst kinds of stunt done to clickbait views. It’s obvious that, just like television, an amount of content on YouTube is scripted and skewed to get views. But deliberately crashing a plane has to be a first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65567519?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Inside April 1980’s Street Machine Magazine
Another old car magazine perused for cool content and nostalgia.
New Product- Detailing parts for science fiction dioramas
I’ve been storing up interestingly shaped bottles and packaging to make science fiction flavoured buildings and tech. But I wanted to go further than normal greeblies and plastic strip detailing, and designed some themed parts.
The models are available as STL files from the Spinneyworld store, or as part of the rewards package for Builder level supporters on Patreon.
The scooters of St George 2023
I primarily go to the St George’s Day parade for the scooters at the end, but there are always a few other cool vehicles passing by before them. The first half of the video is the Jeeps, Land Rovers and trucks that also attended, the second half the scooters.
For a while, it looked like the scooters weren’t going to make an appearance. I don’t know what held them up, but it must have been frustrating, and no doubt explains why they seemed more rowdy and anarchic than in previous years.
Dunbine Diorama part 2
The Dunbine mini diorama build ends, with the base painted up and the mecha given some finishing touches. You can support Spinneyworld on Patreon.
Inside Chrome & Flames 17
Let’s have a look at some custom cars from the early nineties. A fair amount of pastels and sharp graphics. And some very crazy limousines.
Picture Story Show – Unboxing a Model of Old Japan
Another eccentric kit from Japan. This storyteller’s bike is a companion to the Goldfish seller, and has links to Golden Bat. At this rate, I’ll soon have a full fair.
I bought this model from Hobbylink Japan (affiliate link).
(Mushroom) clouds over Vegas
This look back at Las Vegas capitalising on nuclear tests ties in to the theme I’ve got planned for a few model builds this year. I’m going to take the already odd and tense air of the Cold War and give it a dimension slipping twist. The videos will appear on YouTube, and back stories will be on Patreon.
Taking a Trip to the Lawnmower Museum
Something different for this video. The lawnmower museum is in Southport, and I’ve been meaning to go for years. It’s in the back of a hardware store, and packed with mowers and related paraphernalia. I highly recommend it as an example of an eccentric little museum hidden in an unexpected place.
There are few models of lawnmowers out there, but Zoom On Models from Hong Kong do make a resin kit of one of the land speed mowers. It’s on the long list of kits I’d like to get and build one day, and if some kind soul buys me one, I promise I’ll donate the finished product to the museum.
I can swear on YouTube again
Not that I swore in YouTube videos before- I cut out the bits where I drop model parts on the floor- but it’s nice to know I could if I wanted.
(Full disclosure: I’m not monetised on YouTube yet, so this change, and the previous version of the rule, don’t affect me. You can help by watching some of my videos, liking them, and subscribing to my channel.)
YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized – The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/7/23629345/youtube-swearing-profanity-guidelines-advertising-creators-outrage
Manchester Morris Minor Meet-Up
The Morris Minor is a British icon, so I had to pop along to Manchester’s Transport Museum to shoot some footage of the recent meet there.
It’s well covered in diecasts, but there aren’t many models of the Minor. I think the only ones are resin, such as this one.
Dunbine diorama, part 1
Just a simple diorama using a base that some of you may remember.
I picked up the Dunbine kit from Hobbylink Japan (affiliate link) because it was cheap and looked interesting. The base is from an old Matchbox tank kit. I’ve got a few of them, bought from nostalgia, and I wanted to see what I could do with one.
Some of the detailing parts for the build come from the Gunpla section of the Spinneyworld store.
This is the first of a planned series of connected builds, set in a Cold War made very different by incursions from other worlds. Lore and more will be shared at the Spinneyhead Patreon.
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Hot Rod & Custom UK September 1978
Another from the vintage car magazine pile. There is a lone issue of this magazine in my collection, so let’s have a look at it.
Building Aoshima’s 1:32 Snap Kit R32 Skyline
I put together the first of the 1:32 R32 Skyline kits I unboxed recently. The Aoshima kit is snap together, but I couldn’t resist the urge to do a little detailing and texturing on the inside.
Home Guard Smith Gun Mini Diorama
I don’t usually do military subjects (that aren’t sci-fi), but the Smith gun appealed. The base for the diorama is an old wooden ashtray, flipped upside down and repurposed. The model is from a Ukrainian company called Ace.
Street Machine magazine, June 1979
Another old car magazine from the stash. This time, it’s the second edition of Street Machine, from June 1979.
Bolton IPMS Model Show 2023
The annual Bolton model show has been one of the few I’ve been able to get to consistently over the years. This year, I decided to get video of all the displays. Even trimmed down to just the builds on display, the video above comes in at an hour and twenty minutes. Definitely worth it if you weren’t there, though.
I also split out examples of the stuff I’m most interested in, with shorter videos, below, for cars and bikes, and Science fiction and figures.