Haven't been around.....

I've been remiss at keeping up to date here. I retired from my job after 34 years on Aug 31, 2007. Since then I've been busy catching up on household projects and re-vamping my model room. That was a big mistake! Now there's a big reminder of just how slow a modeler I am. I plan on getting back to work on these right away.

Latest News

I went to the Gastonia N.C. model show on April 28th. I had a great time and saw a lots of friends. I won a third place trophy for my 1/72nd scale P-51d and the "Best Of" trophy for my 1/48th scale F4F-3a Wildcat. I went to the Anniston show on May 5th and made some good deals on a couple of models. I didn't enter anything this year. We had a great turn-out from our club however and everyone who entered from the Northmen won something. The club garnered quite a few first place awards.

I've gotten further along with the King Tiger I'm working on and I'm pleased with the results. Hopefully I'll be through with this one in the next week.

Over reaction

I took a breath, got some advice from my friends in the IPMS Northmen and moved forward. Now this King Tiger looks a lot better. It might not be a contest winner, but it's provided me with new insights on both my skills as a modeler and my overly self critical tendencies. On I go.

Working too fast

I learned a hard lesson in the last two days. I was going along o.k. on the King Tiger. I was reaaly focused on the tracks. Then it came time to attach the hull. I didn't pay enough attention and ended up with a mis-aligned fit with a gap that's going to take some thinking to see how to proceed. I'll see how it goes.

King Tiger Project

I'm working on a armor project that hopefully I'll complete before the Gastonia, N.C. and Anniston Alabama shows on Apr 28th and May 5th respectively. This is the 1/35 DML6232 King Tiger Late Production Ardennes 1944. This was the first time I’ve ever put link-to-link tracks together. They are the kit styrene tracks and I’ve learned a few lessons putting them together. I can see now how alignment can be an issue with these type tracks. The next one I work on I’ll use a section of track to align the road wheels before final gluing. Here's the track and lower hull so far.

Hello to All!

Hello Everyone!

My Name is Kit Redmond and I'm a scale modeller from Metro Atlanta. I'm 52 years old, married to a wonderful girl, and share my house with our dog, Nicky and our cat, Misty.

I returned to modelling about 8 years ago. I joined a local IPMS model club, I've participated in putting on regional and national competitions. I was operations manager for the 2005 IPMS National Convention in Atlanta.

I've made a lot of new friends in this hobby and now I'm branching out into Military Figure Painting. I've got a lot to learn and hopefully some to share.

This is hopefully the first post of many.

Happy Modelling

Kit