Aoshima Time X: The Lineage of Supercars

I stumbled across this Japanese collector, godzitoraman's old page devoted to a whole line-up of Japanese Time X  Supercar kits. I'd no idea there were so many!

Is it an Aoshima kit you know?

https://share.google/tjM2E4QQcx1XGYAU3 

Rob's Schöne Scheune: the Willy Adler Barn

Woodsy,

Here’s a lovely little HO Scale model kit I snagged off eBay recently, a German-produced Scheune (Barn), which came with lots of little farm business.

I added the animals and people, and tried to create an idyllic scene of yesteryear.

Gotta love Willy Adler, creator of the famous WIAD model empire.

From 1965!

Rob C

USA

Rob's Convair XFY Pogo Model

Woodsy,

Here is the latest model off the work bench - the Convair XFY Pogo.

In an ongoing effort to solve the problem of long runways for aircraft take-off, Convair made a prototype of a Vertical Take-Off craft in 1954, the XFY Pogo, which was marginally successful, but the U.S. military decided to cancel the project.

Lindberg Models made a lovely 1/48 scale model of the Pogo in 1958, and Atlantis Models reissued this iconic kit in 2025.

A very “Sci-Fi” design, and fun to build. Gotta love those twin propellers!

Rob C

USA

The Jupiter C Rocket by Revell

 Blog friend Terry H kindly sent these pics.

Cor!

Das Hot Rod: Revell's Red Baron

 Some recent acquisitions include this Red Baron model I picked up at a boot sale. 

Rough and ready with fading chroming, the front wheels are missing and the Helmet's spike gone, otherwise it sort of looks the part.

No idea of it's age or make. The original Revell kit was reissued a few times.

Anyone got the Red Baron?

Rob's Bendix Talos Model

Woodsy,

Here is my build of the Atlantis Models’ Bendix Talos, originally a Revell kit from 1959.

The Talos was a supersonic surface-to-air missile primarily used by the U.S. Navy, designed to carry high explosives and/or nuclear warheads.

The Talos could reach speeds of up to Mach 4, and was operational from 1958 to 1979.

Another “straight out of the box” project, as I might have built it as a teen!

Rob C

USA

For it's a Jolly Good Faller

 I recently picked up these two plastic biuldings in a scrap store.

They were dearer than I'd like - £15 the two - but really quite lovely.

There's a smaller Alpenblick mountain restaurant and a large block of flats with shops at the bottom. The tiny detailing ist wunderbar! 

Both are plastic and have wiring, which I assume is for lighting. 

I tried to illuminate them myself with fairy lights but to no great success.

Do you think these are Faller biuldings for train lay outs?

Rob's Atlantis Revell X-17 Research Missile

 Woodsy,

Here is my latest blast from the past, the Atlantis Models reissue of the X-17  test missile, originally produced by Revell in the late 1950s.

The actual X-17 was manufactured by Lockheed, designed to provide information on long-range ballistic missile re-entry issues. A three stage solid propellant hypersonic missile, the X-17 was introduced in 1954 and reached speeds of over 10,000 mph.

In 1958, several X-17s were used for Project Argus, which tested nuclear weapons detonated at high altitudes.

A very cool model from the “Cold War”!

Rob C

USA