Mike Beale over at the Norfolk Wildlife blog, link to right, writes in answer to my query about the white moth bottom right "That's...

It was almost too hot to garden today, but it makes for lighter work if you manage to accomplish something which is more pleasing to the eye...

A bit of a conundrum tonight, for which I seek the input of those who have an opinion; Sorting out all the recent acquisitions of Airfix sm...

OK, I notice we're not far off 30,000 visitors, not much by blog standards, not even that many by toy/model/war-game blogs standards, bu...

These were given away free with the Doctor Who Adventures magazine last week, I only noticed them on the Monday (it's a Thursday-to-Thur...

Not really a 'Collectable' but something I'm fond of, I carved this by hand from a piece of Marble I ploughed up in 1983, the pl...

More wildlife encountered out and about in West Berkshire in the last couple of weeks; Top left is a busy Bumble Bee, to the right is a cate...

A quick update on the Zoo Animal premiums post ( Here ) of a few weeks ago, thanks to the Philosophic Toad for sending this image in of th...

One of the best ways to 'set the scene' whether on a war-games table or a display shelf is with the use of era-specific scenery, and...

Might be of some use to some people? I know it took me ages back in 2008 to discover all this. The last three also work in comment boxes on ...

Well, that Hedgehog I woke in November while re-building the sheds, came and forgave me the other evening, just as I drew up in my new (old!...

Vac-forms (for; Vacuum-Formed) have been an integral part of the modeling and war-gaming scene since quite early in it's inception, and ...

Bellona set on the left, this is one of the smaller sets from Micro Mould Plastics ( Unifax group), and they have appeared in various hea...

Here we have a few odds and sods; Top left is what I suspect is the insert for the box-packaging of a 1950's set of toy soldiers, or a w...

One hears the refrain 'Really Rare' an awful lot within the collecting fraternity, mostly - it has to be said - from either dealers,...