20260627 10 Essential ICs

20260627 10 Essential ICs

There are two ICs (Intergrated Circuits) which I followed from my being a Student and even right now. This was because of Star Trek: The Next Generation Tricorders which I discovered to be using the 555 and 4017 ICs. I also dabbled with Logic Gates but that stopped when I ventured into micro-controllers. You can […]

20260621 The MALCOM Haul #01

20260621 The MALCOM Haul #01

I have bought quite a lot of things during my last two MALCOM participations. Therefore, in the next few posts, I will share some of the items with you. Some items would be from last year, which I have yet to use and some, would be the ‘latest’ 2026 products from the participating vendors. Opening […]

20260617 MALCOM 2026 Covered by TheStar

20260617 MALCOM 2026 Covered by TheStar

Thanks to the gusts of wind, which got me to putting back this morning’s newspaper together again, I noticed that TheStar have covered Malcom 2026’s event which happened over the Weekend at the Setia SPICE Convention Centre in Penang.

20260616 Weathering hack by Francesco Pernice

20260616 Weathering hack by Francesco Pernice

I saw this nifty trick from Francesco Pernice who is a member of the Facebook Group, Weathered Models. What he did was to use some thin tesa tapes and then airbrushed Tamiya X10 Smoke over them. This works if underneath the surface has ribs.