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Speed Record Car: Blue Flame, 1002 km/h, 1/43 Scale Miniature Car

I acquired a model of the Blue Flame, the 1970-1983 world speed record holder clocking 1002 km/h. The nose pitot tube was damaged, so I repaired it. The overall look is quite well done, though the cockpit might be a bit too high.

2025.11.23

ModelerMotorSports

Miniature Car 1/43 “Blue Wonder” Mercedes Racing Transporter

I bought a 1/43 scale model of Mercedes' racing transporter, the Blue Wonder. Altaya's version is the best among the various manufacturers. It skilfully recreates the 1955 curved body and the vivid blue paintwork. As a bonus, I bought Altaya's 300SLR and placed it inside to recreate the display at the Mercedes-Benz Museum.

2025.11.10

AutomobileModeler

Shinden in Tachiarai peace memorial museum

I heard that the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen Town, Kyushu, has a full-scale replica of the Shinden WW2 Japanese fighter, funded by crowdfunding. So, during a tempor…（Read more）

2025.11.06

AirplaneMuseum

Speed Record Car, Bluebird CN7 Miniature Car 1/43 Scale

I finally got hold of a miniature model of Donald Campbell's speed record car, the Bluebird CN7. The small cockpit, sleek body and vivid blue paintwork are superbly reproduced in 1/43 scale.

2025.09.23

AutomobileModeler

Česká, The Military Technical Museum Lešany

The Lesany Military Technical Museum in the Czech Republic. Located on the outskirts of Prague. Tanks and self-propelled guns are not the only exhibits; the space is packed with artillery pieces, various military vehicles, motorcycles and more. The sheer volume of Czech and Soviet tanks is staggering, rivalling collections at Munster in Germany or Bovington in Britain. Tank enthusiasts should definitely pay a visit.

2025.09.22

MuseumTanks

Aviation Museum Kbely, Prague

An air force museum attached to a military base near Prague Airport. It’s one of Europe’s top aviation museums, displaying around 300 aircraft, mainly military. The collection of Soviet-made planes is extensive, and it impressively covers Polish and Czech trainers without exception.

2025.07.28

AirplaneMuseum

Bandai Vehicle model 1/350 Millennium Falcon

Bandai Vehicle model 1/350 Millennium Falcon quick detailed up and air brushed

2025.06.24

Modeler

Enable Tag cloud with NextGen Gallery under sub-language environment with Bogo

NextGen Gallery does not support sub-language directory structures when creating multilingual sites in Bogo, and tag search output is displayed at /ngg_tag/#tag only, and not at /en/ngg_tag/#tag. I solved this problem using Justified Image Grid.

2024.09.30

Wordpress

Count the number of posts in monthly archive in the current language only in Bogo

When creating a multilingual site with Bogo, the number of posts displayed in the monthly archive list is the total number of posts for all languages. As a countermeasure, I created my own archive widget using WP_Quary so that the correct number of posts for each language is displayed.

2024.09.20

Wordpress

Count the number of posts in a category in the current language only in Bogo

When creating a multilingual site using Bogo with Wordpress, the number of articles displayed in the category is the total number of articles in all languages, not just the current language. Here I will introduce a hack to fix this.

2024.09.15

Wordpress