What's New at Ninfinger Productions

All "what's new" messages archives from 2003 to 2020 are now gone, thanks to Yahoo eliminating them.

22 May 2026

• Added photos of my Hermes II model.

6 May 2026

• Added photos of my Convair Moon Lander model.

19 April 2026

• Time to post some photos from last summer's vacation: the M2-F3 at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, and the X-15A-2, X-40A, X-44A and X-45A at the National Museum of the US Air Force.

18 March 2026

• Added photos of my Sputnik model.
• Added photos of my Gemini Mars Lander.

1 March 2026

• Added photos of my Apollo Particles and Fields Sub-Satellite model.
• Added my Little Joe 1 model rocket to the Ninfinger Fleet.

30 January 2026

• Added photos of my Mercury capsule model.

25 January 2026

• Added photos of my XF-92A model.

8 January 2026

• Added photos of my NASA HL-20 model. Yes... I actually finished a model!

6 October 2025

• Added Topics in Advanced Model Rocketry (thanks to Gordon K. Mandell!)

23 August 2025

• Added my report on the 2025 IPMS/USA National Convention.

31 July 2025

• Added photos of my 1/12 scale Explorer 1.

17 Dec 2024

• Added Al Cikas's notes about using a lathe to scratchbuild classic rocket ships.

6 Oct 2024

• Added photos of Aurelio Maffia's 1/72 scale Hermes European Mini-Shuttle.

5 Aug 2024

• Added photos of the 2024 IPMS/USA National Convention.

1 Jul 2024

• Added photos of Karl Dodenhoff's 1/144 scale Delta II

15 Aug 2023

• Added photos of the 2023 IPMS/USA National Convention

7 Apr 2023

• Added a Quick Look review of the Space Cadet Models Cassini Spacecraft kit.

9 Mar 2023

• Added Estes Model Rocket News Vol 3, No 4, Vol 4, No 1, Vol 7, No 1, Vol 8, No 2, Vol 9, No 1, Vol 9, No 3, and Vol 11, No 1 to the Model Rockets page. (Thanks to Bob Chiang!)

1 Mar 2023

• Added Estes Model Rocket News Vol 6, No 2 and Vol 10, No 1 to the Model Rockets page. (Thanks to Bob Chiang!)

25 Aug 2022

• Added photos of Pete Malaguti's scratch-built 1/48 scale LEM Prototype

1 Aug 2022

• Rob Schorry sent a Quick Look review of the Amp Models X-20 Dyna-Soar kit. (Thanks, Rob!)

26 Feb 2022

• Added the Cox product poster to the model rockets page (thanks to Jeffrey Jenkins!).
• Added the 1997 Dynacom catalog to the model rockets page (thanks to Tim Smith!).

15 Feb 2022

• Added the 1970 Cox International catalog to the model rockets page (thanks to Jeffrey Jenkins!).

6 Jan 2022

• Added the 1997 Qualified Competition Rockets catalog to the model rockets page (thanks to Jeffrey Jenkins!).

2 Jan 2022

• Added Quick Looks at the Red Iron Models 1/35 scale Sputnik 4 and 1/35 scale Sputnik 5 kits.

29 Nov 2021

• Added Quick Looks at the Red Iron Models 1/35 scale Voskhod 1 and 1/35 scale Voskhod 2 kits and the Fantastic Plastic 1/700 scale Convair Super Nexus with Saturn V kit.

30 Aug 2021

• Added Quick Looks at the RealSpace Models 1/72 scale Starliner and 1/144 scale Atlas V Starliner kits.

29 Aug 2021

• Added a Quick Look at the Red Iron Models 1/24 scale Sputnik 1. Thanks to Rob Schorry for providing the review and photos!

29 Jul 2021

• Added a Quick Look at the Space Cadet Models International Space Station Reference.

7 Jun 2021

• Added a photo of our new cat, Butternut.

9 May 2021

• Added Quick Look at the Nautilus Models 1/72 scale Agena-Gambit (Keyhole 7) conversion kit.

15 Apr 2021

• Added Quick Look at the Fantastic Plastic 1/48 scale Soviet LOK Moonship.

14 Apr 2021

• Added Frank Fischer's photos of his NASA CEV model.

15 Feb 2021

• Added Quick Look at the Fantastic Plastic 1/48 scale Convair Space Station Lifeboat.

18 Jan 2021

• Added Quick Look at the Space Cadet Models 1/12 scale Apollo Particles and Fields Subsatellite.

6 Jan 2021

• Added Frank Fischer's photos of his Rockwell C-1057 Space Shuttle Concept model.