A look at Rocket Punch in 2025
The first month of 2026 is over and I’m behind on my annual look back at this site and my builds. Here we go: For 2025, I finished seven builds… But as you can see, while the mix is eclectic, they were all (unconsciously) aircraft and I don’t have gallery entries for any of them. …...
Rocket Punch is 20 years old!
I only realized it after checking the date I bought this domain: 11 August 2005. Oh my… Of course, my online presence is older than that but this domain name began back in 2005. And after 20 years, I still can’t decide between calling it ‘Rocket Punch’ or ‘RocketPunch’. 😛 In any case, thank you...
A look at Rocket Punch in 2024
So in 2024 it looks like I only finished 3 builds. I actually finished 10 though! I just didn’t manage to take the proper or haven’t managed to finish editing the final pictures for builds 4 to 10 yet by the end of 2024. It’s a combination of laziness and prioritizing finishing kits that the …...
It’s like 2023 all over again…
While I can’t say I’m surprised, it’s still very disappointing that it has happened to me again. I tore the retina of my left eye about three weeks ago and the worst has happened: I now need a vitrectomy procedure for it. So basically, just like last year, I’ll be going under the knife to …...
A look at Rocket Punch in 2023
Oof… nothing went right for me in 2023. Things started well enough though and I was on track to finish a few kits by the first quarter. Then everything went down hill from there. To summarize: All this is to say that I only finished one kit for 2023. I do have a many in …...
2023 is (pretty much) kaput
Since March this year, my work on model kits have slowed to a trickle as I’ve been dealing with problems on my right eye. My problem started way back in early 2020 with a strange jump in my myopia in my right eye. Due to both Covid and procrastination, I only got my eye checked …...
A look at Rocket Punch in 2022
I’m sounding like a broken record but I completed 11 kits for 2022. I’m again one short of my target of a dozen kits built. Seriously, how hard can it be to get a dozen done? Some stats about my site and builds: I published 22 posts for a total of 15,587 words the site …...
A look at Rocket Punch in 2021
I finished 11 kits (again) for 2021! I was one short of my target even though the Covid-19 pandemic was still ongoing and I was home a lot more. I also didn’t have a ‘shitty’ build this year which would have eaten up a lot of time so I’m not quite sure why I slowed …...
A look at Rocket Punch in 2020
I finished 11 kits in 2020! I would have finished 12 if not for the long build that F-16A TOPGUN 51 turned out to be. In any case, at the beginning of the year I set a target of 10 completed so I managed to go 1 kit beyond the target. Unfortunately it’s not because …...
A look at Rocket Punch in 2019
I finished 8 kits in 2019. That’s less than 2018 and again falling short of my target of 12. I actually had the 9th kit on the finishing stages but a last minute disaster means I’ll only be able to finish it in 2020. My favorite build of 2019 was definitely the VF-1S Super Strike …...
