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I am now 65 yo and after leaving school I joined the British Army, serving with 1QLR. After leaving the Army I joined the Prison Service and served for 35 years, all served in the Greater London area, where I still reside. I am a Lancashire lad and maybe one day I will return to God's country. I am now happily retired.

I am a long time modeller and now that I have gone part time at work, even more time to do all those models out there and yet to come.

I am happily married to my wife Joanna and the only other love in my life is my beloved Everton.

Zvezda Boeing 737-800

Though not contributed for quite a while have been modelling away. Just finished Zvezda's Boeing 737-800 which went together very well. Straightforward build and very impressed by how good Zvezda's kits are moulded and packaged. Decided [...]

Italeri 1/48th westland Wessex HU.5

Another Italeri Wessex completed, this time an HU.5 Rescue version from 771 Squadron based at Culdrose. This was my second model of this version as my first, a Commando version from 707 Squadron from Yeovilton met an untimely demise after [...]

Italeri 1/48th Westland Wessex HAS 3

The Wessex has long held a great deal of interest for me and was a mainstay of the Fleet Air Arm for several years. My father spent many years working on them as a Air Fitter and ended up a CPO. Many happy memories of a boyhood spent [...]

Revell 1/24th Schlingmann LF-20

My modelling tastes can be very varied at times and Fire Engines have always held an interest for me. When travelling you'd be surprised how many pictures of fire engines world wide I have taken. I picked up this Revell kit sometime ago [...]

Dragon 1/72nd SH-3D

As I've just got the new Airfix 1/72nd Westland Sea King HC.4 I thought I'd revisit my US Navy theme and show an earlier US Navy version. Keeping with the grey and white era which I so fond of, this is Dragons SH-3D version. I enjoyed the [...]

Hobbyboss 1/48th F-14A Tomcat

Happy New Year to all. Adding to my US Navy theme is Hobbyboss's Grumman F-14A Tomcat. As with other Hobbyboss kits, this one allows for a good few options and I opted to have a few access panels open to show the added detail included in [...]

Happy Prize Winner

Delighted with my unexpected yet very welcome random draw prize. Will go on modelling projects pile and will display once completed. Thank you I Modeller!

Academy 1/48th F-4B

Returning to my US Navy theme, one of my all time favourite aircraft the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. The Academy version is a very nice model and certainly benefits from modern moulding technology. The one piece main fuselage is a big [...]

Hobbyboss 1/48th A-6A Intruder

Amongst my favourite modelling themes is US Navy aviation during its grey and white period and those colourful squadron markings. So I'd like to start my US Navy theme with the Grumman A-6A Intruder. I had long looked at Hobbyboss's 48th [...]

Kinetic 1/48th BAe Sea Harrier FA.2

There just something great about the Harrier and such a shame they taken out of service far too early. Still there good kits released of this classic British aircraft and Kinetics' 1/48th Sea Harrier FA.2 is a very good kit eventually. End [...]