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My modelling interests centred originally around aircraft, but other projects include armour, civilian vehicles, figures, ships and dioramas, and these have achieved gold-medal standards at the British Nationals and other regional exhibitions.

I've had a few projects featured in photo galleries on Cybermodeler, Armorama, and Aeroscale, but find I'm never really satisfied with a completed model, and so keep building in hope of achieving that elusive 'perfect model'.

I enjoy looking at the work of other modellers, for inspiration.

Telford Aircraft

Like airplanes? Here’s some! (link)

Shieldmaiden Revisited

A few years ago, I painted this Shieldmaiden figure; it may even be posted here somewhere. I've been waiting for some new project items to arrive, and decided, as I was at a loose end, to take some time and rework the figure, improving [...]

Pig for Sale – One Careful Owner

Got to appeal somebody out there!

Berezina 1812

The Battle of Berezina took place November 26-29, 1812, between the Grande Armée of Napoleon, retreating after his failed invasion of Russia, and the Russian armies under Mikhail Kutuzov, Peter Wittgenstein and Admiral Pavel Chichagov. [...]

Review: Aircrew in Scale

A few modellers here work with WW1 subjects, and I thought I’d pass along some details of two German firms that produce some very nice aircrews/mechanics in resin. This first is Kellerkind Minaturen and the figures are 1/32, so if you [...]

War Above the Trenches: Gotha III

In early 1915 the Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG bought the licence to manufacture the Friedel-Ursinus "Kampfflugzeug" ("Battle plane"). Their new twin-engine aircraft received the name Gotha G.Ie. Eighteen of this type were [...]

WnW 1/32 Lanc

Coming in 2019...

CSM Nieuport XVII (Early and Late versions)

A preview of Copper State Models’ new 1/32 Nieuport, together with a selection French figures. They state they hope to have all available at atelford in November. ————- Stop Press! This just in... (link)

Euro Expo 2018 (formally Euro Militaire)

A few photos of the show at Folkestone last weekend, courtesy of our club Chairman, Paddy Allen.

War Above the Trenches: Salmson-Moineau S.M.1

The S.M.1 was developed from 1915 by aircraft designer René Moineau for the Salmson-Moineau company, to meet the French military A3 specification, which called for a three-seat long range reconnaissance aircraft with strong defensive [...]