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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 ramblings 3

Stuff and more stuff.

Telford ramblings 2

Hundreds of models in Competition area. Here are a few.

Telford ramblings

Just a few test shots to see if live feed works!

Storm Griffin

Beautifully sculpted by Pedro Fernandez for Nocturna, and marketed by them as "Storm Griffon," this 54mm (1:32) figure vignette in grey resin comes with a small 'rocky mount' base which I extended using shale brick. I added a [...]

Introductions

This Great War diorama uses Wingnut Wings' 1/32 Roland D.VIb, with a British (Royal Artillery) Major from Tommy's War, and Elan 13's German Hussar pilot. The figures are grounded with Vallejo acrylics and finished with artist oils. The [...]

Bad Alice

This character vignette is based on the Lewis Carroll creations, Alice and the March Hare, the latter more commonly known as the White Rabbit. The theme arises from two well-known quotes from the book, "The time! the time! Who's got [...]

SU-122 “Exploded View”

This is the new MiniArt 1/35 kit of the Soviet self-propelled gun, the SU-122, promoted as the 'Initial Production' version in their WWII Military Miniatures Series. MiniArt have released two versions of the kit, back-to-back - a standard [...]

Bronco P-40C

For all you P-40 afficianados, Bronco have released a new P-40C in 1/48, price around $50. Check out the extensive review of the kit posted today at themodellingnews.com. (link)

All or Nothing

The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 27-May 6,1863. On the morning of (May) 2nd (the Eighth) re-joined the brigade, and with the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry was formed in an open field in rear of General Sickle's line of battle. [...]

Crossing Over

This is the companion piece to the recently posted "Last Orders" diorama. Again, it's a Russian, winter-themed setting. The bridge figures are 1/35 resin offerings from Alpine and Stalingrad Miniatures. The German personnel are [...]