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I've been modelling on and off for most of my life. Mostly aircraft models in any scale but more recently, as I get older and shovel hands, 1/48 scale is the scale of choice, or bigger if space allows.
Mostly stick to what I know, not a rivet counter by any stretch. If it looks good, it will do. Specialise in US Naval aircraft and classic airliners.
I wish I had more time, but don't we all.
Always looking to share and learn new modelling techniques and tools.
The Doyusha/Entex B727 kit is an old one and fairly accurate other than the nose and the engines. It's hard to find a good B727 kit in any scale; this i think is the closest however this one got a new nose and reshaped engines. The nose [...]
Update on my previous contribution on the Mach II 1/72 CV-440. Many write-off these Mach II kits, and to be fair, they are not great but very often the only game in town for some subjects. All said, I don't think it makes a bad [...]
These Doyusha/Entex kits are probably the best quality large scale airliners you can get, if you can get hold of them. The DC-9 kits is very accurate in every way although quite a few years old now and long out of production does lack in [...]
Following quite a bit of interest in natural metal finishes on the other Convair (Hustler) I thought I'd give the Mach II 1/72 Convair 440 a go with a similar finish, at least on the lower half and wings. I'm still not sure what scheme it [...]
This is another favourite of mine, the B-58 Hustler. The Monogram kit is getting on a bit but still not a bad build and intersting in this scale. Pretty straight forward build, raised panel lines are a bit of a pain but you get over it and [...]
VC-10's are in most aviation enthusiasts top 10 airliners I'm sure, and it is certainly in my top 3 if I could decide between every other classic airliner.
I decided to spend the money on this resin kit after reading all the mixed reviews. [...]
This is a heavily modified C-130 from Italeri in 1/72 using parts left over from a E-2 Hawkeye that was coverted to a C-2 Greyhound. Seemed a waste to have the radome spare and not use it on a Herc.
The pylon for the radome is scratch [...]
An oldie from the 'loft insulation'. I built this a while ago but it still looks good. Not a bad kit and would argue better than the Hasegawa kit for the price. Certianly less complicated. When you don't spend big bucks on a kit it's much [...]
