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This was being built in parallel to the Firefox but this one is for the wee man's roof, so wheels up.
When I started I thought that the dihedral fix wouldn't make that much of a difference so decided not to bother...Wrong!
Primed [...]
This was my surprise present form my son last Christmas.
Never having made a resin kit before the very thought of it terrified me because it was a present and if I made a mess of it I wasn't just disappointing myself.
So, after doing some [...]
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This just finished. Well, I'm calling it.
Many, many years ago...1979 I was a young naive Highlander at College in the big city of Edinburgh and on my first weekend there The Playhouse had a late night Friday showing of:-
Pink [...]
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Well, believe it or not, this is the first Hurricane I've ever built. Built being a loose term for my attempts
When this arrived in December 2018 the wee man asked me if we could build it with this particular scheme.This build [...]
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So, last year when the Dakotas were at Prestwick I took a run through on the Saturday with Innis and his pal on what turned out to be a particulary typical Scottish summer day.
We were able to get on board D-Day Doll which for me [...]
Tonight I have finished my second Spitfire but this time in Turkish Colours.
This one has been put together in secret as it will form part of the Christmas Eve Box for Innis, my nephew who normally helps with the builds.
The kit was an [...]
After my sojourn with the Vulcan I decided that something mad was needed.
I picked this up from Tiger Hobbies at a very good price as the box had been water damaged and figured it would be a good candidate for the Red Skull version from [...]
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After my impatience with my IL-2 I decided to take David's advice and teach myself some patience. So, I thought, what better way to do this but by attempting the Vulcan that had been lying in the stash for four years. I had just [...]
I built this a while ago but thought I might show it off here as I'm now in my fourth week of sanding, filling and filing my attempt at the Airfix Vulcan.
Having never built any 1/35 armour when I was younger and after being not so subtly [...]
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This one was for me and I think I bit off a lot more than I can chew at the moment.
Having been reading the marvellous "Red Star Against the Swastika" by Vasily B. Emelianenko and having received this kit whilst [...]
