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Hello, I am 59 years old, I am the chief surgeon of a hospital in northern Italy. I love animals and I have a pug, a great dane, two maine coon and a ragdoll. As a kid I started to get excited about modeling, but since the university I have not been able to find the time for my hobby. From a a couple of years, during a period of illness, I started again, with considerable enthusiasm to devote myself to modeling. You can see my works also on Instagram at #surgeonmodeler

The icebreaker Krassin

The icebreaker Krassin (Russian: Красин) was built for the Imperial Russian Navy as Svyatogor. She had a long, distinguished career in rescue operations, as well as a pathfinder and explorer of the Northern Sea Route. She has been [...]

Tenryu in the Philippines sea

This is a Tenryu class by Hasegawa in 1/700 scale. The kit comes with a good photoetch set. The crew is made with a photoetch set by Eduard

I 16 type 24

This is a I 16 type 24 in 1/32 scale by ICM with Eduard’s photoetch for interior and exterior. This is a “no paint” version. I found some reference on line about the construction materials of the soviet airplane of this period. This [...]

An X-wing wreck crashed on a swampy planet

Looking to an old model of a Bandai 1/72 x-wing, I had the idea of ​​refreshing it a bit with this choreography. I imagined it crashed on a swampy planet after an hard battle with the empire. This is the result.

German WW I airfield diorama 1:32

Dear friends, here is a project that started last August. Albatros DV of wingnut wings, engine with resin by Taurus Model, seat belts by HGW models, lozenge decals by Aviattic and turnbuckles by GasPatch model. the albatros is painted in [...]

The flying island of Pandora

With polystyrene, wire, moss, sea grass and static grass, I try to reproduce the flying island of Pandora, the Avatar’s planet. What do you think of the result?

The sinking of Costa Concordia at Giglio island

A patient gift me a metal gadget by Costa Crocere that is a waterline model of Costa Fascinosa, a ship of the same class of Costa Concordia. Use some photos of the sinking I made this diorama. Terrible event with too loss of soul.

Ltn. Hans Böning Albatros D V

This is the WnW kit “Von Richtofen”. For the realization I used some aftermarket products. For the engine I used the distribution kit of "Taurus model", the lozenge decals are of "Aviattic" and the turnbukles are [...]

Albatros D III 1:32 Roden in camo of Lothar Von Richthofen

This is a period that I am very interested in WWI airplane. This is a Roden kit, 1/32, of albatros D III whit the camouflage of Lothar von Richthofen, son of Manfred. It’s a good kit, but not at a level of Wingnutwings. The work table [...]

WWII Soviet airplane – 1/48

Hello again, these are two Soviet World War II aircraft kits in 1:48 scale. The mig 3 is a trumpeter kit, the Yak 3 is a Svezda kit. I must say that there is no comparison in quality. Trumpeter beats Svezda 2-0. The Mig is with a [...]