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70 year old Englishman living in north east China (teaching English). Lifelong plastic kit constructor, especially like F1 cars, racing motorcycles, 1/35 military WWII models, and an aircraft every now and then.
Here's the latest kit I've completed. I'm not normally a two wheel fan, but this Honda is an exception.
About the bike: The RC166 was Honda's triumphant development of its 250 cc racers which started in 1954 when Soichiro Honda declared [...]
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Are you guys excited about the new Tamiya Corsair 1/32 kit? Corsairs seem to be one of the most popular aircraft to be modelled on this site. The Tamiya 1/32 kit is due for release anytime now. I've copied some of the text from [...]
Here's Felipe Massa's 2009 Formula One car, as it appeared at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (without the Marlboro 'bar codes', in deference to the event's sponsor). It's finished, but is way below the standard of the other models [...]
Hurray, at last, my new kits have arrived! There's no choice in the livery for the Ferrari, but I haven't decided about the Meteor yet, either the camoflage or the plain (easy to identify) white finish What do you guys think?
Thanks [...]
Hi everyone, I'm a new member, an Englishman currently living and working in north east China. I've returned to plastic kits after a fairly long time as a railway modeller in the UK. My nearest modelling shop is over 300 kms away, so I [...]
