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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.

Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes AMG GT3

Over the years GT racing most of the world’s manufacturers, not least Mercedes Benz. This is the Mercedes AMG GT3, released in 2016, in line with the FIA’s GT3 class specifications. Based on the AMG GT production car, it was given an [...]

Joan’s Suzuki

After a gap of a couple of years Tamiya released another Moto GP 1/12 scale model, this time the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR ‘20. About the bike: to quote Tamiya’s info - in 2015 Suzuki made a welcome return to Moto GP racing after an [...]

Not a Harley

Hi, I haven’t posted anything for a while so here goes with another motorbike. I don’t usually do road bikes but this one caught my eye. It’s Yamaha’s attempt at a cruiser. Tamiya originally released this 1/12 kit some years [...]

Too much monkey business?

AndrewH recently posted his 1/12th Tamiya Honda Monkey and here’s my attempt. I had cataracts on both my eyes last year and had an operation to correct this in September. Having new eyes was amazing and I wanted to build something to [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 J-7B

I started this build more than three years ago but several things got in the way of posting in headlines, but here goes. More details about the kit, the build, and the real thing can be found on the WIP (link) but here a few details. [...]

Pink Pig Porsche

2018 was Porsche’s 70th anniversary and part of their celebrations was to apply two of their past liveries to the latest 911 RSR machines, namely the blue and white Rothmans scheme and the subject of this model the Pink Pig. The scheme [...]

Mig GB – late to the party, Trumpeter 1/48 MiG-19

Hi folks, I hope Sebastijen doesn't mind me gatecrashing his party, but, for various reasons, I have't been on iModeler for quite some time. The main reason is that iModeler hasn't been available here in China for some time, but I noticed [...]

An interesting story for you tankers, WWII tanks being saved in Belarus

A story of how some people turned their hobby into a business, follow this link (link) I'm sure some of you tankers (you know who you are) will enjoy reading about this small team in Belarus who are saving and restoring WWII tanks.

Porsche 959Last post of the year of the Porsche

This the Tamiya 1/24 kit of the Porsche 959, my last post from last year's Porsche collection. I don't normally model road cars and decided to try to do something a little different with this kit. The interior is a typical 1980s colour [...]

A couple of quick onesFujimi 1/24 Porsche 917s

The Porsche 917 is one of the most iconic sports racing cars of all time, largely for its high speeds and power outputs. It was made into a movie star by Steve McQueen in his 1971 film The 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 917 is a race car which [...]