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59 years young (Groan!) Modelling since the age of 7(ish!) - usually USAAF/USAF/RAF aircraft in 1/48 or larger. Subjects from mid-WWII to late Vietnam & maybe some odd new stuff thrown in now & then if it interests me enough.
I have been known to model 'targets' & floating things (boats? ships? What's the difference?) and vow that one day I WILL finish that huge Tamiya 'Mighty Mo' kit!
I have modelled motorcycle kits but having a few real ones find I can't get them exactly as I want them in plastic.
Hey-ho & never mind - it relaxes me.
I live in Lincolnshire (Bomber County) in the UK and am currently still working in IT (Yawn!) though I'm retiring this year! (Hoorah!).
Into motorbikes, aircraft, the Military & things of beauty & quality. I love music but not opera! I play the guitar a little and also sing when I feel like it!
Let the good times roll!
The airframe depicted has been raised from a lake in Jonsvatnet, Norway in 2004 where it sank through the ice in 1940. Even though it was a relatively new airframe built in 1940, it already had a new wing and had been recoded on the [...]
This is my Tamiya Phantom in the early USAF gull gray & white colour scheme used until around 1966 when the SEA camo scheme came into use.
I loved building this kit even though it was a few years ago now. Cockpit is Black Box and there [...]
Dig his 'Fu Manchu'! He was actually watching TV when I interrupted him for this photo...
Another What-If? - Luftwaffe1946: After much drawn out fighting, the Germans finally capitulate.
Leaving behind items such as this D0-335 much abused & repaired Arrow. Replaced wing & lower fin in case you hadn't noticed!
Have fun [...]
Another silly take on what could have happened...
This was an experiment in flaking paint as well as another captured trials aircraft.
Cheers!
Just some fun stuff with Hasegawa's old X-29 kit. No one can say this is the wrong colour eh?
'Ave a larf why don't you...?
Cheers guys!
A small number of pics of my Tamiya 1/32 F-14 Tomcat which I still believe to one of the best looking of all the Grumman 'Cats!
Please forgive the bombs but they were in the box - & I like bombs...
Rather heavy weathering on top but [...]
These few pics are from a visit we paid to the FAA Museum at Yeovilton in around 2006 when they were restoring their Wildcat AL246.
I found it amazing that the colours inside had never been touched up or replaced and were a true depiction [...]
Another kit I enjoyed completing more than ever after adding bags & boxes etc.
I hope all you guys & gals out there like it!
Cheers.
Dragons M3 Halftrack - another complex but rewarding build which had after-market thrown at it in the shape of bags & boxes etc. to 'busy' it up a bit.
I love the look of these pugnacious beasts!
Cheers!
