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I've been model making as long as I can remember! I started with the good ol' Airfix aircraft and moved on from there. I now make armour as well as aircraft, with the occasional submarine (if it has internal detail!) thrown in. I'm based in the UK, but I do travel if I can. Sadly, this isn't very much due to my health. I'll post some pics of my work when I can
This is the Legend Productions conversion kit combined with the Meng Leopard 1 A3/A4 kit. Again, all Danish Leopards came from 1 production variant, but unlike the Australian Leopards, Danish one's were all based on the A4. This is a great [...]
My favourite part is the weathering. This is the AS1 from the Leap of Leopards article I posted in the Armour WIP group. The dozer blade is Mouse House, as is the conversion kit, all mated to a Meng Leopard 1 A3/A4. For those doing the [...]
Here's the latest with the Dutch Leopard. Now painted in Olive Gelb and sealed in with another gloss coat. Next to add some pin washes and weathering. The kit is the new mould Revell one, which I think is good value for money. I'm using [...]
Images taken 06/05/21. This is my Leopard AS1 in ODL finish with a mud cam pattern. I've replaced both the baskets on the back with newer ones. I'm still getting the hang of brass folding! Not shown is the stowage I'm currently making for [...]
Here's the latest (as of 06/05/21) of My AS1 3 colour Cam. I've now added some stowage and weathering on the wheels. I'm going to do this one as if it was on the ranges, so red flag and not overly weathered...
For those of you who are interested in doing this complicated camouflage scheme, here is the web address of the company that makes them. The set is designed around the Takom Mk10, but with some adaptation works just as well on the Mk5, so [...]
At last some more progress on her! The painting is nearly complete. As you can imagine, even with the best paint masks (these were by Clayton Ockerby in Australia. If you're doing a Berlin Bde Chieftain, invest in a set!) you're going to [...]
Here's the latest update on the Batus Chieftain I started some time ago. Checking the underside, I always paint on the date the basic build (before painting) was completed, I found that this was done sometime back in '99! I guess I've [...]
This is an Australian M1 Abrams. These were purchased second hand from America to replace the AS 1 (Leopard 1 A3). I've painted this in the three tone camouflage scheme (Auscam). The kit is the venerable Tamiya M1 and I had to scratch [...]
This is the first of my "what if" F-111 K's. The registration is the actual first one in the block set aside for the F-111 after TSR2 was cancelled. I have painted her as the first one to be handed over at a ceremony at General [...]
