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Although we now live in New Zealand, I'm still very 'British'. Got my first kit for my 7th birthday and been building ever since - I'm 52 now.
Occasionally I build 1:35 AFV's, but mainly I build military aircraft of all most era in most scales, as a 'break' from aircraft building I also build 1:25/24 NASCAR racers and the occasional (American) car.
Last time I posted a What If build here was 2021, since then I've been a little distracted by 'real world' builds, so thought... why not have some actual 'fun' with a quick project. Cracked-open this old Monogram kit about three weeks ago [...]
Other than the Eduard belts and scrounged decals this is an entirely from the box build - easily as nice & fuss-free as the 1:72 Tempest I finished a few weeks back. Paint isn't straight from the Tamiya jar(s), I mixed all of them [...]
So here's a thing, IMO, the Skyray is one of the most beautiful looking aircraft ever to fly, simple as that.
Ok, so I have two of the still excellent Tamiya 1:48 kits in my stash and I really want to make them look as different as [...]
Bought this on impulse at my local (only) toy shop a couple of months ago... at one point I thought about giving it away, but I'm glad i didn't. Like the wee Jet Provost, this - IMHO - is a future Airfix classic. It's a gem of a kit, build [...]
Last time I posted a completed NASCAR build was (I think) 2017... I started this one around the same time, then lost interest in all NASCAR modelling until about two months ago when I found this and all my others during a stash clear-out. [...]
Hello everyone.
Been a while since I got anything finished - started a few, but only finished this !. There's been some discussion on various FB pages and other modelling sites as to the validity of the markings, and I acknowledge [...]
Been planning (an putting-off) this build for longer than I care to recall. No problems with the actual construction, it's a Tamiya kit after all so nothing to report there. It was always going to be as weathered as possible without [...]
Italeri kit with 'no additives' unless you count the outstanding Sky decals. Paints are Mr Color lacquers and Tamiya acrylics all mixed until 'they look right' - no exact formulas here.
I temporarily tack-glued the ventral gondola section [...]
Other than the Harpoon missiles, what you see here is exactly what comes in the (very substantial) Meng box... and IMHO is one of the best 1:48 kits available today. Everything fits perfectly, I don't recall using anything more than a [...]
Tamiya 1:35 M18 Hellcat (MM376) :
Used Value Gears' kit-specific stowage plus other 'stuff' scrounged from the spares box. Tamiya lacquer paints mixed & lightened by eye.
One of my fave WWII vehicles and a huge step-up from the old [...]
