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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.
Yep, a kit that first saw light in 1978 , back then it was one of the first Esci kits and after all its' re-issues including this 2002 one from Italeri, essentially it has remained unchanged. Biggest challenge in the build was blending [...]
I'm an unapologetic Hasegawa 'fan boy' and this is a great kit even by their own high standard. Pretty much effortless build, only additions were the Quickboost resin gun barrels & Eduard etch cockpit set , the plastic is what comes [...]
Because I have a knack of making things difficult for m'self I decided to build my 'Late' F-14A as an 'Early' (1982) without the extra lumps'n bumps. I was cautious of all the hype around Tamiyas' Tomcat, however, it turns-out that it [...]
Started in Sept '24 but came to a halt when the thirty-seven year old kit decals and forty-five year old Microscale decals both turned into molecule sized fragments the moment they hit the water.
Now here is Memphis Belle II in all her [...]
Hey folks,
So this is my Eduard 'Weekend Edition' 1:48 Focke-Wulf with just generic seatbelts added. Painted with Mr Color lacquers for the camo and decals for a 5/JG300 machine from the spares box. Weathering/stains/leaks are all Windsor [...]
Bought back around '91 and been with me ever since. This is an original issue Hasegawa 1:48 P-51D which I started just two-and-a-half weeks ago as a side-build to my Tamiya 1:48 F-14. Also served as a test-bed for new (to me) metallic [...]
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 [...]
