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Ex-paddy pat living in the Low Country, as a wise man once said you come for the women and stay for the kids !
I have been modelling since I was a kid and picked it up again as an adult during a brief period of unemployment nearly thirty year again and have used it to keep me sane ever since.
My interest has evolved over the years ;from general all-rounder onto specialised in Luftwaffe WWII Night fighters and actually made models and dioramas with Atlantik Wall bunkers and Luftwaffe ground radar for a local museum. Eventually I got sick of RLM 74/75/76 on every bloody thing and build just about anything now.
Special interest now is anything Irish, but I am very Catholic in my taste and find everything of interest. Modelling to me has to tell a story otherwise it’s just painted plastic so the history of what I build is important to me.
Here is one of two B25's used briefly at the start of the Biafra War of 1967-1970. Scale 1:72. This is the old Italeri kit modified and panel lines engraved. Weathering kept to a minimum as these things were not in use for long.
Here is my Baxmod 1:35 Ratel 90 of SADF finished as an Operation Moduler vehicle.
I was inspired by a book I picked up in South Africa in 2018 "Ratels on the Lomba".
This is primarily a resin kit and its has a full interior [...]
Here is a diorama I made using the Wave 1/20 kit Ma.K Melusine 22 of the Maschinen Krieger property. I used a French camo pattern instead of the usual German type colours. Walls etc. made out XPS foam and patience.
Enjoy
Brian
Here is a few photos of my Tamiya 1:35 M3 Greyhound finished using Star Decals sheet on the Congo as a Katanga Gendarmerie vehicle with saw action against UN Force in Elisabethville September 1961 .
Another Smer/ Airifx/ Mister Craft 1:48 finished as a Ugandan Mig17 F. These are old, clunky, cheap but well engineered kits and this is my third one. No filler involved at all. I did replace the arment with turned brass as the pitot [...]
Here is one I finished up recently it's the old FM Mirage V 1:48 kit finished in the colours of the air force of the now defunct state of Zaire ( DR Congo).
Despite FM reputation this went together reasonably well and without too much [...]
Hi gents
I have with the help of some great modellers put a newsletter together of Irish modelling subjects. See the link for the pdf download.
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Many thanks to [...]
Gents and ladies
Happy New Year to you all.
Here is my latstest model a Maschinen Krieger Fireball SG. Hasegawa kit with two of these figures. In 1:35 these figures are quiet small. 1:20 is the more usual scale for there.
Anyhows this [...]
Hi gents
Hope everyone is keeping well.
I have been away for a while but though it was time to add some stuff to Imodeller. This is a little diorama I made last year using the wonderful Tamiya 1:35 kit. The setting is inspired by a series [...]
Gents and Ladies,
Here is an older kit I did a while back its the 1:48 Smer/ Airifix kit of the Mig 17F.
I used Tom Coopers African Migs as reference for the background info and photos. I drew up the decals for bort numbers and printed [...]
