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I am aged 71 in May 2024, I have lived in Sydney Australia since I was 3, have been modeling again since around 2000, I am a member of IPMS, NSW, my main interest is Australian Defence Force aircraft, military aerobatic team aircraft and helicopters, VTO, other themes are NASA, variable geometry / swing wing, all in 1/72 scale, also racing cars in 1/20 and 1/24 scale, also bikes in 1/12 and 1/9 scale, also some 1/144 and 1/200 scale aircraft, also 1/350 scale ships.

PKZ-2, Petroczy - Karman - Zurovec.

1/72 Roden, "finished" for the Valeriy Grygorenko memorial build in 2022.

DH 110 FAW 1 Sea Vixen, XJ576, 711, Freds Five aerobatic display team, 766 Sqn, RNAS Yeovilton, 1962.

1/72 Xtrakit, built 2021 for the de Havilland 100 GB, more details, pic's there.

Hawker Hunter GA 11, XF287 781 BY, Rough Diamonds, 738 Sqn Royal Navy, RNAS Brawdy 1967.

1/72 Airfix, started 07-2014 finished for the Hawker GB, more pic's, details there.

De Havilland DH 60G Gipsy Moth, A7-55, Seaplane Training Flight RAAF, Point Cook, Victoria 1936.

1/72 Avis, built 10-2020 to 03-2022 for the DH 100 GB, more pic's, details there, ------ A7-55 the only one, built at the Cockatoo Island Naval Dockyard in 1931 under the supervision of Lawrence Wackett, it was used to locate the missing [...]

NH Industries MRH 90, A40-005, 5 Avn Reg AAAC, Townsville Qld 2012.

1/72 Revell, my second "NH90" built 02-2022 to 12-2023 for the Helicopter GB, more details, pic's there ! A40-005, the first aircraft assembled at the Eurocopter facility in Brisbane Qld 2007.

CAC CA5 Wirraway, A20-103, 4 Sqn RAAF, Poppendetta New Guinea 1942.

1/72 Special Hobby, built 04-2022 to 12-2023 for the Pacific Theater GB, more pic's, details there.

Pilatus PC 9A, A23-052, Roulettes aerobatic team, CFS, RAAF East Sale Vic 2009.

1/72 OzMods, built 2022 - 2023 for my Aerobatic group, more pic's and details there, A23-052 built in Australia, with the Roulettes from 1998 to 2019, sold 2020 to Blue air training USA as N775BA.

McDonnell Douglas FA 18B Hornet, A21-116, 2 OCU RAAF, Williamtown NSW, 2019.

1/72 Fujimi, built 09-2020 to 12-2023, some small modifications, QB seats added, finished in MM enamels with a mix of Humbrol oranges, Pledge and Vallejo mav over Ronin decals to commemorate the end of service.

SZD 16 Gil prototype SP-1880 1958.

1/72 PZW, built 2013 to 2022, with a what if registration of VH-GWZ, finished in MM enamels with Pledge over decals from the spares folder.

Sukhoi Su22 M4 "Fitter K" Afganistan Air Force 1988.

1/72 Bilek, built between 2015 and 2021, I added a piece of lead machined to fit the intake spike, deleted the wing swing mechanism, filled the wing roots and hinged the tail planes, finished in mainly MM enamels with Pledge over kit [...]