North American F 100D Super Sabre, 55-3593 ONE, The Thunderbirds aerobatic display team, USAF Air Demonstration Sqn, Nellis AFB Nevada 1964.
1/72 AMT, built 01-2023 to 12-2024, OOB, mostly.
I am aged 72 in May 2025, 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.
Hawker Hunter F 6, IF-70, Red Devils aerobatic display team, 7 Fighter Wing Belgian Air Force, Chievres AB, 1962.
1/72 Revell, FGA9 kit modified to F6, built 02-2023 to 07-2024 for the Hawker 100th GB, more pic's details there.
Aermacchi MB 339A, P.A.N. Frecce Tricolori, 313 Gruppo Addestramento Aerobatico, Rivolto airbase 2010.
1/72 Italeri, built 04-2023 to 05-2024 for the Italian air force 100th GB, more pic's, details there.
Lockheed Vega DL 1A, A42-1, 3 Communications Unit RAAF, Mascot Sydney 1944.
1/72 MPM, built 02-2023 to 02-2024, check out ADF serials for the subjects history, my reference suggested overall foliage green so it's painted in MM 34092 enamel with decals from my spares folder applied with Pledge and a coat of [...]
Westland Sea King HAS 2 (AEW), XV704, 824 Sqn "D" Flight, HMS Illustrious, Royal Navy, 1982.
1/72 Dragon, built 05-2021 to 12-2024 for the Falklands war GB, more pic's, details there.
Hawker Fury 1, K5673, 1 Sqn RAF, Tangmere 1937, "A" flight leaders aircraft of the aerobatic team.
1/72 Matchbox, Model Decal 31A, built 02-2023 - 10-2024 for the Hawker 100th GB, more pic's, details there.
Ford GT 40, Le Mans 1966.
1/24 Fujimi, built for the Le Mans 100 GB, more pic's, details there, driven by Ken Miles and Denny Hulme, a controversial finish to this race !
my camera does strange things with the colour depending on lighting and background !
2025, hopefully a happy, healthy, productive year for us all, my finished models in 2024.
In roughly finishing order, most from group builds, see annotations, various starting times, aircraft 1/72, car 1/24, ship 1/350, it and pic' 1 not posted as yet, still others to post in headlines.
AB 204B, 15 29, Italian Air Force, SAR 1963.
1/72 Italeri, AB 204B / Bell UH 1F, built 07-2023 to 05-2024 for the Italian Air Force 100th GB, more pic's, details there.
PKZ-2, Petroczy - Karman - Zurovec.
1/72 Roden, "finished" for the Valeriy Grygorenko memorial build in 2022.
