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.
1/72 Airfix, FB 5 kit modified, finished for the DH 100 GB more pic's and details there, painted in MM 1781 with Pledge over kit and other decals.
1/72 Airfix, iModeler random award 04-2017, built 2020, converted not quite correctly from nt TFX kit, see WiP Aircraft from 4 to 8 months or so ago, more pic's and details there, finished in MM2049 and Humbrol 29, 30, with Pledge over kit [...]
1/72 Special Hobby, built December 2019 to August 2020, finished in Pollyscale - 505248, 505244 and 505246 with Pledge and Xtra flat over kit decals.
1/72 Hasegawa, built for the MiG GB, more pic's and details there, finished in Revell R31 red and Himbrol 27002 silver with Pledge over HDL 72-030 decals.
1/72 Airfix, started 2017 with a few modifications to the T 3 kit.
1/72 Dragon, finished for the de Havilland 100 GB, more pic's and details there, a few moifications and additions, finished in a variety of enamels and decals with Pledge over all then with some Xtra flat mixed in.
1/72 aircraft not in order MiG 17 = MiG GB; AH 1G, Spitfire 8 = Teeth & Fangs GB; Sikorsky HRS 1 = Korea GB; Fokker F7 = iModeler movies GB; DH 100, DH 112 = de Havilland 100 GB; B 47 G, Northrop Delta, Bristol Beaufighter = RAAF; 1/12 [...]
A small selection of my 1/72 ADF aircraft to commemorate ANZAC day, lest we forget
1/72 scale aircraft, not quite in order, Nose Art GB - Trumpeter Tu 160, Hasegawa FA 18F, Fujimi FA 18A, MiG GB - Fujimi / Italeri MiG 29, ADF - RS models Miles Magister, Roden F 2B, Nose Art GB - Hasegawa F 111C, 1/24 car, Tamiya Porsche [...]
1/72 Kitech boxing of Hobbycraft kit, some small modifications, finished in Concept and MM enamels with Future over Kitech decals, built around 2012.