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I was born in Brazil. Like many children in the 1970's I built ship and plane models, mostly from Revell (the only brand available there). After many years I took the hobby again, as an extension of my interest in history. I currently live in Melbourne, Australia.
I keep photos of all my models in my personal web site (www.marcellorosa.com). This site is not monetised, does not carry advertisements, and is purely for fun.
Here is one of the first aircraft models I built after rediscovering the hobby, a few years ago. Built out of the box. The plane represented here flew from the Charles de Gaulle in the missions against Libya, in 2011. I tried to reproduce [...]
This is my recently completed Italeri "Gulf War" Tornado, built pretty much out of the box. There were no aftermarket items, but I did add some details using copper wire and Evergreen strips.
I found this kit quite enjoyable. [...]
This is my completed light cruiser HMS Tiger, build from the Matchbox/ Revell kit from the 1970's. The Tiger and her sister ship Blake were converted from all-gun cruisers in the 1970's into "Helicopter and Command Cruisers", to [...]
Here are some photos of my first ship built after >30 years: the classical Tamiya Bismarck. The only upgrades added to the kit were the decking and some generic DKM railing. Other departures from the kit were home made [...]
For my first contribution to iModeller, I attach pictures of my Panther, which was one of the first 1/48 models I built. I found this kit very easy to assemble, with almost no fit issues. What small issues there were, could be easily [...]
