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I live in Melbourne, Australia and I model 1/48 WWII aircraft with the odd diversion to modern jets. I typically have a dozen kits on the go and sometimes manage to finish one with out making much of a dent in the stash.
The Chengdu J-20 is the third 5th generation aircraft to enter service after the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Christened “Mighty Dragon” by the Chinese, it has been assigned the NATO reporting [...]
I built this kit way back in 2009. Having seen Rafi’s (@blackmopane) recent posting of his Ju 88G-6, I decided to take some new photos of mine and post them here.
This model represents the night fighter flown by the commander of 7/NJG [...]
This model represents the Fw 239, which was a paper project by Focke Wulf for an aircraft that could fly 1000 km at 1000 km/h and carry a 1000kg load - the 1000x1000x1000 bomber. Three different configurations were considered with this [...]
This is the third in a series of ‘what if' aircraft that I'm building.
In 1999 the Australian Department of Defence announced Project AIR 6000 "New Air Combat Capability (NACC)", which was intended to find a replacement for the [...]
I have been taking new photos of some of my old builds recently. I built this kit around 1990 and it was both my first (serious) 1/48 scale build and the first model that I painted using an airbrush.
Trimaster released their high tech, [...]
This model represents the 10th prototype (V10) and second pre-production BV 141B. As such it was officially known as the BV 141B-02 (WNr 0210002) and was assigned the Stammkennzeichen NC+RA.
Designed to meet an RLM requirement for a [...]
The Australian Model Expo 2024 was held over the long weekend holiday of 8-10 June.
This year was my fourth time judging and my first time judging cars - these are the Kurbside Cars, Open.
These first three pics are of the same model but [...]
The Australian Model Expo 2024 was held over the long weekend holiday of 8-10 June.
These are the 1/48 Rotary Wing, Open.
These are the 1/48 Junior Aircraft, Open.
And a nice trio of V-bombers.
The Australian Model Expo 2024 was held over the long weekend holiday of 8-10 June.
These are the 1/48 Jets, Open.
The Australian Model Expo 2024 was held over the long weekend holiday of 8-10 June.
These are the 1/48 Props, Open.
