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.
I am a member of the Warbirds Aviation Modelling Group (Melbourne, Australia:
Each year we have two club competitions, "Gunna Build" and "Build a “Build a B#%@#$".
The "Gunna Build" is an open build of any kit or kits you like as long as it is[...]
As indicated by the title, this is the third of three Me 262s built simultaneously;
1. Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4 (
2. Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3 (
3. Tamiya Me 262A-1a
The subject this model represents is a Me 262A-1a aircraft operated but 3./KG(J) 54[...]
As indicated by the title, this is the second of three Me 262s built simultaneously;
1. Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4 (
2. Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3
3. Tamiya Me 262A-1a (
The Me 262 was a natural candidate for a high speed reconnaissance platform and de[...]
As indicated by the title, this is the first of three Me 262s built simultaneously;
1. Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4
2. Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3 (
3. Tamiya Me 262A-1a (
The concept of an Me 262 armed with a large calibre weapon originated in February 1[...]
These are the four builds I completed in 2020.
I posted the Rafale build earlier this year and the three Me 262s are the subjects of a work-in-progress thread ( and I'll post the final pictures here soon.
I had hoped to finish a few other builds[...]
This is the second 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 air combat capa[...]
This is another kit from a while ago. I built it in 2014.
The subject this model represents is Ki-44 No. 4405, which was the 5th pre-production (prototype) aircraft, flown by Maj Toshio Sakagawa, commander of the 47th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai (47t[...]
I decided to post this after seeing Stéphane Bredel’s excellent build of another Macchi C.202.
I built this kit way back in 2005.
The subject this model represents is the aircraft M.M.7720, 84-1, which was almost certainly flown by Capitano Fr[...]
This is the Academy boxing of the Accurate Miniatures kit. I bought it second-hand for my wife to give me for Christmas in 2018 and I couldn't wait to start it straight away. It only took me about three months elapsed time to finish, which is [...]
After seeing David Lane's excellent build I thought I post my effort from 2015.
It was built OOB except for the addition of some Extra Tech seat belts.
This is the same aircraft as David's, albeit at a later time as it has the winter camouflage,[...]
