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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.
This model represents a Defiant NF.I of No. 264 Sqn. flown by Sqn. Ldr. Philip Saunders, amongst others, between December 1940 and February 1941. I picked this scheme for the unusual fuselage roundel.
Mid war theory held that wars would [...]
On the 24th of February, 2015, at the Australian International Airshow, the Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown unveiled the ‘Worimi’ F/A-18A Hornet. It was commissioned by the Royal Australian Air Force to demonstrate its [...]
This model represents one of the unarmed prototypes for the Mitsubishi J8M/Ki-200 Shusui (Sword Stroke). It was captured post war by the Americans and is the only surviving complete airframe and resides at the Planes of Fame museum in [...]
I am a member of the Warbirds Aviation Modelling Group (Melbourne, Australia: (link)).
Each year we have two club competitions, "Gunna Build" and "Build a “Build a B#%@#$".
The "Gunna Build" is an open build [...]
As indicated by the title, this is the third of three Me 262s built simultaneously;
Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4
Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3
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;
Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4
Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3
Tamiya Me 262A-1a
The Me 262 was a natural candidate for a high speed reconnaissance platform and [...]
As indicated by the title, this is the first of three Me 262s built simultaneously;
Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4
Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3
Tamiya Me 262A-1a
The concept of an Me 262 armed with a large calibre weapon originated in February [...]
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 ((link)) and I'll post the final pictures here soon.
I had hoped to finish a few [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
