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Blake’s 7 Liberator

Hello all. This is my latest lockdown project, the ‘Liberator’ from the classic 1970s BBC series ‘Blake’s 7’. If your not familiar with it, Blake’s 7 followed the escapades of a group of freedom fighters opposing a dystopian [...]

TIE interceptor vs X wing

Hello all. This is a small Starwars diorama showing a brave TIE interceptor pilot defending the space lanes from rebel scum. The kits used were the Revell snap together kits. There is a slight scale difference between them but In this [...]

Babylon 5 heavy cruiser 3D printed kit

Hello all. This is a model from the classic 1990s sci fi series ‘Babylon 5’. It is the Earth Force ‘heavy cruiser’ (sometimes refers to as the Hyperion) This project was a first for me as it was constructed from a 3D printed kit [...]

London taxi (post apocalypse)

Hello all. This is my first attempt at a car model, a 1/24 scale London taxi cab with a distinctly post apocalypse look to it. The kit is by Aoshima and the figure by Master box Ltd. All the armour panels and mesh windows as well as the [...]

Starfury launch bay

This is the old Revel Babylon 5 starfury kit. I wanted to make a nicer stand for it than the kit offering and, anyway, one thing led to another and I ended up with a scratch built launch cradle and bay. The kit has a few modifications [...]

That’s no moon!

Hello all. This project is a completely scratch built model of every bodies favourite weapon of mass destruction, “The Death Star”. The model is constructed in a similar way to the actual studio model for ‘Starwars episode 4 a new [...]

Flash Gordon Rocket ship

Hello all This model is the ‘Flash Gordon rocket ship’ from Fantastic Plastic. This model is based on the Flash Gordon movies from the late 1930s (so very retro sci fi) The kit is all resin and is fairly easy to put together although [...]

Imperial AT-AT

This is the imperial ‘giant robot space camel’ (or AT-AT) kit from Bandai. The kit is really nice and fully possible. I painted it in a combination of tamiya paints, oils and pigments. I wanted somthing other than a snow scene so [...]

Babylon 5 alien cruiser

Hello all This model is the Alliance models resin kit of the Brakiri heavy cruiser from the classic sci fi series Babylon 5. It is quite a big model standing nearly 12 inches tall. The kit has relatively few parts however fit is a bit of [...]

A panzer going for a walk

Hello all This is the 1/72 E75 heavy panzer kit from modelcollect. The kit is built straight from the box and the base is scratch built. Pretty sure this is an alternative history or conjectural design as, other than it looking cool, I [...]