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I am 60 and presently reside in England.
I have built aircraft in 1/72 & 1/48 scale as well as 1/35 scale vehicles.
I am concentrating on the aircraft and vehicles used by the Rhodesian Security Forces and the South African Defence Force as I lived in both countries.
Completed in 2018 is my 1/35 ESCI T55A done as used in Angola. Tracks used were from a Tamiya T55 tank as the ESCI ones are solid pieces.
Dirt and dust was done using ground up artists chalk sticks, brushed on and then covered with a matt [...]
My conversion of a 1/35 Revell Series III Land Rover to the type used in Rhodesia with the mine protection installed.
The roll bars are made from thin brazing rod, the mine protection in front of the cab and in front of the rear wheels was [...]
My completed Italeri 1/35 M32B1 TRV.
I was going to do it as the one survivor in South Africa, but got no info on that one as to its rear deck layout or what equipment in carries at present so it became an OOB build.
I have busied up the [...]
My recently completed PANDA 1/35 Husky Mk III kit. This vehicle was developed in South Africa in the 1970's and was called the 'Meerkat' or 'Chubby'. Now it is use by the US Forces, Canadian army, Australian army, Kenyan army and the [...]
This is my Eduard 1/48 Spitfire LF. IXe completed in April 2018. I have done this as one of the aircraft used by the No1 Squadron, South African Air Force at the Stamford Hill airfield, 1945.
Time spent on build was approx 1 week.
Paints [...]
I will be starting my next build soon. It is the Takom 1/35 G6 Rhino, the 155mm mobile cannon developed by the South African Defence Force in the 1980's.
As there are a few sites that show the amount of parts for this kit, I have not [...]
Here are my two models of the F86 Sabres as used ny No2 'Flying Cheetahs' Sqn, SAAF in Korea.
1/48 ESCI kit - done as aircraft No 611 'Danny Boy' with slatted wings and 1/48 Academy kit - done as aircraft No 622 'Lady of Lorette' with wing [...]
WIP: I am busy at present converting the 1/35 Takom AML-90 kit into the South African Eland - 90 Mk5 which was based on the AML-90. Photos show some of the required mods including one of the actual vehicle as used in Rhodesia in the [...]
My SAAF No2 Sqn 'Flying Cheetahs' from when they flew in the Korean war.
The kit used was a 1/48 Tamiya F-51D Mustang (Korean war version).
It is a replica of 'Clink Clinks'. The yellow underwing tanks are the napalm tanks used along with [...]
My attempt at the Airfix 1/32 Ford Escort - 1968 to 1974 model.
Scratch built wipers, headlights (white glue gone clearish when dry), wing mirrors, interior rear view mirror, interior door and rear panels. Also exhaust modified to go into [...]
