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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.
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 [...]
I completed this in April 2015. It was my second ever armour build. The kit is the 1/35 AFV Club Centurion 5/1 and is completed to represent one used by the RAAC in Vietnam.
Paints used were a Vallejo dark green mixed to the approx correct [...]
For this model I used an Italeri 1/35 Land Rover Series III chassis (as used by the full size vehicle) and then scratch built the mine protection capsule, interior and roll bars. This was the first vehicle type designed by the Rhodesians [...]
I have recently completed this 1/48 Revell Ventura Mk II.
The kit went together fairly well and the only problem areas I found were the weak rear wheel strut (reinforced mine), the very minute contact areas for the bomb bay doors if open [...]
