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My modelling interests centred originally around aircraft, but other projects include armour, civilian vehicles, figures, ships and dioramas, and these have achieved gold-medal standards at the British Nationals and other regional exhibitions.
I've had a few projects featured in photo galleries on Cybermodeler, Armorama, and Aeroscale, but find I'm never really satisfied with a completed model, and so keep building in hope of achieving that elusive 'perfect model'.
I enjoy looking at the work of other modellers, for inspiration.
I thought I'd post a few WIP photos of HMS Victory, as I'm now 750 hours into the project. With the hull, deck and its accoutrements now complete, from now on, everything goes up/out from the decks.
The cannonades and 32-pounders have [...]
Now three months (500 hours) into the HMS Victory project, and the main hull and decks are complete. From now on it's just what hangs from or rises out of the bulwarks.
Main bragging rights are the 5-plank pattern decks and the 108 [...]
A few photos (reposted) of new offerings from the Eduard, Wingnut Wings and Amusing Hobby stands, at the 2017 Nuremberg Toy Fair.
These are a few sample mask sets from Maketar. Many different types and scales available. Their website has full details with distributor information. They offer great flexibility of requirements across many subject types.
Thought I'd [...]
Now on pre-order (save €4), Joaquin Garcia Gazquez's new book from Accion Press. The book is A4 format, 168 pages, in colour, new edition with English/Spanish text.
The Modelling News: Preview: Joaquín García Gázquez's new book - [...]
Having recently completed my final project for 2016, I wanted to look back at the 'modelling year' to review the annual plan hopefully to find I hadn't deviated from it too much.
In terms of subject, the weighting was towards dioramas and [...]
The CL.II entered service in August 1917, and proved extremely successful, its excellent manoeuvrability, rate of climb and good field of fire for its armament allowing it to match opposing single-seat fighters. It also proved to be well [...]
Probably enough from me...
Need to sit down somewhere...
Stuff, everywhere, I mean, a lot...
