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Terminally Irish 62 y/o husband and father who has been scale modelling since age 6. I build aircraft and vehicles of the First and Second World Wars and am particularly fond of anything "Spitfire". I also enjoy computer flight simulations and currently fly "Battle of Britain II-Wings of Victory", Rise of Flight", "Cliffs of Dover", and "Wings of Prey". When not building models or flying simulations, I spend a good deal of time hanging out with my 18 y/o daughter Aelyshe.

Ultracast 1/32 "RAF Fighter Pilot"

While my Revell/Hasegawa 1/32 Spitfire MkII project progresses, I thought I would work on its driver. As, when completed, my Spitfire will be wearing the markings of a generic aircraft from the famous 303 Polish Squadron, I thought I [...]

Happy Anniversary (Sort Of)

Today marks the 26th anniversary of my 25th birthday. Its a banner year as far as the loot is concerned, it is only 2:00 p.m. and this is what I have received so far. Ahh, its good to be king.

Wild Deuce (and a half)

In all honesty, I had not planned on doing a diorama. It just sort of happened! I actually planned on doing a well detailed "Deuce and a Half" with one figure standing beside her but things soon got out of hand. 1874 [...]

Italeri 1/35 M4A1 Sherman.

This is the second armor model I built after returning to the hobby. It is also my first Sherman. Was inspired to build this one after reading "Breakout at Normandy". I found a Testor's boxing of the Italeri kit for $15.00. A [...]

Jeepers!

Built this one about ten or so years ago. As always, I started out with the intention of a quick build but the next thing you know, it just got away from me. The trailer is an old Italeri piece that had been sitting in a spares box since [...]

Italeri 1/35 M-24 Chaffee (Backdated)

Had this kit laying in the stash for quite a while. Saw the movie "Bridge at Remagen" and got inspired to build it. Funny, two months after I built this, Bronco announces it is releasing an early version Chaffee. The Italeri [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109-G6

Purchased this kit when it was first released somewhere in the mid nineties (I think). It was my first experience with using resin detail parts. Cockpit is the OOP KMC kit which was absolutely fabulous in that it just dropped in without [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I

My first time posting here so I thought I would share one I built some time ago. This is the Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk I with a Cutting Edge resin cockpit. I added some scratch-built details and finished her with Floquil Military Color [...]