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Tamiya Ducati Superleggera V4 1/12th

My latest, Yep another bike 🙂 I choose the Tamiya 1/12th Ducati Superleggera V4 kit # 14140. It’s one of Tamiya’s newest motorcycle kits. “Superleggera” is Italian for Super Light owing to it use of carbon fiber fairings and [...]

12th Scale SCRATCHBUILT 16 Seat Omnibus.

I saw a couple of these Omnibuses in an old movie news reel which was shown on TV as a ‘Flashback’ segment, I liked the look of them and thought, hmmm - I think I have a working drawing for one of these vehicles. Found the drawing and [...]

Have a breakhave a Gulasch!

Somewhere in Russia late sommer 1941 next to a small road from Somewheregrad to Anywherekov It's all in 1/35, the figures are Tamiya, Italerie, Esci, Revell and Dragon, the Gulaschkanone is Tamiya and so is the [...]

...F-8 Crusaders launching from the old FDR CV-42

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEW5jACD1iE/@CriticalPast&t=47s A bit more intensive for the crew was the Bridal/hold back system of catapult hookup.

Mildred Fish Harnack

So, I have a -- perhaps morbid, I prefer to think, timely -- fascination with photos of victims of state repression. I'm not alone as per David King's "Ordinary Citizens" and Tomasz Kizny's French-language "The Great Terror [...]

Scratchbuilt 12th scale Fire Hose Reel.

There is a Fire Hose Reel at the M.O.V.E museum at Shepparton Vic and has some excellent designs painted on it, I thought it looked quite good, so I took quite a a few photos OF IT for future reference. I found a working drawing of a Fire [...]

'27 Model-T

Hellow everyone. It's been a little wile since I've posted anything. It's been a wile since I've worked on anything. I hate it when real life gets in the way! Anyways, here is my latest completed project. The body is a resin piece from [...]

Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale Van on Lorry Undercarriage

A 1/12th scale 'Van on Lorry Under Carriage', made from the drawing of J.E.Bishop, published in the January, 1919 edition of "The Coach and Motor Builder". Changed the wheels from wooden spoked wheels to steel wheels, these steel [...]

1/48 Monogram Bf-109E

The title says Bf-109E, but when this kit was relleased, the box said “Me-109-E”. Built this one from a white box kit. Added a Hobbycraft cockpit and wheels. Decals from a Sky Models sheet for Hans Troitzsch of 6/JG77. Brian Riedel

1/48 Hawk/Testors P-47D

A P-47D using the Hawk/Testors kit as a starting point. I was a major AMS junkie in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Hence, I amassed a lot of discarded kit parts to use on other kits. This one used an engine front, cowling, wheels, landing [...]