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Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale South African Trolly

Another Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale model, this time it's a South African Trolley, the drawing was published in "The Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, June 1904. Not to sure how this vehicle ended up in an Australian publication, but it is [...]

12th scale Light Business Waggon

Here is a 1/12th scale model of a Light Business Waggon made from the drawings of J.E.Bishop and Son, printed in The Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, Oct 1906. Found the picture of an old truck body on the web and thought that it [...]

Self Portrait

In the immortal words of Monty Python, “ . . . and now for something completely different . . . ‘ As I was painting miniatures, with oil portraits as my reference, I began to wonder how painting in 2 dimensions was different from [...]

Country Storekeepers Wagon in 1/12th scale.

Made from working drawings of J.E.Bishop, published in “The Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, July 1908”. Saw a picture of a similar vehicle on the back cover of a book called ‘Tim Downers Legacy’ and reckoned it looked [...]

Shand Mason Steam Driven Water Pumper Horse Drawn Vehicle

Here is a 12th scale model of a Shand Mason Horse Drawn Water Pumper Fire Engine. Totally SCRATCHBUILT, there are a few store bought nuts or bolts, but made most of the 12BA nuts and bolts myself. Got sick and tired of listening to [...]

My New Workbench...Again...

Moving to another area of my house, much larger and more comfortable after 7 years...to be able to make new models with a better environment... I hope I can make the 60 models that I still have...I doubt it...but I will try!

Horse Drawn Hearse

Some months ago I published an article on my Hearse build, but apparently last night someone took offense at its historical inaccuracy. I explained to the “gentleman” I build for fun. He proceeded with more of a tirade on how the [...]

Pacific class Locomotive "Biggin hill" Airfix HO OO Airfix

I always wanted a railway layout as a lad ,still do to be honest , but never got one , these ancient Airfix railway kits are surprisingly detailed and well engineered ,the only thing I added was some clear plastic for the cab windows. I [...]

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1/25 MPC 1932 Chrysler

I built this a while back for a customer. IT is a 1/25 MPC Chrysler 1932. THE paint was a custom color from MCW and it was clear coated with Tamiya. Otherwise pretty much built from box. Decent kit but needs to treated like limited [...]