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1/48 Otaki Bf-109G-6

Before Eduard, Hasegawa,Fujimi and Tamiya began releasing their great kits of the Bf-109G-6, there was Otaki. Recessed panel lines and rivets, enclosed wheel wells and, while not accurate, cockpits. Here’s a couple I have built long [...]

My favorite Monogram model, the 1/48 P-51B

Growing up, the 1/48 Monogram P-51B was my favorite model kit ( their P-47’s are a close second). Here are a few I’ve done over the years. First up, P-51B, S/Ldr Eugeniusz „Dziubek“ Horbaczewski, No. 315 (Polish) Squadron. Decals [...]

Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale Bakers Waggonette

Here is another Horse Drawn Vehicle that I have made, it’s a 1/12th scale Bakers Waggonette. It took me just over 6 months of 'graft' to get it finished, sometimes life just gets in the way of a decent hobby, eh. The original full sized [...]

Pocher Ducati Panigale 1299 R Final Edition 1/4 scale

Here is a bit of history on the Panigale, taken from totalmotorcycle.com With the 1299 Panigale R Final Edition, Ducati pays tribute to the twin-cylinder engine that has made Superbike World Championship history. From Marco Lucchinelli’s [...]

Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale Napoleonic Cannon

Here is a 1/12th scale Napoleonic Cannon, made from the drawings of Barrie Voisey and sold under licence by John Thompson. Started with the wheels, made all the ‘fellies’ as cake slices and glued them together, then I made the [...]

Oil Self-Portrait [W_I_P][Progress Rpt.]

So, this is where I'm at currently with the oil self-portrait from my most recent post.

Scratchbuilt 1/8th scale Spyder/Exercising Sulky

Here is a 1/8th scale “Exercising Cart", or, you can use its popular name that it goes by today, a ’Spider’, for very obvious reasons. The full sized vehicle was owned by Mrs Val Perkins, from a small town called Coonewarre, [...]

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 [...]