This is a commission piece for a friend in Washington State. I was not confident in my ability to pull off such a complicated sculpture. I haven't worked in ZBrush for a long time, and I wasn't really ever proficient in it. The idea of [...]
Bandai 1/72 Y-Wing painted in my own scheme. I went for a grimy all metal finish that wasn't too shiny. I think it came out ok. Attaching all the pipes was the only hassle of the build. As usual painted with lacquers and weathered with [...]
This is a Hobby 2000 reboxing of Hasegawa’s 1/48 P-40N. Aside from PE belts and resin exhausts, it’s built out of the box.
Not the most original scheme, but arguably the meanest looking fighter of the war, so it was a “must have” [...]
Next Thai Fighter finished by my dad.
Hasegawa kit with Siam Scale decals, Eduard PE seatbelts, gun covers and exhaust area painted with MRP Steel, wing central areas with MRP White Aluminium, main surface done with MRP Super Silver. Red [...]
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 [...]
The film "Where Eagles Dare" left me with a lasting impression. On several occasions I saw the Ju 52 used in the film during visits in Switzerland. It crawled in the sky and I could not imagine that this big aircraft would [...]
This is an old kit with raised panel lines and thick rivets, and very little detail in the crew nacelle. I sanded it smooth and engraved all lines and panels/hatches, and riveted. Added lots of details in the crew nacelle and two aircrew [...]
So I started this build with what seems to be a prophecy, I said this in my build log:
“Hi All, here is my entry for the Le Mans group build, the Nissan R89C, not the greatest car, a bit of a dud actually but looks like an interesting [...]
A model representing one of the late development of Kfir. Wingman Models issued three variants of the Kfir. The reconnaissance version of the Kfir is a challenging model due to the nature of the plastic mold, which is Kinetic's Kfir,
A fully equipped F/A-18 Hornet in civilian hands? Is there such a thing? Surprisingly, you don't have to look far to answer yes: the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been operating a small fleet of F/A-18 Hornets [...]