The last few weeks I’ve been working on this lovely bus, part two of my ‘Downton Abby’-series. A few models before this one I built an old Renault AG (ICM) which was a lot easier than this one by MiniArt (38031). Especially the [...]
I enjoyed this kit so so much, what a beautiful helicopter. As always it needed a few upgrades but those are what makes it individual and interesting.
I decided to do the Italian ISAF version that was used in Afghanistan.
I started out in [...]
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 [...]
Having completed an IDF Nesher model from a limited edition Wingman kit I was left with a large decal sheet depicting South American Finger and Dagger variants. I was curious whether the very basic ESCI comparable kit would look if [...]
This is the Fujimi 1/72 F-86 family. I swapped the wings from the RF-86F40 'WoodPeccker' boxig with a Fujimi F-86F30 to do the 'Haymaker' FU-864 RF-86F30 USAF which was featured in the Hasegawa 1/48 boxing---Hard to find now. I used [...]
The start of a bit of a Phantom marathon.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey
Painted with:
Colourcoats Dark Green, Dark Sea Grey and Dark Gull Grey.
Mr. Color Light Aircraft Grey.
Xtreme Metals Steel, Pale Burnt Metal, Burnt Metal and Jet [...]
Finally finished! MPM 1/48th He 177. Not an easy build but ultimately worthwhile i think. I hope the forthcoming Special Hobby re-release addresses at least some of the fit issues.