Australian Model Expo 2024: Part 3
The Australian Model Expo 2024 was held over the long weekend holiday of 8-10 June.
These are the 1/48 Axis Props, OOB.
These are the 1/48 Allied Props, OOB.
Australian Model Expo 2024: Part 2
The Australian Model Expo 2024 was held over the long weekend holiday of 8-10 June.
These are the 1/48 Jets, OOB.
Australian Model Expo 2024: Part 1
The Australian Model Expo 2024 was held over the long weekend holiday of 8-10 June.
These are the club displays.
This 80th anniversary of D-day display won the public popular vote.
This club display was a tribute to a deceased member, [...]
Trumpeter 1/24 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
Trumpeter's big Bf 109G-6 is a mixed bag. It boasts with accurate outlines and a detailed surface texture. Yet, there are many inaccuracies concerning the position of hatches and panel lines. Nonetheless, these can be located and fixed [...]
The P-51D Mustang Bert Stiles Died In
Bert Stiles is the most famous author to graduate from South Denver High School, having written “Serenade to the Big Bird,” one of the true classics of Second World War literature. I’m the only other writer who graduated from that [...]
1:8 Super X Deadwood Special – 3D Scratch Build
In the Spring of 2000 I was working in the styling department for Excelsior-Henderson in Belle Plaine, Minnesota. The company had plans to unveil a hydraulic front (non-springer) end version of the Super X at the Sturgis Bike Rally in [...]
I almost got hooked: my experience with Amodel's gigantic Mi-22!
The Mi-6 "Hook" from Amodel is a real challenge in many respects. The fact that I have built two of them in parallel is directly related to this: solutions that have been found in one model should be given the chance to prove [...]
Hobby Boss 1/48 FJ-4B Fury
This is my build of the Hobby Boss North American FJ-4B Fury in 1/48 scale. I started this kit earlier this year prior to knowing about the “Sabre and FJ Fury” group build here in IModeler. Therefore, I initially started a build thread [...]
The last battleship: HMS Vanguard (Hasegawa 1/450)
I have not contributed anything to modelling sites for the last 6 months, and here is the reason. Perhaps unwisely, I decided to build a model of HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy's last battleship. And, before someone says it, I know that [...]
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 [...]
