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1:12 scale modeling

1/12 scale Renault F1 car kit by Tamiya

Well here is another completed build. A Renault in 1/12 scale. Don’t let the packaging fool you, these are vintage Tamiya kits with some pathetic photoetched thrown in. Beware that these kits were manufactured before the computer age and [...]

Scratchbuilt 12th scale Fire Hose Reel.

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 [...]

Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale Van on Lorry Undercarriage

A 1/12th scale 'Van on Lorry Under Carriage', made from the drawing of J.E.Bishop, published in the January, 1919 edition of "The Coach and Motor Builder". Changed the wheels from wooden spoked wheels to steel wheels, these steel [...]

41 - 1/12 Tamiya Honda VFR750R

This is a really nice kit, the only down side is the very thick decals that have a tendency to crack over the curves of the bike. I decided to do one side clear as that was an option in the kit - so the beautiful engine could be displayed [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

MkIV MALE 1917

This is the MkIV Male. The mark four had definitely significant improvements from the Mark one. Some of the main improvements were the improved armour and the re sitting of the fuel tank. A total of over 1200 mark four tanks were built [...]

Yamaha XV1000, Tamiya 1/12 1985

A friend of mine asked me if I would want to build this kit, I eventually said yes not ever built a motorcycle kit. Talk about being out of your wheelhouse I give all kinds of kudos to you bike builders. Trying to build and keep it [...]

Honda NSR 500, Michael Doohan, 1998.

1/12 Tamiya, built 04-2017 to 12-2020, finished in enamels by Tamiya, MM and Humbrol, decals on with Future and help from Mark Softer.

Italeri Bugatti Type 35B 1/12 Scale

I built this kit last year, you can see the WIP in the automotive group under the title “ripped silk”, which is how the exhaust is supposed to sound. My wife wasn’t too keen on letting me trying to reproduce this. The Type 35B was [...]