1:12 scale modeling
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Tamiya 12th scale Brabham BT44
My latest project the Brabham BT44.
I picked this up wen it was reissued a couple of years ago. It's an old kit and in need of some enhancements. I've made some parts from alloy turned up in an old watch makers lathe or using simple hand [...]
Do you APES want to live forever!??!? 1/12 Wave Starship Trooper Kit
INTRODUCTION
“BUGS, Mr RICO! ZILLIONS of THEM!”
Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers is one of the seminal and controversial classics of Science Fiction. Viewed by many as an idealized fascist paradise and by others as an important [...]
My 1/12 scale GT-40
Here is my Trumpeter? 1/12 Scale GT-40! This kit was a lot of work with lots of scratch building involved, due to this kit was a toy in some form at one point. Kit on it's own is very simple so a lot of creativity is involved in getting [...]
Team Suzuki ECSTAR GSX-RR '20 – Tamiya 1/12
When George @chinesegeorge posted several of his beautiful bikes and Spiros @fiveten created a special bike group, I could simply not resist to enter with a kit myself. Although no experience at all with building motorcycles, I definitely [...]
Starting the 1/12 scale GT40
This is the start of the 1/12 scale Ford GT40, this kit from China has no brand name but I am fairly certain that this is a kit produced by Trumpeter. This kit from what I can tell was once a toy due to the chunky vinyl parts and oversized [...]
Richard Petty 73 Charger by MPC
Hello all!I haven't posted a build in a long time but it is great to be back!
Here is the MPC 1/12 Scale Richard Petty 73 Charger and quite possibly the worst mass produced kit I have ever experienced, bring all of your skills if you [...]
Lotus 49 MFH 1/12th scale.
I was fortunate enough to get the chance to build one of these incredible kits.
It wasn't without its challenges though. The decals especially those around the nose cone were difficult to apply being thick and the wrong shape. In the end I [...]
F-16 Mania! – ESCI 1/12th Fighting Falcon Cockpit
After my Tamiya 1/48 F-16 build earlier this year, I came across this 1/12th cockpit kit on E-Bay by ESCI. Which, I've seen before, and I figured it would complement the 1/48th build on the shelf. And given my admiration for this [...]
1/12 Suzuki 'NEW Katana' GSX750S, Tamiya Kit No.34, Motorcycle GB
Well, T'was the night before the night before Christmas...
I would not have completed this kit if not for the Motorcycle GB, so thanks to that Group and it's great members to give me the motivation to get this one done.
This is another one [...]
NSR 500
I'm not going to pretend to know anything about the Honda NSR 500 racer... truth is, all I know is what was written on the Tamiya instructions.
Spent about nine weeks on it and for a majority of that time it's had my undivided attention, [...]
