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The A Shau Valley, March 10, 1966, Rest in Peace Col Fisher, January 11, 1927 – August 16, 2014
Because of Col Fisher's passing I decided to share with you the story of a model I built and the experience I had because of it. I do not tell this story often, it's not really about me but what a very gentle man from Iowa did for me [...]
Westland Lysander On Floats! Now this is how I would have done it.
This is one aircraft that begs to be modified with floats. I just had to do it! This is 1/32 scale and the crew is 21st Century figures. I have added some detail and wiring behind the instrument panel as this can be seen through the front [...]
Aston Martin Ulster
Finally finished something. This is the type of build I will work on while building more involved kits. It is a 1/32nd scale Matchbox kit circa 1975.
The Ulster was developed by Augustus Bertilli . It had a 2 year racing history as a [...]
U.S. Coast Guard Post War Aircraft
I apologise the quality of the photos; the planes are in a museum and I can't re-photograph them easily. One of my shortcomings as a modeler is my rush to build a model and the failure to take photos as I progress. And when complete, a [...]
Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Hunter Mk 12
This Hawker Hunter Mk 12, XE531 was used by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) for equipment development trials (fly by wire) 1980-81.
The idea came from the old soft cover edition of "Flying Colors", a state of the art [...]
Here’s to old RAF jets! 1/32 DeHavilland Venom NF.3, 151 Sqn, RAF
This is the old Matchbox 1/32 kit, which could be built as a RAF version, or a Fleet Air Arm Sea Venom. It is another of those kits that I “started in the City, and finished in the country”, but this time it’s one that I only [...]
Another story, and another old model airplane
While rummaging around in the attic a few months ago, I came across a small box tucked into the corner of a larger box filled with stuff from our old house back home. On it, in my dad's script, was written, "1st place model airplane, [...]
1/72 AMT/Matchbox Hunting Percival Provost T Mk. 1
The name is longer than the model. This was an easy build, and addition to my British trainers. The last couple shots show size comparison with the DeHavilland Chipmunk. Both are dwarfed by the T-28 Trojan. of the same era.. At this [...]
1/72 Matchbox Dornier 28D Skyservant
Another unusual looking aircraft. I got to see one at an airshow quite awhile ago. It was civilian, white, and "for sale". I was impressed with the white paint job, and had to duplicate it. Since then I've seen this aircraft [...]
RAF “V’ Bombers. Valiant, Vickers, and Vulcan
I was commissioned to build the three "V" bombers by a gentleman that grew up in Lincolnshire, England. He remembered the "V" bombers when he was younger. He asked that I do all three models in the same scale and in the [...]
