Royal Australian Air Force
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Percival Prince 3, A90-1, Air Trials Unit, RAAF, Woomera SA 1953.
1/72 Special Hobby Pembroke kit with Magna Models bits and as reference for conversion, built 04-2021 to 03-2023 for the SuaF GB, more pic's and details there.
Gulfstream MC-55A Peregrine (G-550), 10SQN RAAF
The MC-55A Peregrine will replace the now retired AP-3C(EW) Orion aircraft in Royal Australian Air Force service. It has been developed as an ISR/EW (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance /Electronic Warfare) platform using the [...]
2024, let's see what it brings, a happy new year to all, my models finished in 2023, aproximatly in order of completion.
All but two feature in a Group build here on iModeler, see annotations, the PC 9 in my aerobatic group, the FA 18B - not yet, the Mil Mi 8 was started in 2006, good to see it finished, some were started in 2023, others a little earlier, [...]
de Havilland DH 89A Dragon Rapide, A33-1, 1 Air Observers School, RAAF, Cootamundra NSW 1941.
1/72 Heller, built 10-2019 to 12-2021 for the DH 100 GB, more pic's and details there, --------
1 AOS was attended during 1942 by our former prime minister Edward Gough Whitlam, after this aircraft had left the RAAF.
Beechcraft King Air 350, A32-346, School of Air Warfare, 32 Sqn RAAF, East Sale Vic 2004.
1/72 RVHP, resin kit, started 02-2016 finished 12-2022, probably not the best or worst resin kit but I think the end result is worth the effort !
P-40 in the Battle of Milne Bay
This the third of six P-40s I built earlier this year for a club display for the Australian Model Expo. I built them as one group of three and a second group of four. The seventh aircraft was not finished in time for Expo but is now [...]
P-40 in Defence of Port Moresby
This the second of six P-40s I built earlier this year for a club display for the Australian Model Expo. I built them as one group of three and a second group of four. The seventh aircraft was not finished in time for Expo but is now [...]
Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules, 37SQN, RAAF Richmond
This kit started life as an Italeri boxing of the AMT/Esci AC-130H. It is hard to believe I started it back in 2017 (well not that hard with my track record). The conversion involved:
Plugging the 'AC' holes
Lengthened the fuselage for [...]
Boeing Vertol CH 47C Chinook, A15-007, 12 Sqn RAAF, Amberley Qld, 1975.
1/72 Italeri, built sometime before 2016, I modified the engine intakes, the cabin ceiling and antennae posts and in 2021 I narrowed the rotor blades.
Percival Vega Gull, A32-1, 1 Communications Unit RAAF, Laverton Vic 1940.
1/72 Dora Wings, built 2020 to 2022 for the Serving under another flag GB, more details and pic's there. ------ I need to take more pic's. ------- added now.
