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- ICM Krupp L3H163 Kfz. 72 Radio Truck in 1:35 (#35462), Work in Progress
- Scale Modelworld 2018 – Best in Show
- Alan Clark’s stunning Hawker Tempest
- RN Saetta, my first scratch build.
- Latecoere 28.3H 1:72 scratchbuilt
- USS Sangamon CVE-26 Scale 1:72, All Scratch
- Stunning Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 Dora in 1/5 scale
- Scale Modelworld 2018 – Best Diorama Winner
- 'An Inglorious End' – Scratch built 1/32 B-17 Fortress Diorama
- Gotha WD-13 Seaplane 1/16 Scratchbuilt…
1:8 1917 Excelsior Board Track Racer-3D Scratch Build
Like other manufacturers, Ignatz Schwinn, who acquired Excelsior in 1911, believed racing improved motorcycle engineering through track testing. The visibility of racing success helped sales as well. A machine similar to the one I built [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Scratchbuilt 1/8th scale Spyder/Exercising Sulky
Here is a 1/8th scale “Exercising Cart", or, you can use its popular name that it goes by today, a ’Spider’, for very obvious reasons.
The full sized vehicle was owned by Mrs Val Perkins, from a small town called Coonewarre, [...]
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 [...]
Rooivalk Attack Helicopter 1/32 Scale Scratch Build
I do apologize for not posted in a while, this has been due to life and work getting in the way, here are a few pictures of one of my latest scratch builds that took me a full year to complete.
This is the Rooivalk Attack Helicopter [...]
French destroyer "Fougueux" 1942, 1/66, Full Scratch
French destroyer "Fougueux" 1942, 1/66, Full Scratch
length : 1.62m
width : 15 cm
time taken to complete : #2000h
the hull is made of aluminum, the superstructures of wood, brass, linoleum, aluminum, etc.
French Battleship "Jean Bart", Waterline, version 1955, 1/100, full scratch
French Battleship "Jean Bart", Waterline, version 1955, 1/100, full scratch
length : 2.50m
width : 36cm
time taken to complete : #3500h
1/32nd scale Short Stirling – WIP update
Greetings fellow imodelers!
I thought I'd update you all on my current long-term vacuform project - a Short Stirling in 1/32nd scale from Tigger Models which are the ex-ID Models moulds. I began this build around 5 years ago but ran out of [...]
