scratch-built models and the art of scratchbuilding
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Twin 40mm Bofors
This is a land based twin 40mm Bofors I scratched made a couple of years ago.Iv Made a few changes to it.Copied from pictures,not sure of the scale.Full elevations is 7.5 inches high.Made from wood.
New CSM, LM and S-IVB parts for 1/200 Apollo 11 LUT project
For the past few weeks I've usually gotten one more swing arm for the LUT up each weekend, with corresponding work to the pad base. But for the past several days the pad and the mobile launcher have taken a back seat to improvements to [...]
Another 3.7 British AA gun.
This is another scratch built 3.7 AA gun to go with my other one. I wanted to make the two versions for comparison and I think they look good together.Both Copied from pictures and made from wood.
In case you had the slightest doubt that modelers are crazy (:-) )
From the Daily Mail. 70 years to make all 484 warships that have served in the Royal Navy since 1945. Made with matchsticks!
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German staff car.
This is a scratch built model of a German staff car.Copied from a 1/72 kit 4 times bigger.Made from pine and ply.
Croatian police biped
Futuristic vision of bipedal law enforcement in Croatian police markings.
The Wiesel 2 was cut and rest is scratch built around it, with Spz Marder cannon for light targets and
some german cannon for water cannon.
Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star
This is my fifth model here, the last member of 'FAC trilogy' composed of previous O-1E and O-2A. It's the most unusual and less known of three, the 'pre production' Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star.
YO-3A was a two-seat nearly silent [...]
Battle of the Bulge Diorama 1/35
Hi iModelers!
Today i want to show you my latest build, i‘ve been working on the last two months! It‘s a scene from the latest great german offensive in the ardennes region in december 1944 (also known as „the battle of the bulge)! [...]
1/12 Scale Datsun 240Z Banger/Stock car
A Kamtec banger racer in a dingy garage scene. This car was my entry into the first round of the 2019 UK BWS held at Chelmsford, Essex. The actual racing wasn't favorable as in heat one I performed poorly and in heat two the front axle [...]
1/35 Chieftain Mk 10 Converted From Tamiya
This was a trial run at making a "Stillbrew" Chieftain. I started on this before Takom's great series was announced. I used a set of old plans that had been published in MAFVA (Miniature Armoured Fighting Vehicles Association) [...]
