A year or so ago I built a twin seater F-5 using two kits that came from the estate of the late Eric Sujecki. This saw competition here and interstate bringing home a couple of trophies, but it was built as an homage to Eric using Mexican markings I found in the kit and handpainting…
After a couple of weeks of building, a couple of months of designing and casting, a couple of years of preparation and a couple of decades saying I’m gonna do it – I finally did it ! My first exposure to the Macchi was as a cadet back in the late ’70s and here’s a…
I was once told that I won’t be able to make a 1/32 Mirage F1 from a Mirage III… ..and when it comes to scale modelling I don’t like being told what I can and can’t do ! OK.. so admittedly I needed to fabricate a few parts, like the whole rear fuselage… but it still…
It’s been 18 months since my escape from corporate life and this was the first full year where I relied upon modelling as a means of financial support for my family – and it’s not been easy. Having said that, finances aside, it’s been a very enjoyable year on the modelling front with many projects underway…
Years ago I chanced upon this article in the September 1967 issue of “Aircraft” on the CA-31 Supersonic trainer. I looked at this diminutive aircraft and was immediately struck with the same intrigue mixed with sorrow I feel when I thumb through “Project Cancelled”, the wonderful book by Derek Woods (ISBN 1 85488 026 8—put it…
Here’s some photos I took today of my latest 1/32 Winjeel build. You can see more of the construction of this model at http://uncleles.net/2016/10/07/132-winjeel/ and while I was there tending to the young eagle a falcon happened by… This coming weekend the 1/32 Winjeel A85-445 can be seen in the flesh at the Bayonet Model Club’s annual competition…
I’ve replaced this post with this one: 1/32 CAC Winjeel
Today I took some older models up the road and took some snaps. First, we have some Thunderbolts. These P47s are 1/32 and were made for a display at ModelExpo many years ago. Next up, a 1/16 PzKpfw III This was a Christmas present from a nephew who was mortified to learn I’d deactivated its…
It was a lovely day today and I’d heard that the HARS Caribou was heading down to Avalon for a photo shoot so I headed down and took some models to photograph as well. As it happened, I didn’t get any decent shots of the Bou, but I did manage some amateur model photography starting…
With ModelExpo all but a distant memory from last week I thought it appropriate that I put together a little page on the construction and potted history of the Nomad kits that were on display. For me it started about three decades ago when I was a strapping young Air Force type and had the odd opportunity…
