Here’s a little photo essay of something I built a while ago. It was rendered up using Rhino, Sketchup & 3D builder, then printed as various parts in ABS and constructed as a model. The canopy was vacformed from a scratchbuilt master and.. well you know the rest. This was only intended as a “proof…
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…
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…
I’m calling this order for the ADF complete ! Here I present the story in pictures of how I scratchbuilt a number of vehicle types in plastic to eventually become multiple copies in resin for use by one of our Army’s training facilities . The ASLAV-25 The ASLAV-PC & SURV The M88 Hercules The M113AS4…
I was contacted by a modeller with an enquiry about a kit I produced many years ago and asked if I would re-release it. So due to popular demand ( OK – two guys so far..) I have remastered the 1/72 version of the kit and I thought why not present it here with a…
