B26K Counter Invader in 1/32 scale.
I’m putting together a build description for the HB 1/32 A26B kit being converted into a B26K. Watch this space. This is going to take a while…
An Airfix 1/72 Me410 in a week.
Recently I obtained one of these new Airfix Messerschmitt 410 kits from Metro Hobbies and was asked to build build it for the shop “out of box” so I could show just how good the kit is. Well, here goes, I allocated a week away from my usual 1/32 stuff and got stuck in. I…
RAAF FB.31 Vampire conversion for the Infinity 1/32 Kit.
By now you’ve read about the 1/48 conversion set https://uncleles.net/2022/08/12/raaf-fb-31-vampire-conversion-for-the-airfix-kit/ where I did the RAAF FB31, FB30 & Mk1 – well here’s the same set upscaled to suit the new Infinity kit. ( Have the Tamiya putty and MEK RTG ) I started with a pre-production kit supplied by Max at Metro Hobbies and was…
RAAF FB.31 Vampire conversion for the Airfix Kit.
Welcome back. A little while ago I was presented with a new Airfix 1/48 Vampire F.3 kit and asked to facilitate an elephant ears conversion to fashion an Australian icon out of the plastic. Now if you’re here you probably know all about the Vampire’s history with the RAAF and how Australia received a Mk1…
1/56 Boxer IFV & M1 ABV Shredder
The production run for this has come and gone but I’ll leave this here for historical purposes. The page will remain here for posterity but the initial production run has ceased on both these items. I may return to these in the future and probably update the master when both are in service and operational…
If I said Revell did a 1/32 Beaufort would you believe me ?
Of course not – Revell did the Beaufighter in the larger scale. But it’s a very helpful kit when one wants to construct a largescale Beaufort and doesn’t want to use the currently available vac-form kit that politeness prevents me from making further comment upon. I wanted to take the lessons learnt from the 1/72…
CAC XP-65 Irabinna – 1950’s Australian flight of fancy.
In the 1950’s the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation proposed many designs including this one, the XP-65 Warrior, which was to be powered by a Rolls Royce RA24R Avon engine and possibly armed with cannons and air to air missiles. A year or so ago Uncle Les made a 1/32 version based on the following drawing…
Lancaster Gallery 1/48 & 1/32
No words, just pics.
HK Models 1/48 Lancaster, Part 2 – The build.
So you want to trade in that old Tamiya Lanc for the shiny new HK Models kit ? Good for you. Here’s my story of how I built both HKM & Tamiya side by side. Both kits were sourced through Metro Hobbies albeit years apart ! The Tamiya version I’ve used is the older issue…
HK Models 1/48 Lancaster Part 1. The Teaser.
Recently I was commissioned to build the new HK Models 1/48 Avro Lancaster post haste for Metro Hobbies in Melbourne. It was an OOB ( out of box) build with the exception of the decals, which were not available as the model I was building was a pre-release example, so I had to make do…