This could also come under the heading ” What I did with 2 HK kits and a bunch of 3D bits”. Many years ago a bloke named Fred Harris, IPMS doyen and my modelling mentor, showed me this scratch built model he was working on using fibreglass and aluminium – a 1/32 Avro (…
As you may be aware there’s a new Airfix Spitfire currently on display at Metro Hobbies‘ CBD store, here’s a build log and some salient points to note about building one. First off let me say that my wife was happy to see me build something “out of box” for a change as this…
Recently I was asked to build one of the new Airfix Chinooks “out of the box” for display at Metro and whilst that was the brief I still had to modify one little thing – which I’ll go into further in the post. On the whole the kit is a fine piece of plastic engineering…
A couple of Christmases ago young Max from Metro gifted me a Hobby Boss A-26B. I was quite stoked as I wanted to build one of these big bad boys but couldn’t justify the expense and I especially wanted to make a Counter Invader. Max built one virtually OOB and I went the difficult…
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…
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…
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…
Continuing on from Part 1: I covered the construction of one of these kits last time as an out-of box build. This time I’m converting one to a RAAF Mk VIII using my resin set that I just mastered and will continue to revise and add as the need arises. I was quick to rip…
A little background to set the mood: The year was 1965 and FROG released the first iteration of a series of 1/72 representations of the Beaufort that was to adorn collector’s shelves and avid modeller’s benches alike. Without going too far into the kit’s history it suffered from the state of the art at the time…
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…
