Tag Archives: Metro Hobbies
1/24 Airfix Spitfire – Grey Nurse Shark in RAAF markings.
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…
1/72 Airfix Chinook – Bravo November.
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…
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…
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…
Building the Airfix 1/72 Beaufort. . Part 2. The RAAF version.
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…
Building the Airfix 1/72 Beaufort. . Part 1. The RAF version out of box.
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…
1/48 Kinetic Hornet preview build. Part 2.
Here’s the second and final installment carrying on from where we were last month. ( If you need to review go HERE ) The kit was built and taken to my local IPMS meeting for my peers to have a peek. There I learnt some of what the shortcomings are in the Hasegawa kit and…