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…
While I wait for some RTV to set I thought I’d pop up the road and take some photos of a couple of CA31s at Avalon. I’ll have some of these on display and for sale at ModelExpo next month.
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…
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…
1/48 isn’t my usual scale for modern jet aircraft, but it is for many of my modelling compadres. To this end a collegue of mine involved at the retail end of scale modelling recently returned from the Toy fair in Nuremberg with an advance copy of the new Kinetic F-18 Hornet offering and requested I…
Subsequent to my ramblings in my previous CA31 posting I’ve sold a fair number of 1/72 CA31 kits. As a result I’ve updated the instruction manual and have posted a PDF of what comes with the kit here – I’ll sort it all into a separate area dedicated to guides etc once I start uploading more instructional pieces. This won’t…
Presenting the piloted Jindivik ! Years ago I made a 1/72 kit of this diminutive aircraft having seen the aircraft in the flesh every second weekend when I performed the role of host officer down at RAAF WIlliams Museum. You can see history here and here of the real aircraft . Following on from the…
