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The venerable Bristol F.2b from Airfix.. still not bad for a 1957 tooling!

Not bad for a 1957 kit! Ready for in-flight display (for another project I'm working on)

Members of the Mine Recovery and Disposal Squad towing away a naval mine from the beach at Tayport with the aid of a Bre...

The Kyūshū J7W Shinden 震電, as used by Kōichi Shikishima in Godzilla Minus One to deliver the final, fatal blow!

Gloster Meteor FR.9 VZ603/W, No.8 Squadron Royal Air Force, Sharjah, Trucial States, January 1958

Mitsubishi G3M3 Nell, motorized and mounted in-flight for the #risingsungb

Bucket list build! Tamiya A6M, famously "the best 1:72 kit ever made". True?

Kamikawa Maru establishing a seaplane base on Deboyne 1942

Typhoon Mk.Ib on ground attack over France 1944

Type 97 Chi-Ha チハ roaring down the Malayan peninsula in 1941

Inspired by a famous photograph of the aftermath of the battle on Betio

the beautifully designed @clearpropmodels I-16 Type 5

fantastic sculpt from elan13, this was a pleasure to paint (my first 54mm)

Ki-51 "Sonia" Type 99 Assault Plane 九九式襲撃機, キ51 over Burma '42

the キ100 from Aoshima in 1:72, mounted in flight over a watercolour scene

The Blue Star Lines' Southland Star transiting Cook Strait in a gale... This one is for my Dad: inspired by a picture h...

M4H 48x48 build; Dora Wings MS.230 in the livery of the Spanish Republican Air Force.

Gloster Gladiator Mk.II over St. Inglevert, France, 1939.

The Bristol Bulldog all rigged and ready to roll. An RAF classic from the inter-war period.

On 23 January 1942, the IJN Heavy Cruiser Tone 利根 attacked Buka Island with its float planes

The CR.714 looks like a real beast but was apparently really underpowered at only 750hp. I love Dorawings for unusual su...

HMS Express (H61) and HMS Electra (H27) race to protect PoW and Repulse as a wave of G3M Nell torpedo bombers press thei...

Hurricanes over Dover 1940

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼), doing what peregrine falcons do best - swooping down for a kill. In this case, hunting a B-...

One of my most enjoyable "vintage classic" experiences. Get the motor running .. insert coin on the right:-)

one of ICM's earlier releases, but the kit is still a pleasure to build

The little-known Curtiss "40k" variant

I have now spent far too much time watching this beautiful machine in action on youtube and NHK!

hot extract.. HIDF DHC-6 Twin Otter SpecOps Gunship

A wireless doorbell based on an Arii (Microace) Yatai Ramen model with added lights and sound.

Aces High! What if .. a Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I bringing down a Dornier Do-17z "flying pencil".

Ukrainian Su-24M Fencer on an ultra low-level raid. Inspired by Taras on TikTok!

No crew or base right now - I'm reserving these for a future diorama.

Snowy could never pass a tarp without conducting his own investigation...

great new kit from MikroMir - nice easy build and an iconic bit of hardware

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has some nice kit, and not afraid to give it striking livery!

"The Last Phantom" JASDF F-4EJ Kai Phantom II - one of my finds at Leonardo LG レオナルドLG. How could I resist this commemor...

Double-sided box diorama in mixed scales? wtf, it worked! Full combined arms action..

really impressed by this little IBG kit

so now all the bits in place for a bit of slight-of-hand;-)

People's Volunteer Army T-34 No 215 (中国人民志愿军215号) is legendary for knocking out five M46 Patton tanks and multiple UN bu...

"very mixed media": acrylic on canvas and a Clear Prop! 1:48 Bayraktar TB2!

that's it for now. no seascape as I'm planning to use this in another diorama

I chose the "green camel" factory ferry scheme - challenging but very unusual!

no crew or sea base for this build yet as I'm planning to add it to another diorama..

I picked up a few Sweet 1:144 kits when I was at LeonardoレオナルドLG ２and now think I need to go back for more!

One of the older ACE kits but still a fun little weekend build!

an egg-scale warm up before I move on to the Arma Hobby Ki-84

Just a nice simple build, no weathering to speak of or special effects. I really enjoyed this kit.

the Dora Wings kit of the Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker with an appropriately? kitsch presentation: Inter Island Airways liv...

"bring it home through the fire and flames"

If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise ...

Oh Marco. Meglio maiale che fascista!

The Mosquito has always been one of my favourite planes, and the new @officialairfix toolings really do them justice. We...

Mozzie Bite! Having fun making little dioramas in resin: Pit-Road 1:700 Mosquito and Tiger I

The new 2022 decals are very nice, and the overall result is quite pleasing. I didn't sweat the details too much - a nic...

The finished Blériot XI "keeper of the spare keys"

the Yawata Maru gets some rigging

In spring.. "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming." — Pablo Neruda

"Something is rotten in the state.."; final water effects and toxic discharge

成都飞机工业集团的歼20 caught in-flight, the "Mighty Dragon" Chengdu J-20..

The full effect of the propblur thundering along a dusty runway!

It could still do with a bit more detailing, and I've been thinking about placing it in a seascape

Axis of Chess!

Shivering through a Baltic Winter Patrol

Inspired by the box art, with a spinning prop.

On a small base with some mud and bushes. Needs more work I think to blend it all in and make more life-like

An that's it for the build with aerial rigged. I had some real issues getting the decal carrier film to blend. Not silve...

Final shots after decalling...

Added some final touches and obligatory matchstick

how it's going - very happy with the tarp. Now back on the shelf and I'll call this complete for the time being while I ...

Lovely little jet trainer, and a lovely camo scheme.

Final shots! The overall effect is close to what I had intended, but the figures don't really stand up to close scrutiny

It does look quite menacing if you need to stare it down!

Decals on and a clean finish for now - the beautifully ugly Fairey Gannet!

The final gallery shots - no special finishing or base for this one (yet).

Wasn't happy with my first attempt at the water splashes so touched up with some fake ice and snow. Better ... I think?...

IJN Fubuki 吹雪 in a focus-stacked DSLR shot, putting my aging phone's camera to shame

Completed presentatio

Loving that red - Mr Hobby Aqueous H3

Man overboard!

OK I said done, but came back to fiddle the ground work and decal the convoy

In memoriam, Valery Grygorenko

tooling around the North Sea at 30ft

taking stock.. think I'll leave this for a few days then take a fresh look at the finish so far

This is my first ICM kit, and proved a nice quick 1:72 holiday build. I was pretty impressed with the details and fit.

HMS Prince of Wales (Tamiya 1:700). Faux Movietone News version;-)

On the base. Probably the most poorly maintained bit of hard stand I've ever seen;-)

I think I'm calling this done for the time being. there's always more fiddling around to be done, but this was an enjoya...

"That's not a toy. my boy!"

ok, largely survived final assembly and decals!

my first Arma Hobby kit and I'm loving it - great details even at 1:72

I'm thinking of calling this done for now. It could do with some more foliage and maybe dusting up? Maybe I'll take anot...

my space marine has gone all terminator on me

toned down the clouds; seems to make the tensegrity effect stand out a bit more too