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Making scale models is my hobby. I’ve been doing it for around sixty years. Here is some of what I’ve written about it for my local club newsletter since 2000 and updates of what I’ve been making.

Models for January 2021

03/01/2021

The urge to paint aeroplanes Deep Sea Blue continues and this time goes to extremes with a model of a particularly interesting but flawed aeroplane, the Grumman XF10F. This was a variable geometry fighter designed for the US Navy which was worried that the new jet fighters were flying too fast to land on the … More Models for January 2021

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Confessions of an AMS Survivor

06/12/2020

(December 2020) It’s like this, I keep having these urges.  It’s as if some strange alien entity has got into the back of my mind and keeps pushing and pushing, wanting me to do things that I don’t want to do.  Dirty, crazy, unimaginable things. I think it might be an alien invasion, like the … More Confessions of an AMS Survivor

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Please Tell Me I’m Getting Better at This

05/12/2020

(December 2020) A Tale of two 1/72 XF5Us             The year 1995 seems like several centuries ago and in one way it is.  That year I finally managed to get my hands of the Hasegawa 1/72 kit of the Vought XF5U-1, probably lurking at the back of one of those old fashioned model shops that … More Please Tell Me I’m Getting Better at This

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A hundred years of Qantas

16/11/2020

(November 2020) In November 2020 Qantas celebrates its centenary. As a tiny celebration of this remarkable event here are photos of all the models I’ve made that are associated with Qantas. This includes Qantas Empire Airways, Australia Asia, Australian, QantasLink and JetStar, and the Australian domestic airline Trans Australia Airlines that was later rebranded Australian … More A hundred years of Qantas

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A modeller’s life – my box of tools

30/08/2020

(May 2001) This month one of my tools has let me down so I haven’t completed a model.   My compressor has finally decided that compressing air is just asking too much of it and can’t be bothered  any more.   It sits there going chug-chug-chug as usual, but only a little air comes out.  I will attend to the … More A modeller’s life – my box of tools

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A Tale of Two Kittens (and lost parts)

22/08/2020

We’ve let monsters into our house. Not only are they monsters of the usual kind, they are model kit eating monsters. Last year I decided that it was about time I came to grips with this new (for me) acrylic paint. Having been put off by the first generation of acrylic modelling paints back in … More A Tale of Two Kittens (and lost parts)

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2012 Models

16/01/2020
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2019 Models

06/01/2020
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106 Kit Build Reviews part 2

01/01/2020

Handley Page to Yak For about ten years from 2000 I regularly wrote two page kit build reviews for the Modellers of Ballarat newsletter.  I’ve collected them together and present them, in two parts for convenience. Handley Page Victor B2 – Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1 – Airfix 1/72 Heinkel He178 – Condor 1/72 … More 106 Kit Build Reviews part 2

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106 Kit Build Reviews part 1

01/01/2020

Airbus to Grumman For about ten years from 2000 I regularly wrote two page kit build reviews for the Modellers of Ballarat newsletter.  I’ve collected them together and present them, in two parts for convenience. Airbus A300B4 – Airfix 1/144 Airbus A330-200 – Revell 1/144 Airbus A330-300 – Revell 1/144 Airbus A340-200 Revell 1/144 Airbus … More 106 Kit Build Reviews part 1

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  • Aero Commander 520 in 1/72 by Croco Models
  • Aerospatiale Alouette III in 1/72 by Heller
  • Aerospatiale AS.350 in i/72 by Mach 2
  • Airbus A.220 in 1/144 by Eastern Express
  • Airbus A.300 in 1/144 by Airfix
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  • Airbus A.310 in 1/144 by Revell
  • Airbus A.330 and A.340 in 1/144 by Revell
  • Amiot 143M in 1/72 by Smer
  • Amiot 354 in 1/72 by Mach 2
  • Antonov An-32 in 1/72 by Amodel
  • Apollo-Saturn V in 1/144 by Airfix
  • Armstrong Whitworth Argosy in 1/144 by Welsh Models
  • Avro Canada C-102 in 1/144 by F-Rsin
  • Avro Vulcan B.2 in 1/72 by Airfix
  • BAC LIghtning F.6 in 1/72 by Trumpeter
  • Beech UC-43 in 1/144 by Anigrand
  • Bereznyak-Isaev BI in 1/72 by Eastern Express
  • Blackburn Skua II in 1/72 by Novo
  • Bloch 131 in 1/72 by Mach 2
  • Bloch 150 series fighters in 1/72
  • Bloch 200 in 1/72 by KP
  • Bloch 220 in 1/144 by F-Rsin
  • Boeing 377 Stratocruiser in 1/144 by Minicraft
  • Boeing 727-200 in 1/144 by Airfix
  • Boeing 737s in 1/144 by Revell, Airfix and Minicraft
  • Boeing 747-200 in 1/144 by Airfix
  • Boeing 747-300 in 1.144 by Kepuyan
  • Boeing B-52C in 1/72 by Monogram
  • Boeing F8B-1 in 1/72 by Valom
  • Boeing KC-135A in 1/144 by Welsh Models
  • Boeing KC-135R in 1/72 by AMT
  • Boeing PB-1W in 1/72 by Hasegawa with Uncle Les conversion parts
  • Boeing WB-47B in 1/72 by Minicraft
  • Char B1bis and Renault FT in 1/76 by Matchbox
  • Convair B-36D in 1/144 by Hobbycraft
  • Convair XB-46 in 1/144 by Anigrand
  • Convair YF2Y-1 in 1/72 by Mach 2
  • Curtiss C-46 in 1/72 by Williams Brothers
  • Curtiss P-40N in 1/72 by Hobby Boss
  • Curtiss XF15C-1 in 1/72 by ProResin
  • Curtiss-Wright SNC-1 in 1/72 by Kora
  • Dassault Etendard IVM in 1/72 by Heller
  • Dassault Mirage 2000C in 1/72 by Airfix
  • DeHavilland DH-86 in 1/144 by Arctic Decals
  • DeHavilland DHC-8-100 in 1/72 by Hobbycraft
  • DeHavilland Hornet F.1 in 1/72 by Special Hobby
  • DeHavilland Sea Venom FAW.53 in 1/72 by Toko
  • Dewoitine 333 in 1/144 by F-Rsin
  • Dewoitine 371 in 1/72 by Azur
  • Dewoitine 376 in 1/72 by Azur
  • Dewoitine 500 in 1/72 by Smer
  • Dewoitine 520DC and Dewoitine 780 conversions in 1/72 by Hobby Boss
  • Douglas DC-1 in 1/144 converted from CMR
  • Douglas DC-10 in 1/144 by Accurate Airliners
  • Douglas DC-4 in 1/144 by Minicraft
  • Douglas DC-9-10 in 1/72 by Aurora
  • ERC-90 and Panhard M3 in 1/72 by Ace
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  • Fokker 70 in 1/144 converted from Revell
  • Fokker F-27 in 1/72 by Esci
  • Fokker F-27-500 in 1/144 by Eastern Express
  • Fokker F-28 & Fokker 100 in 1/144 by F-Rsin, Authentic Airliners & Revell
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  • General Atomics RQ-1 in 1/72 by Italeri
  • General Motors FM-1 in 1/72 by Hobby Boss made and painted by Dickson Oh
  • Grumman F11F in 1/72 by Hasegawa
  • Grumman F8F-1 in 1/72 by Monogram
  • Handley Page Victor B.2 in 1/72 by Matchbox
  • Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B in 1/72 by Airfix
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  • Heinkel He178V-1 in 1/72 by Condor
  • Hotchkiss H35 in 1/72 by RPM and PzKpfw III Ausf in 1/72 by Attack
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  • Kawanishi N1K1 (Rex) in 1/72 by High Planes
  • Leclerc in 72 by Revell
  • Leduc 0.22 in 1/72 by Mach 2
  • Lockheed C-5A in 1/144 by Entex
  • Lockheed F-117A in 1/72 by Academy
  • Lockheed L.1011 in 1/144 by Airfix
  • Lockheed L.1049G Super Constellation in 1/72 by Heller
  • Lockheed X-35 in 1/72 by Italeri
  • Loire 130 in 1/72 by Azur
  • Loire 46 in 1/72 by Azur
  • Loire et Olivier LeO H.43 in 1/72 by Dujin
  • Loire-Nieuport LN.411 in 1/72 by Azur
  • Martin P5M-2 in 1/72 by Hasegawa
  • Mercury-Atlas in 1/144 by New Ware
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  • Messerchmitt Me163V-1 in 1/72 by Condor
  • Messerchmitt Me263 in 1/72 by Huma
  • MiG Ye-152A (Flipper) in 1/144 by Otaki
  • MiG-19S in 1/72 by KP
  • MiG-31B in 1/72 by Condor
  • Mikoyan I-270 in 1/72 by Amodel
  • Mil Mi-26 by Southern Front and Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde by Heller in 1/72
  • Mil Mi-6 (Hook) in 1/72 by Amodel
  • Mitsubishi J8M1 in 1/72 by Hasegawa
  • Morane G and Morane H in 1/72 by AZmodel
  • Nieuport 11 in 1/72 by Toko
  • Nieuport 28 in 1/72 by Revell
  • North American F-100 in 1/72 by Esci and Revell
  • North American Mustang Mk.IV in 1/72 by Academy
  • North American X-15-A2 in 1/72 by Airfix
  • North American XB-70 in 1/72 by AMT
  • Northrop Gamma 2A in 1/72 by Williams Brothers
  • Northrop Grumman B-2A in 1/72 Testors
  • Northrop YB-49 in 1/72 by AMT
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  • Panhard AML-90 in 1/72 by Ace
  • Polikaropv I-185 in 1/72 by Modelist
  • Potez 63.11 in 1/72 by Heller
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  • Robin DR.315 Petit Prince in 1/72 by Dujin
  • Short Sunderland V in 1/72 by Airfix
  • SNECMA C450 Coleopter in 1/72 by Mach 2
  • Strv 103 in 1/72 by Trumpeter
  • Supermarine Spitfire Vb in 1/72 by Airfix
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