Hello! This is a special project-very special. Four years ago I was celebrating my 40th birthday with one of my closest friends and he presented me with Tamiya's 1/32 P-51D Mustang! I was blown away with his generosity and kindness as he had also arranged with the help of my family the trip of a …
Hello! Please allow me to share with you my latest work, a 1/35 scale diorama featuring the British Army LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP. (LRDG) A brief history....... The LRDG was formed specifically to carry out deep penetration, covert reconnaissance patrols and intelligence missions from behind German and Italian lines, although they sometimes engaged in combat …
Continue reading Born of the Desert-The Long Range Desert Group.
Hello and welcome to my new blog! This site will now be the new home of THE SCALE MODEL HANGAR, my place on the web for showcasing my builds, commission work and my musings about this wonderful hobby of scale modelling. My interests are WWII and modern military aircraft, armour, figures, science fiction and diorama …
This is my build of Hasegawa's 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 finally finished as I wanted it to be. This build has been placed in a display case and the base now depicts the scene I imagined when I first build this kit. Special thanks to Frank for the kit, Paul for making the display …
Building a Flying Legend....My story of building my dream warbird MH434. There are some aircraft more than any other that we love. In my case it is the Supermarine Spitfire. I have been building models of Spitfire's for as long as I can remember and as a boy I became fascinated watching them in movies …
Remember Return of the Jedi? Well, I do and I love Star Wars. Return Of The Jedi was the one where we found out what Darth Vader's face looked like, we saw Princess Leia in a bikini and the Empire had Scout Troopers roaming the forests of Endor on the coolest flying bikes we have …
Another 109! Sometimes a modeller goes through a phase of building certain airframes because of a new interest or because of a new inspiration. This build was because of inspiration. Some years ago I was enjoying some photo's from a model competition in the USA and I came across a model of a 109 with …
The question I get most from people outside the hobby is "Why do you do it?" For me, its a way to relax and unwind. But after seeing this short film featuring modeller Bernard Cher, I now show them this. This film shows the passion modellers have for their hobby way better than I can. …
The Hurricane was the backbone of RAF Fighter Command during WWII but often goes without the praise it certainly deserves. From the Battle of Britain to the deserts of the Libya , this great British warbird has written itself into the pages of history with distinction. I have built plenty of 1/48 Hurricane's in the …
A Tribute to The British Airborne at Arnhem. From The Reader’s Companion to Military History by Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker: In September 1944, after the victorious end of the Normandy campaign, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery devised a daring operation to open the way to the Ruhr by seizing a bridgehead north of the Rhine, …
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