THE STUDIO OF SCALE MODEL ARTIST DARREN MCGUINNESS
Hello and welcome back! It has been a while since I last wrote a post-This has been due to an extremely busy work schedule and my ill health of late. Now I have had some downtime and space to think, my creative side has been reinvigorated and once again I found myself in my …
Hello! After recently revisiting the film "300" I was inspired to seek out any figures of characters from the film. I stumbled across a great 75mm figure of King Leonidas of Sparta. This white metal figure was painted with acrylics and weathered with enamels, then the figure was mounted on a small display base to …
Hello! Its been a while hasn't it? Right now I am in the middle of multiple projects and with all that life throws at me a collector presented me with a superb 75mm resin figure produced by Nocturna Models and asked give it a paint and to display it on a base. This Viking warrior …
Hello and welcome back again! This subject is one very close my heart, Spitfire K9998 was flown during the Battle of Britain by Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum DFC. The then young Flying Officer Wellum was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1940 for his actions during the battle and he was the youngest …
Spitfire! Yes, another one and why not? I love Spitfire's and I am obsessed with them! I am particularly interested in Battle of Britain and Malta Spitfire's hence why I build so many of them. Upon seeing the camouflage scheme of AB264, a Mk.Vb Tropical Spitfire that saw action with 249 Squadron RAF I was …
After building FURY, what comes next? War Daddy! Yes the FURY tank crew's commander Don "Wardaddy" Collier as portrayed in the movie. I was given the opportunity to apply my figure painting skills to a 1/10 scale bust of this character by my good friend Eric Herbert. Figure painting can be quite daunting in a …
Yes, its another Mustang! This one is a little different though, it is not my beloved Tamiya 1/48 kit. This is a new kid on the block. This is a new tooling from Airfix! I picked this kit on its debut at the UK Nationals last November as I had heard that Airfix has really …
Continue reading AIR COMMANDO! The Scale Model Hangar reviews the new AIRFIX 1/48 P-51D Mustang.
