THE STUDIO OF SCALE MODEL ARTIST DARREN MCGUINNESS
Hello! This post finds me experimenting with IDF armour, namely the MERKAVA Mk.III battle tank. This project came about when chatting with my friend and fellow modeller Eric. He has been encouraging me to build more armour subjects for a long time now and he knew I liked the design of the IDF Merkava so …
Hello! Yes, I know. It's been a long time since I worked on this Mustang and some of you have wondered if I'm ever going to finish her. I will. I promise! The thing with this project is that its personal. It's a very special gift from a great friend and it deserves my very …
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 …
