THE STUDIO OF SCALE MODEL ARTIST DARREN MCGUINNESS
Sometimes as an artist I find it hard to achieve the vision that I set out for myself at the start of a project and every now and then I fall short. This is not the case here-on this occasion I was presented with a lovely gift in the form of Hasegawa's 1/48 F4U-5N Corsair. …
The F4U Corsair is a flying legend, of that there is no doubt. I have always liked the robust design of Vought's WWII naval fighter which served in all theatres of WWII, but most notably in the Pacific with the US Navy, the Royal Navy and the US Marine Corps. Such was the rugged, …
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 …
