Hello there! My WordPress dashboard has informed me that I had reached 100 posts today and that my blog now has 60 Followers. When I started my site I wondered if anyone would ever read it, never mind liking or following! If you are one of the 60-Thank you! Thanks for following and for sharing …
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2019 Review-My model making year!
Hello and Happy New Year! As is now the tradition, I write a review of my model building year and showcase my work, list the highs and learn from the lows of the 12 past months. It has certainly been an eventful year for me and my hobby! I have joined the IPMS , became …
Malta’s 1000th! Spitfire EP829-Part 2.
Sometimes a build is so much fun that you flat out forget to record the build and paint process. That, dear reader is exactly what has happened here! So I open with a humble apology and the optimistic hope that the end in this case will justify the means. As you will remember I was …
WAR DADDY.
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 …
Sir Roger Moore.
I wanted to pay tribute to Sir Roger Moore who passed away on the 23rd of May this year. He was one of my favourite actors and always found a way to make me smile. The trademark raised eyebrow and deep, smooth voice were his calling card. I grew up watching his movies with …
Biker Scout.
As it is May the Fourth I thought I'd run this post again!
Models For Heroes
I wanted to share this wonderful post from Jim's Models. I will certainly be supporting this cause. It may come as no surprise to my readers, who I assume are mostly other scale modelers, that this is a therapeutic hobby. Sure, each build brings it’s frustrations and challenges, but at the end of the …
The joy of Model Making….
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 SCALE MODEL HANGAR 