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David has been scale modelling off-and-on since his first production of HMS Daring aged about 8. Since re-discovering the hobby he's rarely not had a model 'on the go' for the past couple of years and these have mostly reflected his interest in military aircraft and WW2 naval craft. His wife allows them to be displayed around the house but won't dust them, David sometimes does. Guaranteed success birthday present: fine point, short haired brushes.
Developed from the Saab J21A but the R denotes that the airframes had been significantly adapted for Goblin jet engines (the R denotes 'Roket'), externally the two still looked very similar but only about half the parts were common to both. This model is from a Special Hobby 1/72 kit that comes with photo-etch.
The two seat trainer version of the Meteor originally produced in response to an Argentinian order.
This one is dressed as one from Station Flight RNAS Yeovilton although it's actually a 'What If?' as the numbers on it are not correct. Credit to Mike Costillo for the resin figures
A Japanese early WW2 flying boat originally used for spotting shot landing from warships but rapidly reduced to other roles such as delivering the post. The beach is made from alpine grit and sand, the sea is done from layers of Modgpodge and varnish.
Fiat Cicogna that I finished a bit before Christmas. The model is dressed for the 4th Regia Aeronautica in Greece in 1940. The kit was an Italeri 1/72 first released in 1972, this was from the reboxed 'vintage' series of about 2010
Scene set at Tomale airport, Ghana, 1963 - a German assistance flight brings supplies to the Ghanains after the assassination of their president.
Kit is Heller 1/72 but has NeOmega resin Hercules engines added along with the resin crates and figures from various suppliers.
Some build pics - Breguet 693
Built as a French Armee de l'aire aircraft 1939
I did this one solely as a 'first play' with acrylics so it's fraught with issues
The model is built from an Airfix 1/72 1968 original that I rescribed and added to with an interior detailing using scratch build and decals.
Sukhoi Su22 UM3K built from an Italeri 1/72 kit with Hannants Airwaves PE. It is built as a Hungarian post cold war trainer based out of Kaposvar A.B. in 1992, in this case being set for a reconnaissance mission although it also has B8M1 rocket pods and AA8 air-to-air missiles.
Potez 540 from Heller 1/72 kits (a nearly complete 1979 one with the rest from a 1967 version that had other bits missing) though they don't do the USAAF version. It's posed as with the USAAF 90th Reconnaissance Wing in North Africa 1943. The B&W image is the Diorama Inspiration.
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