Paul Husband
Builder of Aircraft in all scales and Armour in 1/35
See some of Paul's builds below or click on the button to take you to this prolific members archive.
Pauls April Builds
Challenger 1(mark 3)
'Breakout from the beach-head' in Normandy 1944
'Breakout from the beach-head' in Normandy 1944
Tamiya 1/35th scale British Army Challenger 1(mark 3) tank from Operation Desert Storm in Iraq in 1991. Built out of the box, painted and weathered with Humbrol, Tamiya and Vallejo products.
'Breakout from the beach-head' in Normandy 1944
'Breakout from the beach-head' in Normandy 1944
'Breakout from the beach-head' in Normandy 1944
All Airfix 1/76th scale, built out of the box, painted and weathered with Humbrol, Tamiya and Vallejo products and mounted on an IKEA cheeseboard.with some scenic scree and painted roadway and grass to represent the 'Breakout from the beach-head' in Normandy 1944.
There's a 1962-moulded Scammell tank transporter carrying a new mould Sher
All Airfix 1/76th scale, built out of the box, painted and weathered with Humbrol, Tamiya and Vallejo products and mounted on an IKEA cheeseboard.with some scenic scree and painted roadway and grass to represent the 'Breakout from the beach-head' in Normandy 1944.
There's a 1962-moulded Scammell tank transporter carrying a new mould Sherman Firefly, with a 1964-mould Bren Carrier and 6 pounder anti-tank gun.
Morris Quad Field Artillery Tractor towing an ammunition limber and 25 pounder field gun
Morris Quad Field Artillery Tractor towing an ammunition limber and 25 pounder field gun
Morris Quad Field Artillery Tractor towing an ammunition limber and 25 pounder field gun
1962-moulded Morris Quad Field Artillery Tractor towing an ammunition limber and 25 pounder field gun. Built out of the box, painted and weathered with Humbrol, Tamiya and Vallejo products and mounted on a cheapo Ikea photo frame with some MIG Ammo ground texture.
AK Models Landrover Series 2A
Morris Quad Field Artillery Tractor towing an ammunition limber and 25 pounder field gun
Morris Quad Field Artillery Tractor towing an ammunition limber and 25 pounder field gun
AK Models Landrover Series 2A 88 inch hardtop Station Wagon, finished as an RAF bomb disposal vehicle in the 1960's painted with Humbrol and Vallejo colours.
Pauls April Builds
British Army Daimler Ferret Mk2 Scout Car
Airfix 1/35th scale British army Daimler Ferret Mk2
Airfix 1/35th scale British army Daimler Ferret Mk2 scout car in Belfast in 1975 built out of the box, painted with Tamiya, Humbrol, Vallejo and Life Colour acrylics and weathered with Humbrol Tamiya and Flory products. It's set on a Fields of Glory base with Flightpath white metal commander and Fusilier figures.
British Army Daimler Ferret Mk2 Scout Car
Chieftain Tank - 5th Royal Tank Regiment
Tamiya 1/35th Chieftain Tank - 5th Royal Tank Regiment
Tamiya 1/35th scale Chieftain tank of the 5th Royal Tank Regiment in the 1970's. Kit built out of the box, Humbrol rattle-can dark green then detail painting in Vallejo, AK and Life Colour acrylics with weathering products from Humbrol, Tamiya and Flory. Base is an old cheese board with Army Painter cork rocks and Scale Scene grass tufts.
Chieftain Tank - 5th Royal Tank Regiment
Churchill 'Crocodile' flame thrower tank
Tamiya 1/48th scale Churchill 'Crocodile' flame thrower tank towing its armoured trailer loaded with jellified petrol and compressed nitrogen propellant cylinders; 79th Armoured Division, North West Germany, spring 1945. Built out of the box and brush-painted with Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics.
Churchill 'Crocodile' flame thrower tank
Daimler Dingo MkII scout car
Tamiya 1/48th scale Daimler Dingo MkII scout car of the 5th Guards Armoured Brigade in Normandy in June 1944. Built out of the box but with added stowage from Blu-tac. The base is a 50p Ikea photo frame with AK acrylic ground work; all painted with Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics.
Daimler Dingo MkII scout car
British army Austin K2Y 2-ton ambulance
Here's the Tamiya 1/48th scale British army Austin K2Y 2-ton ambulance, built and finished straight out of the box as a present day restored vehicle to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D Day and the brave and unstinting work of the Royal Army Medical Corps during those tumultuous days.
British army Austin K2Y 2-ton ambulance
Land Rover LWB pickup with truck cab
An Airfix Starter Set 1/43rd scale (O Gauge if you're a railway modeller) Series 1 Land Rover LWB pickup with truck cab; built out of the box but in non-standard colours.
LWB pickup with truck cab
Eduard 1/48th Spitfire MkIa.
Eduard 1/48th Spitfire MkIa, No 92 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, late May 1940
Eduard 1/48th Spitfire MkIa
