Welcome to Scale Model Maker

My name is Colin Higton, and my hobby is building all sorts of scale plastic model kits to a high standard.

If you aren’t sure what that means, think of the Airfix kits you probably saw as a child – where you glue the parts together and then paint them? That’s what I do – but rather than just slapping paint on with a brush like I did when I was a kid, I carefully build and paint them to a museum standard, and then weather them to look as much like the real thing as possible.

I build all sorts of kits – from aircraft to cars, tanks, motorbikes – and even stuff from science fiction programmes and films. I always need to start with a kit as the basis of the build, but from there I often modify them to match to photographs and specific subjects.

For me the real joy is in building the kits, and once built I tend to pass them on. People often buy the kits I’ve already built, but if a subject is interesting I can build a particular model for people and match a specific vehicle or aircraft.