This is my build of a Royal Navy Phantom F4K in 1/32 scale - a build that requires quite a lot of adaptation of the venerable Tamiya F4J kit.
In 1964 the Royal Navy replaced its Sea Vixens with a modified version of the Phantom F4J. The original General Electric engines were replaced with Rolls Royce Spey turbofans to allow operations from US carriers. The larger Spey engines required subtle but significant changes to the airframe - primarily larger intakes, a broader body and larger exhausts. They also...
A beautiful kit of the flying wing produced by the Nazis at the end of WW2...
This build recreates a beloved motorbike from 1975 - a lovely kit from Hasegawa was US spec, so I had to add the front number plate!...
Ahhh - you've got to love RoboCop! Cool characters and social satire - 'Dead or alive - you're coming with me'.
This is really more of an action figure than a traditional model kit. It has to be assembled, and the parts come on sprues like every other kit - but I assembled it without glue so that the figure can be positioned and taken apart. In spite of that it actually goies together really well, and I was really pleased with the finished result...
This is the wonderful 1/48 scale Sea Vixen kit from Airfix. The aeroplane featured was flown by the last person to fly a Sea Vixen who also flew them operationally. It's a great kit with very good detail, excellent fit and a good range of options for folded wings etc.
I always love an aircraft with a twin boom - and the Sea Vixen is one of the most interesting, iconic and beautiful. The original DH110 looked set for greatness with the RAF, but was tragically forever associated...
One of the all-time classic Thunderbirds episodes - Series 1 Episode 5 - 'Trapped in the Sky'. The new supersonic airliner 'Fireflash' has a bomb hidden in its landing gear so they can't land conventionally.
Thunderbird 2 is dispatched for the first time with a cargo of 4 elevator cars so the plane can touch down on them instead.
A magic episode that I remember fondly from my childhood (I was just under two years old when it was released in 1965). It had everything - Thunderbird 2 (my...
Around a metre long this impressive kit takes some building but truly does justice to a stunning concept plane that sadly never made it past 2 prototypes - one of which was tragically lost in a mid-air collision with a Starfighter.
The kit is definitely worth the effort, but the fit can only be described as atrocious, with raised panel lines and pretty muffled detail. It take a lot of sanding and filling but I've done several of these with the wheels down - so it was nice...
Built from a truly horrible snap-together Revell kit from the 70s - this van was originally a Charlie's Angels tie in.
Instead it became a post-apocalyptic zombie van, with metallic paint and deep-pile shag replaced with heavily rusted exterior, scratch built seats in the back and a great big zombie bar on the front.
Great fun to do - and not a Farrah Fawcett blonde flick in sight!...
This is a beautiful kit from Italeri - one of the best I've seen. It goes together really well and the fit is absolutely perfect. It was great fun to weather it and create a well worn racer at the end of its life.
I worked from this amazing build video and I can't praise it highly enough if you want this look: Italeri 1/12 Bugatti Type 35B - Model...
This is a build of the huge old Monogram kit form the 1970s and was an original kit that had been started by the owner and then abandoned. The age of the kit posed the usual challenges of age-brittle plastic and poor casting, but overall it is a great kit of possibly the most beautiful car in the world.
This build was to match an actual car in the family of the kit's owner, which had been carefully restored and looked magnificent. I was able to get hold of...
