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Sd.Kzf.223 LPF by Hobby Boss
1:35
The box art got my attention and it is going to fit on my diorama base with the Sd.Kzf.251 A very well.
Scratchbuilt
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Williams Brothers 1/8 'Pratt & Whitney' "WASP"
1:48
The 'Box Art" was one factor in me buying it, as the Monogram "Cyclone' is no longer in production.
Project: "Overkill" B-17G
Scratchbuilt
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1/6 Tamiya'K' CB-750 Candy red.
1:35
Ahhhhhhhh. ! The box art says it all. :-) :-) (y)
Scratchbuilt
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TRUMPETER 1/32 Ju-87G-2 'Stuka'.
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Box art is everything these days. This is as good as it gets when setting the scene.
Project: Aoshima Kawasaki GPZ900R A2 Ninja.
Scratchbuilt
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RPG's "Phalanx" air defense system for ships.
1:35
At the present moment, this kit is on a plane from Hong Kong and will be started as soon as it hits my desk.
Scratchbuilt
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WLA Major engine repairs in the field.
1:35
The inspiration is every where, and as these kits are so fantastically detailed, it would be a shame not to do anything ...
Project: WLA Engine repairs in the field
Scratchbuilt
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The AOSHIMA Kawasiki 900 Z-1 
1:35
The box art says it all. :-)
Project: "The Red Ball Express"
Scratchbuilt
Other albums
33 images
The "Bronco" T80E Workable track link set. AB3565
There are now more model manufacturers on the market than at any other time, and ALL of them have something excelent for...
35 images
Tamiya's Ducati 1199 Panigales.
The "Box Art" was what got me interested. And the thought of the front forks with the brass inserts. !
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Mini Art's WLA 'Military Police' Harley.
This is where the art work on the box top came from. EXACTLY.
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Trumpeter 1/35 ASLAV-PC PHASE 3
There is some great PE to apply here, and when you see it, you will want to build one too. :-)
37 images
Dragon 1/6 Flak-38 winter Diorama 
This is the image that inspired my wanting to build this Diorama, being a genuine WW2 image of Somewhere on the Eastern ...
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AFV's Australian Viet-Nam Mk-V "Centurion" tank.
The box art is a little short on factual detail, but there are many imaged to be found by looking in "Google images" for...
12 images
Hasegawa F-86F-40 "SABRE" High Grade Kit
"Take me as I am" packaging, and for that era, all new detail and added extras.
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Academy's "Ontos". Greek for "The Thing". 
The "Thing" was an 8 ton anti-tank vehicle, specifically designed for the war in the scrub and bush of Viet Nam, with a ...
9 images
ICM's 1/24 G4 Mercedes Staff car with cover.
The box art says "With open cover". My blunder, snapping the wrong box art.
70 images
The Hobby Boss Sd.Kfz.223 Recon vehicle build.
The 'Box art' depicts exactly what you get when following the suggestions for the colour scheme and parts required.
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The Zoukei-Mura "Test shot" of the Do-335.
This is the final image of the test shot build, and the actual production kit will have all short comings rectified, tho...
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Tamiya 1/24 Sauber Mercedes C9 MkII
Box art is everything to me. And this is the most spectacular livery you will ever see, except maybe for the Mazda 787B.
45 images
Fujumi 330 P4 Ferrari
Nothing in the way of much detail for this P4. Just flowing lines I hope I can bring out.
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AFV's 1/350 German VIIC Submarine
The box art is most appealing and will sell many of them. Even though the whole model is minuscule in stature, but worth...
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Painting Swirls on propeller spinners using Parrafilm"M".
Parrafilm "M" is a parrafin wax based material that I use for masking off clear canopies and anything else I want to pro...
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Hasegawa's F-104 Starfighter.
What a stunning addition to an older kit to really give it some credability. The brass etchings are amazing, stunning. :-)
33 images
Tamiya 1/6 Harley Davidson Police Bike.
This is a monster of a kit and so much chrome that has to be destroyed in the process, but carefully done and most of th...
106 images
1/32 Douglas A-1H Skyraider by Zoukeimura.
The day I got the model left on my door mat. 22 September 2017
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Dragon's Sd.Kfz.251/16 Ausf. C 'Flammpanzerwagen'
The art work always gets my attention, and Dragon never lets me down with either the art or the contents. :-)
110 images
Royal Australian Air Force F-4E.
On the ramp at Amberley. Queensland. With the long gun fairing and an air scoop on the upper nose. :-)
102 images
God Damm volcanoe's !!
The Revell kit has not changed at all in all the time it has been around, and the late 60's was when it first appeared. ...
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Mini Art's "A Dispatch rider asleep on his motorcycle".
To begin with, it was the box art that made me want to get these kits in a series, as it is a subject that no other manu...
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The "Boneyard Wrangler" .
Photo shop creation of the video (old VHS) cover. MODVID (Model Video)
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Tamiya M40 SPG 2016
Everyone has seen this box art on many sites, but to see it up close and personal, the detail is spectacular.
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Queensland's Model and Hobby Expo. 2017
Saturday morning 9.00AM. Patrons were building from 8.00 AM. And a perfect winters day for all.
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Academy's F-4C Phantom.
As always, the "Box Art" is what catches your eye, and anything to do with the 'spooks' has my undivided attention.
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Tommy Ivo's "Showboat" by Revell in 
All the way from Meggahobbies" in the USofA, $33.00, landed here for $60.00. !!
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1/350 scale I-400 of the Imperial Japanese Navy 'cut away'.
Finished except for the 'rust' streaks.
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V-22 "Osprey" 'second time'
The V-22 just after I had finished her back in 1995. ! 22years ago. How ironic. hehehehe
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ZVEZDA's Sd.Kfz.251/3 Ausf.B with some additions 
We begin with the Box Top art work, depicting the "B" model, but I will be making this into the "A" model with some extr...
127 images
'WOT'S in the box."?!! A look at the Takom King Tiger and the bits attached to the tr
The 'Box Art' was what got me facinated to begin with, especially, the image of the cut away in the front, saying to me ...
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Fujumi Dino V-6 Ferrari 
If. A BIG if. I can get the bare metal foil right on this one, I just might enter it in the QMHE Comp in August. :-)
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Erwin Rommels "GREIF" Dragons version.
All those who know me are familiar with my passion for haveing two models of the same subject.
79 images
Queensland Model and Hobby Expo 2019
By the end of the week end, these tables were almost collapsing from the sheer numbers of models we had out for the club...
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Two old ESCI scale cockpits F-104 and F-16.
The sticker supplied with the kit for display purposes.
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'Das Werks' 1/35 30mm Flakvierling
This is some serious weaponry in that it is the same calibre as the gun found in the A-10 'Warthog'.
211 images
The "For sale to the public" version. ZM Do-335
The promotional imagry from Zoukei-Mura says it all. And it is as fantastic as they say it is.
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Takom King Tiger 'stack'.
The 'Teaser'. As from this angle, you can't reall tell what I have done. :-) Please, enjoy what comes next. (y) Red Roo.
178 images
Zoukei-Mura's "Wood grain" Prototype Ho-229 
This is the promotional material that Zoukei-Mura have used my Ho-229 in and given me the credits for. :-)
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Italari's V-22 "Osprey" in prototype colours from 1994.
ALL the decals and marking were hand made. The US flag on the tail is actually a 'letraset' rub down transfer.
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AFV's 1/350 IJN I-27 Submarine
I was totally unaware that AFV did naval of any kind and it was a pleasant surprise to find such great detail in a 1/350...
25 images
The ENTEX 1/16 scale Thomas Flyer. 1910.
The 'Box Art' is fair, but the flash and overkill on the gold coated items is just too much. Flash all over every part a...
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Men of straw.
The showers are starting and mud is beginning to play it's part, smothering anything that moves.
25 images
MiniArt U.S. 4x4 'Bantam' 40 BRC W/Crew
The art work reminds me of the early Hasegawa kits, graphic attention grabbers.
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Ultra thin plastic tubing.
I ordered these items to help in replicating the complex brake line and sensor system on the front of my Repsol Honda.Th...
21 images
Mini Art. WLA rider. "At rest".
The art work really says it all, and it is what got me in and to buy it, and at $27.00Au, its a bargain.
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ICM's G4 (1935 production) German Personnel Car.
The box art is spot on, and the copntents are quite a nice pack of finely detailed pieces that will not disapoint.
