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Assembled and lightly primed. Waiting for Railmatch malachite green paint to arrive now.

Two airbrushed coats of Tamiya X-11 chrome silver and it’s looking pretty nice. Now 24 hours or more curing and it will ...

My first Sherman and second 1:35 tank is almost there. As I have two of them I decided to go for the simple scheme B wit...

All parts constructed, ready for the tiny decals. The carpet monster ate the rear view mirror but such is life. Built fo...

Almost finished. Decals still to apply and I need a replacement for one of the horns that was missing from the kit. Fort...

I think this will do for now. I am reasonably happy with this. The terrain is a bit green because of the depth of the Va...

Completed. Now for a motorised one. Things learned: put the glazing in before assembly and use contact adhesive. Warm an...

All done with the aid of a replacement set of decals.

Almost finished. Just a little detailing to do, decals to apply and a clear coat. Then perhaps a little very light weat...

The British Rail 9F Evening Star, the last steam locomotive built for British Rail in 1960. It was built with preservati...

I think this is about done. Tamiya Mk.IV Mosquito 109 Squadron. It didn’t come out too badly. It’s a nice kit. I need to...

All done with decals applied. The decal paper is good but you need to be delicate with it. After printing spray two coat...

My first 1:48 scale aircraft is complete after just two weeks. This is definitely the scale for me for smaller aircraft ...

Original Airfix kit

Model completed. The decals were not great and I left off the last two tiny stencils because they were so indistinct. I ...

Decals applied and minor details painted. Ready for a coat of matt clear and some light desert weathering and it will be...

All done. Decals applied and two coats of Tamiya X-22 clear gloss varnish. On the whole, I am reasonably pleased with th...

Completed and airbrushed with Vallejo Premium Satin varnish for protection and to flatten out the decals.

White prime, grey acrylic roof (Tamiya XF-24) and black chassis (Tamiya XF-1)

I went ahead and applied the camouflage for the December 1939 scheme. This is where it is now. Everything was painted wi...

The nice people at Airfix sent me a replacement set of decals when I messed up the walkways. I have now put them on in t...

My first Tamiya kit of any type and my first 1:48 scale tank is now completed. This is also only my second ever tank sin...