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16 years, over 300 commission builds - and counting....

 On the workbench...

8th September 2026 - Hasegawa 1/32 Blue Angels Skyhawk

OK - it's billed as "Minicraft" but we all know it's the Hasegawa Kit. And its old - a 1976 tooling originally. Of course Trumpeter have now "modernised" the A-4 in this scale (although that kit does have it's problems) but we are going old school here, let's see what I can do with a kit that is almost as ancient as it's builder. But in Blue Angels livery, it's definitely going to be a looker!


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Latest creation...

Mark 1 Models 1/144 Mosquito PR Mk.IV

Mark 1 Models have produced a worthy successor to the venerable Aeroclub Mosquito, although once I started work on it I have to say it wasn't quite the modern, crisp tooling some sections of the community built it up to be. A strong smell of "short run" pervades the kit but I hacked away at it and hope I've done it justice...


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Featured Build: The ill fated HMS Ibis
Deans Marine 1/96 HMS Amethyst, built as HMS Ibis
Quite probably the biggest and most demanding project I've ever undertaken. Taking Deans Marine's massive 1/96 HMS Amethyst and converting it into the earlier Black Swan sloop HMS Ibis, which was lost off Algiers in 1942. Persuaded by the sheer adventure of it, and a customer's family connection, I grabbed it by the horns and what an adventure it has been.

More scratch built than kit parts, this resulting monster of a model has taught me much in terms of modelling techniques and given me something to look back on with a degree of pride for years to come.