Darius43

Thanks Mike. I printed the transfers on white and clear decal paper. The adverts and Hindi/English signs were cropped from photos of the actual EMUs, and “straightened” in Photoshop. Cheers Darius

Class 501 EMU - refurbished DC Kits model Cheers Darius

Bombay Suburban EMU - scratch built plasticard bodies on modified Triang Mk1 coach chassis. Cheers Darius

Derby Lightweight Single Unit DMU built from the DC Kits kit.

Class 206 “Tadpole” built from the MTK kit plus a Bachmann EPB driving trailer. Class 103 DMU built from the MTK kit.

2-SUB de icer built from the MTK kit. 2-HAL de icer built from the MTK kit.

Class 508 built from the NNK/MTK kit

Class 305 “AM5” built from the DC Kits kit.

14 coach formation photo op on the shed layout. Cheers Darius

Hi Richard. Happy to take this off your hands for the price asked plus postage. Regards Darius (also in the UK)

Three Gypsy Moths - 1:48 scale A Model kits. Cheers Darius

1:48 scale Morris Quad, Limber and 25 Pounder - built from the Blitzkrieg Miniatures solid resin “wargaming” kit. CMP C8 with AFPU crew - ASAM Models metal kit. Cheers Darius

RN Skyraider AEW4 built from the 1:48 scale ERTL kit Fairey Firefly FR5 built from the PP Aeroparts mixed media kit. RN Hawker Hunter T8 built from the 1:48 scale Aeroclub mixed media kit. Cheers Darius

1:48 Blackburn Buccaneers built from the Airfix kits. RN Buccaneer S1 using a Maintrack Models resin conversion. RN Buccaneer S2 RAF Buccaneer S2 Cheers Darius

Hawker Seahawk FGA-4 built from the 1:48:scale Falcon vacform kit. De Haviland Sea Venom FAW-21 built from the 1:48 scale Aeroclub mixed media kit. Another vacform kit - a Fairey Gannet AS Mk1 built from the 1:48 scale Dynavector kit with a scratch built wing fold. In the short time they were in production, Dynavector produced some superb kits. Cheers Darius

Blackburn Firebrand built from the 1:48 scale Magna Models resin kit. Westland Wyvern S4 built from the 1:48 scale Dynavector vacform kit. Cheers Darius

Sea Mosquito TR33 made from a much bashed about 1:48 scale Monogram FBVI kit and a Paragon Designs conversion set. Sea Vixen FAW2 built from the 1:48 scale Dynavector vacform kit. Supermarine Scimitar built from the 1:48 scale Contrail vacform kit. Cheers Darius

RAF and RN Land Rover fire engines - 1:48 scale ASAM Models kits. Cheers Darius

Dassault Super Etendard - 1:48 scale Heller kit. Cheers Darius

This is an old Esci 1:48 kit of the Saab Viggen that I purchased second hand from a model shop in South London. It resided in the pending stack until in a spurt of enthusiasm I decided I needed a splinter camouflaged Viggen in my collection. On opening the box to check out the parts I discovered that there were two right hand side fuselage sprues and no left hand side!! What to do? - cannot take it back and no chance of getting replacement parts from the manufacturer. In a major lapse of sanity I decided upon the following: Slice up one half of the fuselage with a razor saw into 4mm wide sections and re-assemble them in reverse using plenty of liquid cement, filler and wet-n-dry paper. I duly garrotted the fuselage and reassembled it on the intact right hand moulding. The resultant object was worthy of display in the Tate Modern [Art Museum] but after much sanding and filling (and vice versa) it resembled the undulating curves of the Viggen. The cockpit area required a bit of care and attention, however some plastic card stock and more filler resolved this area of construction. The remaining kit parts were all present and correct and were assembled as per the instructions. The splinter paint scheme was brush applied with extensive use of Tamiya masking tape but after the fuselage saga this operation was quite therapeutic. The kit decals were applied with extra details added as shown in a 3-view illustration of the aircraft published in the Encyclopaedia of Military Aircraft (Aerospace Publications). The moral of this story - check the contents when buying second hand kits... Cheers Darius

Monty’s map caravan - 1:48 Hart Models kit. Cheers Darius A couple of DUKWs. 1:48 ASAM Models kit. Modified 1:50 Solido diecast. Cheers Darius

A few Land Rovers - all 1:48 scale. Cheers Darius

North African Bailey Bridge diorama. Cheers Darius

Various Shermans converted from 1:48 Bandai kits or Corgi diecasts. Cheers Darius

In addition to 1:48 aircraft I have been building 1:48 scale white metal kits of military vehicles and converting Corgi 1:50 diecasts. The pontoons in the first vehicle were scratch built. Cheers Darius