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Darius43

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  1. 2-SUB de icer built from the MTK kit. 2-HAL de icer built from the MTK kit.
  2. 14 coach formation photo op on the shed layout. Cheers Darius
  3. Hi Richard. Happy to take this off your hands for the price asked plus postage. Regards Darius (also in the UK)
  4. Three Gypsy Moths - 1:48 scale A Model kits. Cheers Darius
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. RAF and RN Land Rover fire engines - 1:48 scale ASAM Models kits. Cheers Darius
  12. Dassault Super Etendard - 1:48 scale Heller kit. Cheers Darius
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Various Shermans converted from 1:48 Bandai kits or Corgi diecasts. Cheers Darius
  16. 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
  17. Strategic Air Command is one of my favourite films - regularly gets played on dvd. The B36 Peacemaker is an amazing aircraft - six turning and four burning. There was a 1:48 resin kit of the B36 produced a few years ago. I have a 1:48 Concorde kit from the same manufacturer - as yet unbuilt… Cheers Darius
  18. Bedford RL & Queen Mary trailer 1:48 ASAM white metal kit Cheers Darius
  19. 1:48 scale Avro Vulcan B2 built from the Aeroclub mixed media kit. Cheers Darius
  20. My first and only experience of being on the footplate of a steam loco - aged 6 in 1971 in Pune, India. I remember being allowed to pull the chain that blew the whistle. Cheers Darius
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