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1/76 Fujimi King Tiger prototype
King Tiger 'Porsche turret' finished as second prototype.	Note experimental exhaust fittings as seen on Bovington example. (I'd better take another pic!)	This vehicle was never issued to troops.

1/76 Revell/Matchbox SdKfz_251
1/76 Revell/Matchbox SdKfz_251	Comes with its own base.	The soldier leaping off the back is a nice touch.

1/76 Airfix heavy half-track and 8.8cm gun
1/76 Airfix heavy half-track and 8.8cm gun	I finally fixed up the Airfix 88 to go with the tractor	I believe this is a Flak 36

1/76 Airfix Austin Ambulance from the RAF emergency set. Built around 1969.
1/76 Airfix Austin Ambulance	New pictures of an old model built in my younger days. Includes some glue marks!!

1/76 Airfix Austin K 6 fire truck. Approximate year of construction: 1969.
1/76 Airfix RAF Fire tender	Updated picture of a very old build

1/76 Airfix Flak 36 ground-mounted anti-aircraft gun
1/76 Airfix Flak 36 ground-mounted	More 88s were static AA mounts, so I adapted an Airfix 88	Used a plastic cap to simulate a concrete pad

1/76 Revell/Matchbox Challenger 1
1/76 Revell/Matchbox Challenger 1	Added the stowage box on the turret front.	Replaced the molded-on tow cable with wire.	Didn't like the base that came with this kit. (It was tilted at an odd angle and had no other detail.)

1/76 Scratch-built Morris truck. This uses Airfix QUAD wheels and engine hood with a body from plastic card. This scratch project was featured in an issue of Airfix magazine. (Don't know which one, this was in the 1960's...) Approximate year of construction: 1969.
1/76 scratch built Morris truck	New pics. Very old model.	Wheels and front from the Airfix QUAD. Very rough model!

1/76 Airfix Cromwell. Very nice little small scale kit. Had to open up the second turret hatch myself. (Should have been a separate part, Airfix are you listening?)
1/76 Airfix Cromwell	Crew figures by AB Figures.	Summit up in them hills, mate!	Finished with the hedgerow device on the front.

1/76 Airfix Sheridan
1/76 Airfix Sheridan, finished as a vehicle operating in Vietnam.	A shield was added to the turret-mounted MG. Main gun fixed for a production vehicle..	Heavt-duty stowage bracket added to turret rear.	Gear added to the turret - ammo boxes and kit bags etc.

Detailing the Airfix Sheridan tank	Detailing the Airfix Sheridan tank

1/72 ESCI Brummbar
1/72 ESCI Brummbar.	Zimmerit added.	Figures added from spares box.	Late war German vehicles often had branches added as camo.

1/76 Revell/Matchbox Chaffee
1/76 Revell/Matchbox Chaffee.	Added figures for interest.	Removed post-war stowage bins from fenders.	Loaded up as per wartime vehicles in 1944/45.

1/76 Airfix Crusader 1
1/76 Airfix Crusader 1	I just finished (2025) this lovely litle kit.	Put off building it for years because of 'inaccuracies'.	Now I'm building 2!

1/76 Airfix Matador and 5.5 inch gun
New and much better pictures of the 1/76 Airfix Matador and 5.5 inch gun	Given a desert finsh.	Open sides per photo references.	Added 'glazing'.

1/72 ZIS6 truck and 122mm Howitzer
1/72 ZIS6 truck and 122mm Howitzer	Model kit by PST	Star Wars figure stand repurposed as a model base. Walls from the Airfix Forward command post.

1/72 SdKfz 11 and Pak_40
A Star Wars figure stand has been repurposed here. The wall was a reject from another project!	The 1/72 Acemdemy Kubelwagen.	Close-up of the SdKfz 11 halftrack.	This is the 1/72 SdKfz 11 and Pak_40 kit from ESCI and the Kubel is a 1/72 Academy kit from their kit with a Jeep and Kettengrad and useful accessories like gerry cans, oil drums and boxes.

1/72 SdKfz 8 and Flak 18 towed
Hasegawa 1/72 SdKfz 8 and Flak 18 towed	The tracks are scratch built from plastic strip as I have never liked the kits tracks Hasegawa used for their German half tracks. After a little bit of trial and error I came up these.	Gun is kitted for the desert conditions. Gun muzzle is capped and the cap secured with a rope so it can't get easily lost! Note 'kill' rings on barrel.	Long dust flaps on the front wheel guards. Extra items lashed on the back. Heavy cables or ropes for recovery operations.	Figures came mostly from my spares box but you don't get a good look at them as the top is on and the sides have dust curtains installed - again for the desert conditions.	A Star Wars figure stand has been repurposed as a model stand, though it is hard to see here!

I added some addtional under-belly detail that I doubt can be seen!	The tracks are scratch built from plastic strip.	Comparing the tracks under construction with the kit tracks for length.	A better view of the scratch-built tracks.

1/76 Matador Original Airfix build from the 1960s!
Blast from the past! I could not bear to throw this away so instead I present it here as a example of where I started!	Rather nasty seam on the fuel tank there! These days that would never get past me! I suppose I hadn't discovered putty yet! I could fix it right now - but then this is an authentic build from waaay back, so maybe it should wear its scars proudly?

1/76 Airfix Morris QUAD and 25 Pounder gun/howitzer
Put an open windscreen and a figure on it!	And here is the complete Morris QUAD and 25 Pounder gun/howitzer towing configuration. Doesn't that look nice!	Always had a soft spot for this conbination.	Looks like he is telling the driver to take it easy on the rough ground!	Close-up of the front.

1/76 Airfix LCM III and Sherman Mk I
Finally got some much better pics of this one.	I never really figured out how to display this one to be honest.	Close up on the crew hiding inside.	Close up from the back.	Here we have the M4 Sherman tank	The old model was included in the box with the LCM III.	Called a Sherman Mk I in British service.	I always add as much detail as I can on these old models. Hope you like it!

1/35 Italeri LVT A4
Wanted to show 'weathering' on the plain green background, but what seems heavy in person looks light in these pictures!	I was intending to have the .50 cal 'manned' but was having too much trouble trying to fit a figure into that turret!	1/35 Italeri LVT A4

1/35 Academy M51
1/35 Academy M51	Figures look a bit goofy to me in this view!	Basic build and fun with washes.	Rear view showing stowage etc.

Sometimes I win an award!.

First place win for Indiana Jones Tank - IPMS 2014	First place win for Marder II - IPMS 2014	First place win for M3 Scout Car - IPMS 2015	Second place for SAS Landrover - IPMS 2013	Second place for M10 Tank Destroyer - IPMS 2015	Second place for M4A1 DD - IPMS 2015	Third place for a collection of Bishops - IPMS 2015