A beautiful casting by Poste Militaire which I’ve painted up in oils & acrylics. It’s 90mm in height and it really captures the character perfectly. I’ve made up a resin base to represent a wooden billet floor and a wood … Continue reading WWII RAF Ace Sailor Malan DSO DFC
This is my interpretation of the late (great) Land Speed campaigner, Donald Campbell sculpted in 1/43 scale. I’ve depicted him in his flying suit and helmet, wearing his life jacket and clutching his famous mascot; Mr.Whoppit! Continue reading Donald Campbell & Mr. Whoppit – 1/43 sculpt completed and ready for casting
I managed to knock two other items off my very lengthy “bucket list” in the last couple of weeks with a vist to the Cosford Airshow last week-end (Sun’ 9th June) to get my very first look at the last flying Avro Vulcan – XH558. Continue reading “Vulcan XH558 takes to the sky at Cosford Airshow 2013”
An iconic character from mid 50’s British comic-books was Captain James Bigglesworth, better known as “Biggles”. Continue reading ““Biggles (and friends) head to the Bay”! – (updated 14th Mar’)”
I was fortunate to be able to attend the launch of a wonderful aviation book recently held at Casement aerodrome near Dublin. The book is entitled “Fouga Magister an Irish Perspective”. Continue reading “Fouga Magister – an Irish perspective”
I came across this partially completed figure when I was looking for some other (totally unrelated) stuff recently – it’s a common enough thing amongst us modellers; you come across a set of decals for an ongoing project (which has probably been on-hold for years) the discovery re-ignites the passion to get it restarted; you even get to the point of making a work-task list so that you can hit the ground running when you come back to it! Then you very carefully put the various components away (so that you can find them – doh!) only for the fateful … Continue reading Top Gun pilot – 1/35 scale – Verlinden figure
A superb metal casting by Poste Militaire of the famous WWII RAF Fighter Ace “Sailor Malan. A 90mm kit Painted in oils – Note: I added the Stove & kettle from my own “spares” box and the wooden floor is rendered from stained/sainted strips of balsa wood! Full details on “Sailor” in the Wiki links below: Adolph Gysbert Malan DSO & Bar DFC (24 March 1910 – 17 September 1963), better known as Sailor Malan, was a famed South African World War II RAF fighter pilot who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the height of the Battle of Britain. … Continue reading SAILOR MALAN RAF – 90MM POST MILITAIRE FIGURE
Painted in acrylics and oils, I’ve added his German Shepherd dog – and entitled the piece “Loyal Companion” – a nice metal casting from Andrea Miniatures of Spain in 1/32 (54mm). “Wiki” links below povides more details: Luftwaffe (German pronunciation: [ˈlÊŠftvafÉ™] ( listen)) is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956. Schweizer Luftwaffe is also the name of the Swiss Air Force in German … Continue reading 1/32 LUFTWAFFE PILOT FIGURE – ANDREA MINIATURES
