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Right ... while final touches of paint are drying on the IAR, I have started this one ... And some extra goodies ... Inside the Blackdog kits ... The 3D decals look very nice, never used this stuff before. Straight from the beginning, the kit parts look nice and crisp, lots of...

This is a kit I bought a while back, wanting to do it, bit of a tribute build. My grandad was a pilot in WW2, flew recon airplanes. The recon squadrons operated from airfields where fighter squadrons were also present, including the IAR-80 and later IAR-81 (basically same thing with improved...

I started the kit a couple of years back, did a fair bit of work but now it's time to finish this. Trumpeter M1142 Tactical Firefighting truck - big kit, over 700 parts, plastic, PE (lots) and clear plastic. I had decided to super detail everything I could, reference pictures that I could find...

Right, some progress on redoing the base and the water. Once the frame and the foam were in place, I covered the green foam with aluminium foil, then air drying clay, bit by bit, starting from the edges going inward. Now I have to let everything dry thoroughly, I guess two to three more days...

Thanks to the forever wet state of the celluclay I am laying on the Bismarck diorama, I thought I would distract myself from the strong temptation to go ahead with the water. I thought I would do something a bit different without going crazy about it. My online provider had some kits on special...

Greetings all, glad to be able to finally post something here. As of the 17th of Dec last year, we are back in Sydney. Our own place. Story is long and stupid, but we managed to get in here in the nick of time, interstate border closed 48 hours after we moved back, due to the pandemic. The...

While the artstic team is working on creating the best possible design for the water, I spent a bit of time doing some calculations and preparing the base for the upcoming "water". More on the materials later. The base is a box made of pine wood which was stained and also had two handles...

Well, not quite - I started this a while back, before relocating to our current place, where I did not have enough space to work on the Bismarck, other than small bits and pieces. So, I started the A-10 , Tamiya's 1/48. I'll keep very short ... Blackdog details -all resin, very nice and...

Background - over the past few months, Australia experienced some of the worst bush fires ever. Over 10 million hectares were devastated, loss of human and animal life, property, many were impacted directly and indirectly. We had a few days where visibility was under 100 meters due to smoke, I...

The lady of the house has decided to give it a go - turn photos of my models into something artistic - :bgrin This is the first one - more to come if she feels like it :v Thanks for watching, Laurence

Well, Australia has now stepped into New Year and the New Decade, and I wanted to wish everyone on MA the following: - Happy New Year 2020 - Happy New Decade '20s - Good Health, Prosperity, Joy, Serenity, Courage, Resilience and Happiness. Have a Fantastic 2020 everyone !!! Laurence

In preparation for the upcoming ScaleACT 2019 - Canberra show, one of the best in the country in my opinion, and in the absence of space to work on the Bismarck, combined with the presence of always something bloody going wrong for some stupid reason, I have decided to do this model, for the...

Greetings everyone, After having been away for nearly a month, visited my old country, Romania, now I'm back in Australia, with a nasty cold at the moment. That's what you get when you spend time in stinking hot summer and travel back to middle of the winter. While away, I managed to go...

Bit of an update, and an apology for not being very active on MA. Over the past few months, my job situation has been a bit of a roller coaster. Started a new job in September 2018, lasted until 1st of March 2019, now I have a new job, starting on Monday the 25th. Exciting as it is, the new...

G'day all, I thought of writing this post to apologise for not being very active over the past few months. Long story short, I have a new job and it starts tomorrow. I live in Sydney, the new job is in Canberra, but for the time being I do not have to move to Canberra. Right now, all I know is...

Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am about to embark on a journey that will take a wile. I wanted to share this with all the fine folks here on MA. First things first - the kit is huge, they say it contains over 1,700 parts. I will take photos and post them when the time comes. Not opening all the...

ModelArt magazine, the only Australian magazine dedicated to our hobby, has published an article on my "Grandad" vignette. This vignette is particularly special, as it is about my mum's dad, who was a pilot and lost his life in 1943. I have posted the build, this is the article. A big THANK...

Years and years ago, I built this one as a kid and I loved it. Here's me going back to those days, trying to do a decent job out of this kit. The Romanian Air Force was the 5th in the world to have helicopter units, both as fighting machines and auxiliary. They still do, locally made under...

My second entry to the CTA 3 campaign, a Romanian made BRDM 2 Spandrel (9P148 Konkurs), based on a photo I had found not too long ago. Here's the inspiration (there is also a youtube clip showing this vehicle) Start pic Progress - better than expected, unfortunately because the...

Although not the first MA member to celebrate the New Year, I think that honour goes to our New Zealand based Ian, I just wanted to wish you all a very happy, healthy, prosperous and overall awesome 2017. Here are some photos from the Sydney New Years Eve fireworks, enjoy ...