Didn't get it finished in time for launch as I'd planned as I kind of gave up on it. It's a fine kit but the size meant it just got away from me. Plus at 70cm tall I have no idea where I'm going to keep it 🫣 #HistScaleModels

So far so good, pretty sure the matt varnish helped with no paint lifting and seepage under the masking tape. #HistScaleModels

Second colour on. Turns out the glossy yellow X3 is a lot more durable than the flat red XF7 which is going to need a protective coat before applying the black #HistScaleModels

When you check your references and realise the real thing has texture and your kit doesn't, it's time to improvise #HistScaleModels #ScaleModels #Airfix

Airfix Artemis build update, you can tell it's one of their new kits as it is going together like a dream, an almost Lego like fit. The core stage is primed, next up boosters to prime and the upper stage to complete (1:72 bf109 for scale) #HistScaleModels

Next kit on the bench, the race is on to see how much I can finish before the real thing launches #HistScaleModels #BuildTheStash

I'm liking this offline validation 😁 #HistScaleModels

Many mistakes were made and lessons learned but I'm happy with how the SBD-5 turned out #HistScaleModels , now on to #BuildTheStash

We have colour, time for some gloss so I can get the decals on #HistScaleModels

It's O-Rings all the way when it comes to masking bombs #HistScaleModels

Went with the masking fluid option for the chipping on the bottom and honestly I'm not sure it worked that well, might just try hairspray again on the top. #HistScaleModels

I don't think I thought this through, halfway through applying hairspray for chipping I realised I was planning on using Alclad lacquer for the top coat, I don't suppose the hairspray technique works with lacquer paint? #HistScaleModels

First base coat on, ready for the now dispensed hair spray #HistScaleModels

First finished build of 2026. I'm assuming Stegosaurus would be a little bit dirty in real life. #HistScaleModels

Engine installed, time to get it cleaned and covered. The race is on to get it finished before the middle of February for my newly found local IPMS club group build #HistScaleModels

Time to close up the cockpit on the SBD-5 #HistScaleModels

I think that will do on the AFV Club Mk VII Churchill tank. A very nice kit, if a bit tricky in places...I’ll make another of their Churchill tanks at some point I reckon…

Well it‘s subtle perhaps but it’s done and an attempt at something I haven’t really seen much of before…need to put some decals on this soon! 😊👍

Experience pays off this round on my B-25D Mitchell #ModelAircraft project. I only tack glued the forward nose glass & top hatch (as a bit of dust always seems to gather on the interior) Used some blu-tak to clean it up some. Day is waning so I’ll be back to do more another day. #HistScaleModels

Getting some colour on the beast. When you're tired and you mistake your metallic pink for flat red and decide to go with it anyway, whose to say they didn't actually look like this 🤷‍♂️ #HistScaleModels

First build of the year underway, a Christmas present from the kids who thought I should do something a little out of my comfort zone #HistScaleModels

A great start to the new year, a walk with wonderful scenery and a bonus Chieftain and Leopard on the side of the road.

2025 round up, only 5 fully complete models this year, half the usual number. Here's hoping for more bench time in 26 #HistScaleModels

The finished Academy M3 Stuart with some very dubious looking Infantry on patrol #HistScaleModels

My first 1/48 WW2 era aircraft in a while and I'm looking the amount of detail in this Academy SBD-5 #HistScaleModels

A little bit of tidying up to do after the oils and washes then it's done. #Histscalemodels

M3 Stuart scheme complete, now for detail painting and the tracks. #Histscalemodels

My wife is on a trip to Edinburgh and is mocking me with pictures of what looks to be a great big model shop.

Academy M3 Stuart build complete, now for the fun part #HistScaleModels

Starting on the oil pin wash, first time trying this on a metallic surface so might not look great #histscalemodels

Almost time for decals on the fingerprint magnet #HistScaleModels

Typhoon syncro pass at #RIAT

Slow, uncharacteristically patient progress towards my dad's jet on Father's Day #histscalemodels

Finished the Biber as my contribution to a group build on the other place. I've got an M3 Stuart on the go but I think I need to get back to my safe place and get an aircraft on the bench #HistScaleModels

Just pack the essentials she said #HistScaleModels #Scalemodels

Not being a figure painter I'm quite happy with how one of these turned out, even if one looks sad and the other startled #HistScaleModels

Progress on the Italeri Biber. Finished painting the torpedoes, now onto the boat #HistScaleModels #ScaleModels

Not my finest work but it looks good against the blue sky so it's not all bad #HistScaleModels

I don't normally bother with 1/72 pilot figures, especially when the instructions call for their oxygen masks to be removed, but you can't have a Blue Angel F-18 without a Blue Angel pilot. #HistScaleModels

Next on the bench, this 1/35 midget submarine. #HistScaleModels This sub is so small even the real thing looks like a toy. www.ianclarkrestoration.com/158/RNSM-Bib...

Rubicon Kingtiger finished. My first 1/56, an interesting and enjoyable kit but I'm looking forward to something a little bigger next. #HistScaleModels

The things you find on a wet and windy Sunday in Carmarthen, I'm almost tempted

Camo scheme complete, next job is to add the tools then get weathering #histscalemodels #scalemodels

Time to hide some of this interior detail. I like the way Rubicon use magnets for the turret and kept some of the panels removable so the interior isn't permanently hidden. #histscalemodels

My new purchase was a game changer in helping me paint these 1/56 figures. #histscalemodels

I can't put it off any longer, I'm going to have to attempt to paint the tiny figures now #histscalemodels

I have never made a kit that didn't have colour call outs before, I think Rubicon should be paying royalties to Takom as I'm relying on their instructions #histscalemodels

Does anyone have any experience with Rubicon models? I went into my local model shop for paint and putty and was upsold this Tiger 2. #Histscalemodels

Why did Revell insist on stamping the outside of their kits 😡. In other news these sharp 20p blades are a lifesaver when it comes to masking #histscalemodels #scalemodels

Got out lightly from my new favourite shop in Swansea, some armour and a handful of 20p scalpel blades #histscalemodels