Hi men
@ pigford: as promised some pictures of the models I made several years ago.
@ all of you: I hope I don't offend or shock someone with certain details on the models.
Here we go:
- Battle of Britain , late summer 1940
A small scene depicting Jerry pilots playing cards while the Bf 109 E is serviced somewhere on an airfield in France
Scale 1/48 ; models Tamiya, figurines Dragon
- Messerschmidt Bf 109 E
Scale 1/32 ; model Eduard with photo etching parts
- A small WW1 scene
A scene depicting the 1918 spring offensive of the Germans near the town of Ypres
Scale 1/35 ; figurines from Eduard , uniforms painted with water based colors from Valejo, flesh parts: enamel base coat and oil paint on top
- Sherman tank
US Sherman tank
Scale 1/35 ; model Tamiya, accessories different brands; enamel base coat with different washes, drybrushing and chip painting.
- A few Jerry AFV
A Panzer IV ausf D and a Halftrack Sdkfz 250/9 radio-command vehicle both from Tamiya, photo etching Eduard enamel base coat, different washes, drybrushing
Figurines : resin, different brands; paint: Humbrol enamel base, drybrushing with enamel, faces oil paint
- The liberation of Belgium, sep 1944
A Cromwell tank entering a small town in Belgium in the early september days of 1944
The crew is provided with a bottle of beer from a local farmer to welcome them.
Model: Tamiya, Figurines: Tamiya
Paint: the same as described above.
You can see that on some pictures there are militaria and weapons. The weapons are legal, I have permits to own them or they are rendered harmless, demilitarised.
So that's a small selection of the models I've made in the past. The past few years I don't do modelling anymore.
My sight is not so good as it used to be in the past. I have about 300 model kits waiting to be build...I plan to live at least another 100 years
The last 9 years I do modelling on a scale 1/1 , I restore Kawasaki bikes, they are a bit of a model kit to me when I restore them.
I use paint, no glue! or... yes, I do use glue sometimes to attach the seat foam to the seat base
So you can compare it to modelling.
GrtZ
Philippe