Blog

Alouette II by Albert Tureczek

The kit is the ancient Heller kit from the late 50ies, this specially updated version is from 1989 i think. Anyway I found this in an antiques store in the south of Denmark on my summer holidays. I got it for a joke of a price...

Spitfire Diorama by Norbert Scholte

Norbert Scholte is a Dutch model maker who does some truly superb dioramas and super detailing on kits. Here he's turned an already great kit ( Tamiya Spitfire in 132 scale ) in to the centrepiece of a fantastic diorama of a Spitfire having its...

Stinson Reliant SR-9F ‘Gullwing’ by Nick Hooper

Nick Hooper won the Albion Alloys Trophy at this year's Scale Model World - Telford for his remarkable build of an old 1970's AMT kit. He also won Gold - Class 25 - Civil Aircraft - this is a popular category and Nick was up...

FW-200 Condor by Michael Papadakis

Michael won the coveted "Best in Show" trophy at Telford Scale Model World in 2019 with this stunning scratch built Focke-Wulf 200. Here's his explanation as to how he put our precision metals to use:-   Fw 200 A-0 Landing gear.   The civil version...

Empire Flying Boat by Michael Papadakis

Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat: Scratchbuilt 1/48 scale Michael won the prestigious "Best Aircraft in Show" at this year's Telford Scale Model World 2023. A truly monumentous build, all from scratch and as ever Michael was relentless in his research efforts. He has again put our...

Avro York by Michael Papadakis

Avro York Landing gear The Avro York Landing gear was identical to that of the Lancaster bomber. It was decided to use Albion Alloys aluminium 1/8” and 3/32” telescopic tubes for the main gear legs assembly and 3/32” and 1/16” for the retracting jacks. The...