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Current project is finishing off a diorama with the Airfix 1/32 Triumph Herald and Volkswagen Beetle.


Also in progress
Eduard 1/48 Nieuport 16
2 x Eduard Hanriot HD1s
Airfix B-26 Marauder (SAAF)
1/72 Academy P51
a whole bunch of F-16s!
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...also in progress, PM Models Mirage III / Dagger converted to a Belgian Mirage V of No.1 "Thistle" Squadron. U'C still to go on, but photographed here with a photo I took from a helicopter of Firhill, home of Partick Thistle F.C.

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My diorama of the first time that I saw the big 1/24 Spitfire. There are 14 Airfix kits in this window


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SODs Spad ...(SOD is Stephen O'Donnell, right back for Partick Thistle F.C.) I found the colour scheme whilst researching No.1 "Thistle" Sqn aircraft. This one is from No.5 "Comet" Sqn....but it has plenty of red & yellow on it!


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Result! picked up this little beauty for 7 quid today. I feel a "Phoney War" or "Fall of France" diorama coming on!

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Revell 1/48 Grumman Cougar kit seat (right) and Pavla seat (left)

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...and the 1/48 Hobbycraft Vampire FB9 gets its gloss...


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Love the giftshop dio, reminds me of "The Wool Cabin" our local cornershop that had a big back window full of toys and kits.
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Wow.

You've done some really nice work here.
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Excellent stuff - the shop dio is particularly interesting. That's how I often remember model shop windows in the 70's!
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Wow, love your diorama of the gift shop! Wish I could remember enough of the shop window when I first bought a model... :sad:
Great work on the others, and that Cougar seat with pilot looks very much like the 'pilot' from the Alien movies... :-D

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Viking warrior, converted from the Airfix English Pikeman. The eyeguard is a shoulder epaulette from a War of Independence infantryman, and his pigtails are made with cords from the infantrymans flag

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Awesome stuff!
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That's very nice. Don't see a lot of figures on here.

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