Anigrand Craftworks is a Hong Kong based kit maker which is well known for its range of resin kits. The kits are not made to the high standards of, say, CMK, kits, but they are also a lot better than a great many resin kits and can be turned into pretty good replicas with a…

By the time I was ten or so my parents had figured out that I liked aeroplanes, perhaps the small lineup of Airfix and Frog models on the shelf near my bed was a clue. Being good parents they fed this interest by taking me to the occasional airshow held in our region. By the…

Having just made a model of a RAAF Aermacchi MB.326 I thought it would be interesting to then make the RNZAF Aermacchi MB.339. I had the Supermodel kit, bought when Adam was a boy, and Oldmodels in New Zealand made decals for that model. What could be simpler? I should have known better. A quick…

The first question you have to ask yourself before starting on a project like this is; do you really need a model of the B-50? I can’t recall now if I actually asked myself this question or, if I did, what the reasoning behind this project might have been. The fact of the matter is…

This model represents an Arado Ar234B-2 of III/KG 76 which was flown in attacks on the Ludendorf bridge at Remagen in early March 1945. It used the Dragon kit and Aeromaster decals. I made this kit as part of my education in using these modern acrylic paints. I had bought the Hataka late Luftwaffe paint…

I’ve never been in an ATR but I’ve been in a Dash-8 more times than I care to remember and, if travelling in one of those is any indication, flying in an ATR would not be enjoyable. They stick you in a tiny seat jammed in with too many other seats in a long, narrow…

I didn’t plan for it to happen, it just sort of grew like Topsy. As you may have noticed, I have an interest in French aeroplanes and the little Morane Saulnier 406 fighter was one of the most important with around 1000 in service by the beginning of the Battle of France in May 1940.…

The Boeing 720 was a shorter, simpler and lighter version of the Boeing 707-120. The fuselage was shortened by five frames and the wings were simplified and lightened. This created an airliner which suited the American domestic market rather than the international airline market. It was originally going to be called the Boeing 707-020 but…