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"Scratch" scale model, wooden fighter planes.
All built from scrap materials like plastic pop bottles, cellophane trays, coat hangers and wood. Aircraft insignia created in Photoshop and printed on sticky backed paper.
Hawker Hurricane
British WWII Fighter
This 38" wingspan model was constructed from plans found on the web.
The plane was famous for its role in the "Battle of Britain"
Submarine Spitfire
British WWII Fighter
39" wingspan model.
The Spitfire was the most famous fighter of the second world war.
This was the last model I built and took me four weeks.
Stuka Dive-Bomber
The Stuka was a German fighter/bomber
that was noted for its dive bombing .
It was the first model I built with a 39" wingspan. It took six weeks to build.
The Bloody Red Baron
German WW1 fighter
Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen,
the "Bloody Red Baron" flew this
German First World War Bi-plane.
It was based on an Albatross fighter.
it took me five weeks to build.
Lockheed Starfighter
This 40" wingspan model of the Starfighter was painted in camouflage colours and took me two weeks to build
from plans produced from illustrations
found on the web.
ME109 fighter
38" scratch model of the German WWII fighter, built from balsa wood and plastic bottles. This model took 90 hours to make and the insignia sprayed on to the body and wings with an airbrush.
German Panther WWII Tank
This 34" scale model of a German
WWII Panther tank was built from corrugated cardboard and cereal
cartons. It took me eight weeks
to build.