Australian Model Expo 2024 scale model show competition
Video | 2 years ago
An overview of the 2024 Australian Model Expo, the largest scale model competition in Australia. Categories are timestamped as follows: 00:39 Aircraft 07:16 Dioramas and Vignettes 12:53 Military vehicles 13:45 Cars, Vehicles, Motorcycles 16:27 Science Ficti...
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It's not a miniature, it's a BIGATURE — Launceston Gasworks scale model
Video | 3 years ago
Here's my latest miniature, a 1/50 scale model of the Launceston Gasworks Vertical Retort building in Launceston, Tasmania. It is such a large building in real life that when I was determining a workable scale based on the size of the individual bricks, the...
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Miniature Victorian terrace - Birkenstock shoe store 1/25 scale model
Stream | 3 years ago
My latest miniature building was a commission of a Birkenstock shoe shop in Clifton Hill, Melbourne. It's in a beautiful old Victorian-era terrace, but interestingly updated and modernised with cool in-floor displays of items found during the renovation, an...
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Highlights of the 2023 Australian Model Expo scale model show
Clip | 3 years ago
Here are my personal highlights of the 40th Australian Model Expo which was held in Melbourne in June 2023. I don't show every model, I selected the ones which really impressed me the most. I've broken it up into chapters so you can jump to the models which...
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How to get your model making mojo back
Guide | 3 years ago
If you've ever felt a loss of enthusiasm for making models, if you've lost your model mojo and don't know what to build next, this might help you. It's easy to feel overwhelmed - the kit stash is too large, or you're worried your skills aren't good enough, ...
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How I built a miniature Ghostbusters New York firehouse scale model
Video | 4 years ago
I recently finished a commission to build a miniature version of the famous building from the cult 1984 movie "Ghostbusters". In the film it is the Ghostbusters HQ, in real life the building used for filming is a Hook & Ladder firehouse in NYC. The miniatur...
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Miniature boat shed model - Blunts Boatbuilders in Melbourne
Video | 5 years ago
This 1/35 scale model of a famous, five generation boatbuilders in Williamstown, Melbourne is my latest miniature artwork. It even has a light inside to see the interior! I also show a sneak peek of my next miniature project. ******* CONNECT WITH ME *******...
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Old book store in miniature - Gould's Books in Newtown, Sydney
Video | 5 years ago
My latest miniature scale model artwork is of an old bookshop, Gould's Books. Gould's on King Street was a Sydney institution, and as I have an exhibition coming up in that city I thought it would be good to make something local. I remember spending countle...
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Old school scale models - The classic 1/35 Tamiya Leopard 1 tank military miniature from 1969
Video | 6 years ago
This is a classic 1/35 scale armor kit, the original Tamiya Leopard 1. When this groundbreaking kit was first released in 1969 the real German Leopard 1 tank was cutting-edge, on the front lines defending Europe from the USSR. Fifty years later the Bolshevi...
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Star Wars A Wing Fighter scale model - Fun weekend model build
Video | 6 years ago
After all the crazy intensity of holding an exhibition of miniature art, I needed a low-stress scale model build to get me back to reality. And the ancient, old-school Star Wars A-Wing Fighter kit by AMT was just the thing! Snap-tite, terrible fit, and poor...
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Miniature art exhibition, Melbourne 2020 - urban decay and weathered buildings
Video | 6 years ago
Over the last year I have been working on a series of miniatures, showcasing old and decrepit urban scenes in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. These scratchbuilt dioramas were displayed in a solo art exhibition at a gallery in March 2020. ...
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Is this really "the Most Beautiful Model kit ever released"?
Video | 6 years ago
This week I discuss the 1/8 scale Pocher Bugatti, a classic kit first released in the 1960s. It's an incredible model - over 2,000 pieces, held together by nuts and screws, and pricey to boot! But does it really deserve the title regularly given to it onlin...
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