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    scratch building 1 72 scale 21cm k i2 german railgun

    Hi guys my latest scratch build railgun is a whopper, there was only two built the one I am building is the first the 21cm K 12 v.  the  gun was 135 ft long over buffers and the barrel was 109 ft long and the gun had to be jacked up by 3 .28 ft for each firing.   I am using bogies from two...
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    1 72 scale 42cm howitzer dio

    Hi Guys New howitzer model a resin from Extra tech, nice kit with only small amount of work done to it.   This gun was made by Skoda works and weighed in at 113 tons in german service in w w 2 was used in france also used in 1942 at Sevastopol. I have depicted it as amo low and ordering...
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    1 72 scale Me 163 comet crash dio

    Hi guys Not a gun or rail related for a change, and my first aircraft build for 35 years! saw a model built a while back with just the crashed comet and wanted to build one but adding more with the finding of the crash. removed all flying surfaces from wings and altered positions also...
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    1 72 scale scratchbuilt 88 ml FLAK guns on railcar.

    HI guys latest 1 72 scale rail related scratchbuild ,this is a model of a flak car using two 88mm AA guns used by the german army . there was a number of different types of railcars using a assortment of AA  guns ,I hope to build a few more later. this model is built from plastic card...
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    Wating for D Day , 1 72 dio

    HI guys this is a dio of a german ringstand gun emplacement that were dotted about the Normandy beaches, The gun is resin , the ringstand is scratch built from plastic card and wall filler and the hedgehogs are made from plastic strips. hope you like, any questions welcome.
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    The eagle has landed diorama book.

    Anyone got this book yet, it is amazing if you are into dios it is mainly aircraft but there is some military and there are very good how to do weathering, water ice etc, its a bit pricy at £40. but the contents for me is worth every penny and this guys dios are brill .
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    1 72 scale 30.5cm morter dio

    Hi guys pics of new morter dio not a very good kit from m g m needs a lot of remedial work, scratch built wagon for shells ,figs from hat not very good detail all you can get for that period  but came out ok hope you like  this morter was built by skoda and was used in the Austro-Hungarian...
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    Scratch 20 cm railgun dio

    Hi guys new scratchbuilt railgun , while building this latest railgun I came across few pics on internet of this railgun the day after d day after bombing raids being looked over by a couple of Americans  at Cherbourg peninsular.  . these guns were placed in round pits on turntables with...
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    1 72 scale 21 cm german morser dio

    Latest gun model ,wanted to build this gun in a different setting and found a couple of pics of it being used in the defence of Berlin . used a new product for me, featherboard to make the the cobbled square and the brick pillers ( the detail on bricks has been washed out on pics but has come...
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    A MESS !.

    Into building my latest railgun and looked at my bench and wondered if other modelers work in a mess :confused:. bazer.
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    1 72 scale british gun carrier dio

    Hi Guys latest dio, no rails this time . This dio was built using two retrokits resins and w-d figs and bike. which is amazing in this scale This gun carrier was used in july 1917 in france the idea was to be able to carry large guns over rough ground easily, and remains the first self...
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    1 72 V 2 rocket delivery by rail

    Hi guys New rail dio depicting a V 2 rocket and its launch table being delivered to peenemunde. Been building this on and of for about four months the dio has four kits, a scratch built wagon ,and a converted 00 gauge wagon also a completly scratch built gantry crane pluss other bits and...
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    1 72 ,28 cm howitzer dio

    Hi guys new gun from pit models very good kit built out of box, figures came with it but are not very good. I have placed it as shelling port arthur in the russo- japenese war in 1904 Shading of gun washed out a bit in photos.
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    1 72 panzertriebwagen nr 16 dio

    Hi, latest rail related model dio, this is three resin kits a panzertriebwagen with two panzerjagerwagon both ends ariving at a fueling point somewhere in russia. Any questions,comments welcome. This was a armoured version of the wr550d14 diesel loco ( and it was huge)...
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    Wrong way !.

    I got the idea for this from a mag a while ago .its 172 scale and not very big as you can see from the 2 inch paper. Italian tractor ( a resin kit from g b modelli) pulling a pak gun took a wrong turn somewhere.
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    1 72 Scale W W 1 305 Mm Howitzer

    Hi guys my latest gun dio ,started this a while back but could not get gun sprayed as was waiting for filter for spray booth. This was the largest gun used by the italians in w w 1. the kit is from gbmodelli and is great for resin. the two houses were one from airfix cut...
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    W W 1 , 1 72 Scale 16 Cm French Canon Dio

    Hi Guys ,latest gun dio wanted to try a snow base ,came out quit well. gun is a retro tracks resin kit, hope you like.
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    1 72 Armoured rail cruiser

    Latest model project for a change its going to be on rails:rolleyes:!!!!. it is a panzertriebwagen 16 built around a diesel locomotive with two gun turrets ,it was suplemented by a pair of panzerjagerwagen one either end with t 34 turrets on. the panzerjagerwagen k its are on order...
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    1 72 siegfried rail gun dio done

    Hi guys Railgun dio finished, to have it a little different i scratch built a voegele turntable for it ( i could only add a fraction of the tracks it runs on). the shading is a bit washed out in photos due to bad light we have over in u k any comments or...
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    Latest 1 72 Railgun

    Hi Guys Sorry if you have seen any of the photos ?.I posted on wrong part of forum last night. just completed,Siegfried rail gun . Gun carriage scratch built as was the most of the gun, apart from some parts from leopold kit. Hardest (and longest ) rail gun build to date but i enjoyed it ...
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