Greg
@life-in-scale.bsky.social
Husband, father, modeller, farmer.
Here for all things scale modelling.
Here for all things scale modelling.
Nankeen Kestrel on our farm in the Snowy Monaro, NSW, Australia.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nankeen Kestrel on our farm in the Snowy Monaro, NSW, Australia.
#WIP - After a brief break, I’m back at the bench. Decals, wheels and clear coat now on (with the wheels the right way round this time!). Next weathering, then prop and canopy. Learning a lot on this build (my first plane) and really rather enjoying it 😃 #histscalodels #scalemodels
September 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#WIP - After a brief break, I’m back at the bench. Decals, wheels and clear coat now on (with the wheels the right way round this time!). Next weathering, then prop and canopy. Learning a lot on this build (my first plane) and really rather enjoying it 😃 #histscalodels #scalemodels
What a fantastic weekend at the Guilds Inn display figure painting show. Met some great people, learned a huge amount from others, and was blown away that my four entries were rewarded with a silver, a bronze, and two highly commended awards. Will definitely be back next year #HistScaleModels
August 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
What a fantastic weekend at the Guilds Inn display figure painting show. Met some great people, learned a huge amount from others, and was blown away that my four entries were rewarded with a silver, a bronze, and two highly commended awards. Will definitely be back next year #HistScaleModels
Well, we made it with minimal breakages. Good to see them on the table. A cracking event.
August 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Well, we made it with minimal breakages. Good to see them on the table. A cracking event.
Rather at the last minute (D-2), I plucked up the courage to enter four pieces into Sydney’s annual figure painting show. There was a bit of swearing getting the Anglo-Saxon Warrior over the line (especially when I couldn’t find where I’d put his shield), but we are on the road!#histscalemodels
August 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Rather at the last minute (D-2), I plucked up the courage to enter four pieces into Sydney’s annual figure painting show. There was a bit of swearing getting the Anglo-Saxon Warrior over the line (especially when I couldn’t find where I’d put his shield), but we are on the road!#histscalemodels
Decals on, wheels off (so I can put them on the right way round! 🤦♂️). This is a really fun build.
August 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Decals on, wheels off (so I can put them on the right way round! 🤦♂️). This is a really fun build.
Something different while I wait for the base for my Anglo-Saxon figure. First plane, first time mottling, first time hard-line masking and first time using my new H&S airbrush. Learning a lot of lessons but it’s starting to come together. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
August 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Something different while I wait for the base for my Anglo-Saxon figure. First plane, first time mottling, first time hard-line masking and first time using my new H&S airbrush. Learning a lot of lessons but it’s starting to come together. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
WIP - Decided I really didn’t like the olive green trim on the tunic, so replaced it with an Anglo-Saxon design slightly adapted for the scale. I’m not sure I nailed the execution but think it provides far more visual interest. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
August 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
WIP - Decided I really didn’t like the olive green trim on the tunic, so replaced it with an Anglo-Saxon design slightly adapted for the scale. I’m not sure I nailed the execution but think it provides far more visual interest. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
WIP - I have been experimenting with wood wood and NMM effects on his shield. Hairspray chipping was a disaster - everything came off, including the Mr Hobby primer! So went back to brush chipping / scarring. Wood grain was added with a saw brush which I think worked pretty well. #histscalemodels
August 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
WIP - I have been experimenting with wood wood and NMM effects on his shield. Hairspray chipping was a disaster - everything came off, including the Mr Hobby primer! So went back to brush chipping / scarring. Wood grain was added with a saw brush which I think worked pretty well. #histscalemodels
#WIP - experimenting with a worn wood look and NMM effects on the shield. Slowly starting to get there. Tried hairspray chipping which didn’t work. Everything come off, even the Mr Hobby primer! Must have been the wrong hairspray! So went back to brush chipping / scarring. Also finished his hand.
August 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
#WIP - experimenting with a worn wood look and NMM effects on the shield. Slowly starting to get there. Tried hairspray chipping which didn’t work. Everything come off, even the Mr Hobby primer! Must have been the wrong hairspray! So went back to brush chipping / scarring. Also finished his hand.
This is a lovely kit that is a pleasure to build.
And the answer to your quandary is, of course, 5 RTR from 7th Armoured Division 😊 You can then put this fabulous figure from Alpine Miniatures in the commander’s hatch.
And the answer to your quandary is, of course, 5 RTR from 7th Armoured Division 😊 You can then put this fabulous figure from Alpine Miniatures in the commander’s hatch.
August 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is a lovely kit that is a pleasure to build.
And the answer to your quandary is, of course, 5 RTR from 7th Armoured Division 😊 You can then put this fabulous figure from Alpine Miniatures in the commander’s hatch.
And the answer to your quandary is, of course, 5 RTR from 7th Armoured Division 😊 You can then put this fabulous figure from Alpine Miniatures in the commander’s hatch.
#WIP - the Anglo-Saxon warrior from FeR Miniatures now has a head upon his shoulders! Much happier with the face now but work to do still on the cape (which chipped a bit getting it on) and redo the sword hilt before I turn my attention to hands and shield. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
August 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#WIP - the Anglo-Saxon warrior from FeR Miniatures now has a head upon his shoulders! Much happier with the face now but work to do still on the cape (which chipped a bit getting it on) and redo the sword hilt before I turn my attention to hands and shield. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
#WIP - Currently working on this 75mm Anglo-Saxon warrior by FeR Miniatures. Main facial sketch done, but feel it needs more blending. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
August 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
#WIP - Currently working on this 75mm Anglo-Saxon warrior by FeR Miniatures. Main facial sketch done, but feel it needs more blending. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
#WIP - work on “Missed Opportunities” continues, albeit slowly. Temps have plummeted here, resulting in almost cataclysmic changes to how my acrylics perform. However, managed to start on a scratch built sign to situate the scene. Next step is to weather the barrel. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
April 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#WIP - work on “Missed Opportunities” continues, albeit slowly. Temps have plummeted here, resulting in almost cataclysmic changes to how my acrylics perform. However, managed to start on a scratch built sign to situate the scene. Next step is to weather the barrel. #histscalemodels #scalemodels
Kubelwagen and colonel from Tamiya, driver adapted from a master box figure, various stowage and additional bits and pieces from the “drawer of things”!
April 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Kubelwagen and colonel from Tamiya, driver adapted from a master box figure, various stowage and additional bits and pieces from the “drawer of things”!
Figure and Pzr II from Tamiya. Painted in acrylics with oil filter.
April 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Figure and Pzr II from Tamiya. Painted in acrylics with oil filter.
#WIP - Rough layout of “Missed Opportunities”. Troops from 4 Pzr Div look wistfully across the channel after the BEF evacuation from Dunkirk. Enjoying the small details - packs of cigarettes, map, jacket etc. can hopefully finish the vehicles this week once a new compressor arrives! #histscalemodels
April 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#WIP - Rough layout of “Missed Opportunities”. Troops from 4 Pzr Div look wistfully across the channel after the BEF evacuation from Dunkirk. Enjoying the small details - packs of cigarettes, map, jacket etc. can hopefully finish the vehicles this week once a new compressor arrives! #histscalemodels
Looking really nice! Only thing I can think of is whether the water bottle needs a Board of Ordinance / crow’s foot stencil on it? And maybe a little fading / weathering (it appears very blue and in quiet ‘new’ in the photos)? Otherwise, stunning work as usual 👍
April 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Looking really nice! Only thing I can think of is whether the water bottle needs a Board of Ordinance / crow’s foot stencil on it? And maybe a little fading / weathering (it appears very blue and in quiet ‘new’ in the photos)? Otherwise, stunning work as usual 👍
As another holiday visit comes to an end, Lil’ Miss Modeller proudly shows off the 1/48 Tamiya Cromwell she built this week. Tracks still on sprue ready for all to be primed on her next visit. So proud of my little Bench Buddy 🥹
April 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
As another holiday visit comes to an end, Lil’ Miss Modeller proudly shows off the 1/48 Tamiya Cromwell she built this week. Tracks still on sprue ready for all to be primed on her next visit. So proud of my little Bench Buddy 🥹
Warning: gratuitous proud father post!
Lil’ Miss Modeller entered her 1/72 Spitfire into her first comp. She came first in the junior military category and won the Best Junior Modeller Award. It really doesn’t matter that she was the only junior - she is beaming from ear to ear! #histscalemodels
Lil’ Miss Modeller entered her 1/72 Spitfire into her first comp. She came first in the junior military category and won the Best Junior Modeller Award. It really doesn’t matter that she was the only junior - she is beaming from ear to ear! #histscalemodels
April 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Warning: gratuitous proud father post!
Lil’ Miss Modeller entered her 1/72 Spitfire into her first comp. She came first in the junior military category and won the Best Junior Modeller Award. It really doesn’t matter that she was the only junior - she is beaming from ear to ear! #histscalemodels
Lil’ Miss Modeller entered her 1/72 Spitfire into her first comp. She came first in the junior military category and won the Best Junior Modeller Award. It really doesn’t matter that she was the only junior - she is beaming from ear to ear! #histscalemodels
#WIP Started weathering and chipping the Pzr II #shelfqueen. Going quite heavy on the tank as I want it to look worn and tired in contrast with quite a clean look on the kubelwagen: AFV versus Staff Car type of thing. It will take some time but starting to come along.
April 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#WIP Started weathering and chipping the Pzr II #shelfqueen. Going quite heavy on the tank as I want it to look worn and tired in contrast with quite a clean look on the kubelwagen: AFV versus Staff Car type of thing. It will take some time but starting to come along.
- Dunklegrau RLM74 / Dark grey blue
- Dark sea green
- German grey
- Light grey
As to diluting the Ultra Matt varnish, I can’t recall - which probably means I didn’t thin it at all. Went on in nice thin coats and produced a lovely flat matt finish.
Hope this helps mate. 2/2
- Dark sea green
- German grey
- Light grey
As to diluting the Ultra Matt varnish, I can’t recall - which probably means I didn’t thin it at all. Went on in nice thin coats and produced a lovely flat matt finish.
Hope this helps mate. 2/2
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
- Dunklegrau RLM74 / Dark grey blue
- Dark sea green
- German grey
- Light grey
As to diluting the Ultra Matt varnish, I can’t recall - which probably means I didn’t thin it at all. Went on in nice thin coats and produced a lovely flat matt finish.
Hope this helps mate. 2/2
- Dark sea green
- German grey
- Light grey
As to diluting the Ultra Matt varnish, I can’t recall - which probably means I didn’t thin it at all. Went on in nice thin coats and produced a lovely flat matt finish.
Hope this helps mate. 2/2
TBH I wouldn’t buy the set again just because the bottles are so small (see below). Two tanks and a Kubelwagen and most are empty. But the Model Air worked pretty well. So I’d just get the same colours in larger bottles individually. The colours (from dark to light) were: 1/2
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
TBH I wouldn’t buy the set again just because the bottles are so small (see below). Two tanks and a Kubelwagen and most are empty. But the Model Air worked pretty well. So I’d just get the same colours in larger bottles individually. The colours (from dark to light) were: 1/2
#WIP - work continues on my “Missed Opportunities” vignette. Pzr II has had oil filters applied. Now need to do exhaust and fit PE grill. Kubelwagen ready for first varnish then decals. Then chipping and light weathering. Enjoying bringing this #shelfqueen to life.
#histscalemodels #scalemodels
#histscalemodels #scalemodels
April 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#WIP - work continues on my “Missed Opportunities” vignette. Pzr II has had oil filters applied. Now need to do exhaust and fit PE grill. Kubelwagen ready for first varnish then decals. Then chipping and light weathering. Enjoying bringing this #shelfqueen to life.
#histscalemodels #scalemodels
#histscalemodels #scalemodels
And here is the Tamiya Pzr II Ausf. C #shelfqueen that the commander will go in as part of a small vignette called “Missed Opportunities”, which shows commanders of 4th Pzr Div watching helplessly (due to Hitler’s infamous Stop Order) as the BEF evacuates from Dunkirk #histscalemodels #scalemodels
March 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
And here is the Tamiya Pzr II Ausf. C #shelfqueen that the commander will go in as part of a small vignette called “Missed Opportunities”, which shows commanders of 4th Pzr Div watching helplessly (due to Hitler’s infamous Stop Order) as the BEF evacuates from Dunkirk #histscalemodels #scalemodels