Albums (44)
All albums
33 images
Don’t get the hump - The Bedford Dromedary![View album, image #26 View album, image #26](/albums/img/8/8/6/1770886-20442-13-720.jpg)
1:76
I did conciser having a go at hand writing the 2mm high number on the side of the cab…. took me a while to stop laughing...
Project: Bedford Dromedary.
107 images
Gorby's wondrously weird whatsit – The Fowler Steeplechaser![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/9/9/7/1680997-20442-56-pristine.jpg)
1:48
This is what I'm aiming for.
Project: Fowler Steeplechaser - scratch-build
Scratchbuilt
9 images
John Fowler & Co. Steeplechaser 1877 – a glorious failure.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/5/1/7/1731517-20442-74-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: Fowler Steeplechaser - scratch-build
Scratchbuilt
7 images
Matilda and I – a relationship rekindled.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/4/8/2/842482-20442-86-720.jpg)
1:48
It looks like my decision to go grubby on the weathering has paid off as the first mission seems to be on black lava at ...
7 images
The Worlds First Tank - The Mk. I Pedrail Mobile Fort….Well, very nearly.![View album, image #3 View album, image #3](/albums/img/2/3/6/1395236-20442-94-720.jpg)
1:52.3561
Other than the figures everything else is scratch-built – even the tools.
Project: Mk.I Pedrail Mobile Fort
Scratchbuilt
5 images
Gorby's Biddy Little Stalwart – Finally, something I can describe as an ACE build. ![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/9/5/4/1535954-20442-16-720.jpg)
1:72
Project: Alvis Stalwart Mk.2
43 images
Jehlik's Armoured Vehicle, 1916 – Scratching the Ridiculous Roller.![View album, image #32 View album, image #32](/albums/img/1/3/7/1507137-20442-16-720.jpg)
1:72
Project: Jehlik's Armoured Vehicle, 1916
17 images
Gorbygould's small slice of BoB – WARNING - Rivet-counters are requested to sit down![View album, image #10 View album, image #10](/albums/img/7/0/7/352707-20442-68-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: Gorbygould's small slice of BoB
10 images
Let me introduce you to my first and ONLY attempt to model a tank with a full interior.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/7/9/6/1209796-20442-51-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: Panther A w/Zimmerit & Full Interior
6 images
NHS Spit on a Stick.![View album, image #6 View album, image #6](/albums/img/1/7/9/1174179-20442-66-720.jpg)
1:72
I forgot to add a photo of presenting my daughter with the Spit. She was very pleased and it now sits on a shelf in her ...
Project: NHS Spit on a Stick.
24 images
Gorby scratches an unthinkable whopper! Holt 150 ton Field Monitor - 1915.![View album, image #15 View album, image #15](/albums/img/8/0/0/790800-20442-70-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: Holt 150 ton Field Monitor - 1915.
Scratchbuilt
8 images
Oh how should I complicate thee. Let me count the ways. Building a Trent Meteor.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/9/0/5/1112905-20442-94-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: Trent Meteor
11 images
I was being bugged to have a go at 1/35 heavy armour, so…...![View album, image #2 View album, image #2](/albums/img/3/0/7/1038307-20442-68-720.jpg)
1:35
His expression makes him look like he's Googling naughty stegosaurus stuff. I'm sure it's a thing if you look hard enoug...
Project: Stegosaurus Stenops
5 images
I present the Dalek who failed the auditions. The original concept.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/9/4/8/1062948-20442-80-720.jpg)
1:12
Obviously the claw isn't as frightening as a sink plunger and it's bloody useless for unblocking the kitchen sink
Scratchbuilt
8 images
It's all Zsolt's fault I tell you!![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/0/9/0/1034090-20442-81-720.jpg)
1:72
Project: It's all Zsolt's fault I tell you!
Scratchbuilt
7 images
It says 'Spitfire' on the box so it must be a….erm… ah…errr…. Sorry I've got no idea.![View album, image #4 View album, image #4](/albums/img/0/9/4/1005094-20442-99-720.jpg)
1:55
The poor Spitfart stood no chance against the pitiless onslaught of constant, contemptuous sneering. Soon the paint star...
6 images
A donkey makes an ass out of me, or how to make a hash of Eduards I-16.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/1/2/0/708120-20442-90-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: how to make a hash of Eduards I-16.
6 images
1/72 Master Box WWI Female Tank (in last years fashion).![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/4/2/9/811429-20442-35-720.jpg)
1:72
Project: 1/72 Master Box WWI Female Tank
Scratchbuilt
6 images
A very civil Tilly![View album, image #2 View album, image #2](/albums/img/7/0/9/799709-20442-65-720.jpg)
1:48
I know the cable on the reel in the back is overscale, but I wanted to use it because was from a wooden reel of silver w...
Project: A very civil Tilly
Scratchbuilt
10 images
And now for something completely different….![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/2/3/1/682231-20442-59-720.jpg)
1:48
No teddy bears were harmed in the making of the steam (sorry, that's a lie).
Project: Robey Road Steamer 1870
Scratchbuilt
10 images
Gorby's first and last foray into WWI aviation - Eduard 1/48 Roland C.II![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/5/1/8/669518-20442-73-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: ROLAND C.II
24 images
Dealing with my hanger issues. 1/48 Scratch built Hanger dio.![View album, image #3 View album, image #3](/albums/img/9/6/7/553967-20442-49-720.jpg)
1:48
The base is 24” x 18”. The soil is real soil from my garden.
Project: 1/48 Scratch built Hanger diorama.
Scratchbuilt
19 images
Dragon Bachem Ba 349A Natter ![View album, image #8 View album, image #8](/albums/img/0/7/0/298070-20442-13-720.jpg)
1:48
The decals for the 'T' & 'C' stoff where cut from suitably coloured scrap decals and the letters taken from the 'Tamiya ...
Project: Dragon Bachem Ba 349A Natter
18 images
Hs 123A . Itareri's finest mojo mangler, or my cut-price Gaspatch.![View album, image #6 View album, image #6](/albums/img/7/8/8/404788-20442-62-720.jpg)
1:48
Project: Italeri's Hs 123A
Other albums
21 images
Feeble excuse to post some pics of previous builds![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/0/7/8/695078-20442-82-720.jpg)
1/48 Italeri Hs 123. In an exclusive poll consisting of all the modellers in my house called Gorby, this was voted 'kit ...
10 images
The Gorby sanctuary resurrection.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/3/3/1/630331-20442-79-720.jpg)
The extractor is in the corner because of the bulging bit at the back, but it has the added advantage of allowing me to ...
5 images
Keeping a promise to Alex, here are my first five 'returnee' builds.![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/3/7/6/334376-20442-88-720.jpg)
#1 - Tamiya Me 262 with kettenkrad 1/48
6 images
My work area. Is this the smallest work-space?![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/6/6/0/295660-20442-72-720.jpg)
I normally doesn't look this organised, and the Guinness isn't a permanent fixture (it's often a bitter, or whisky or ru...