I built this model as a companion to “The Victorian House” (M207). The kits differ only in the front facade. I modified the chimney and painted the roof and walls to match the full-sized house.

I chose to build this diorama as I thought it would be something my 5-year old grand-daughter would have liked. There are 2 people, 4 horses, a tractor (made from a whitemetal kit) and an old pickup truck in the scene. My grand-daughter asked me why there were no cows !!

This old Kibri kit (1967 tooling) is something I had wanted to build since 1984, when I bought my first copy of the kit. I sold that copy unbuilt, in a purge of my collection in the late 1990s but replaced it in 2015. The kit is a reasonable replica of the front 2/3rds of the building. For reasons unknown, Kibri shortened the model. It was quite a difficult model to build due to poor fit and alignment of the roof sections. I scratchbuilt the bell-tower dome roof and spire.

I made this model from an old Kibri kit which is a good representation of the actual church which is located in a mountain valley near the border with Austria. The there problems with fit of some parts, especially the main roof sections. The figures are are by Preiser and Noch

I found this old Revell kit on Ebay in it’s original “Farmhouse Set” packaging. The kit was tooled in 1958 and is of remarkably good quality. I chose to build it because I liked the look of the building, and because the kit is over 60 years old. I changed all the window frames with aftermarket replacements.

A famous period town hall in Germany. A straightforward build. The only addition I made was the town coat-of-arms next to the external stairway. The model is marketed as HO scale but actually scales out at about 1/115.

A simple Faller kit to which I added some interior detail and a Preiser figure. I built the original Pola version of this kit in 1988.

Modified from Kibri’s Arkaden Cafe kit. Buildings like this in Flanders were built in the 1920s - early 30s to replace those destroyed in WW1. I painted it entirely with enamels.

A very high quality little kit which assembled easily. I painted it with enamels and laminated the clock faces with clear plastic film to simulate glass.

A simple little Kibri kit. I built it because I like lighthouses. Painted in enamels.

This was built from a very rough old kit and was quite a challenging build. It does not seem to be based on an actual prototype and instead appears to be a generic representation of brick, railway water towers in Germany.

An interesting period subject offered as a short-run plastic injection (+ white-metal) kit. It required careful hand-painting. I added 2 Preiser figures to bring it to life.

This very old Kibri kit, tooled in 1968, is still in production. I bought a copy in 1984, sold it in 1999 and then bought another copy in 2021. With such a chequered history, I thought I would have to build it. The kit is a proportionally inaccurate and underscale representation of the famous windmill off the Baltic coast. Still, it looks like a windmill and was fun to build.

Since childhood, I have been fascinated by water towers. When I saw this kit on sale I had to have it. Although the kit is quite primitive by modern injection moulding standards, it builds into a reasonably sound replica of the prototype. I painted it with enamels and weathered it with washes and pastel chalks.

I am particularly pleased with how this model turned out as it is a conversion from an old and warped AHM kit I bought on Ebay.

I made this humble dwelling from a very rough, 3D-printed kit I bought on Ebay. I made many improvements to it after studying photos of actual cottages. As an afterthought I added back door steps and a seated man and his small dog (shown in the last 3 photos).

One of my interests is old-time railroad buildings and structures. I chose to build this particular kit for two reasons: - firstly the building is a very appealing period design, and - secondly, the kit represented a major challenge, being heavily warped.

This diorama started with AHM’s vintage Arlee Station kit. The kit was an ill-fitting, snap-together item. I had to separate all the window frames and doors to get them to fit properly. Misalignment of the mould halves was also a major problem. When I finished the station, The model looked bare and uninteresting so I extended the base, added a section of railway track and some Preiser figures.

I bought a copy of one of this series of kits in 1984 and subsequently sold it again in 1996. In 2010 I visited San Francisco and saw the Painted Ladies of Steiner St in person. In 2021 I collected the full set of five kit houses. I started this one, house #5, immediately. It was a simple kit but tricky to build due to extensive warping of the walls and fit problems between the walls and the base.

I built this from an old Airfix kit as part of a planned diorama

I bought this item as a built “gluebomb: on Ebay, as part of a collection. I dissassembled it, made replacements for missing parts and painted it with enamels. It became part of my British Rail diorama.

This famous castle on a steep hill in south-west Bavaria was built from 1869 to 1886. It looks like it probably provided the inspiration for Disneyland castles. I built this model of it as a distraction from my usual military subjects.