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Last Updated 3rd February 2012
Like most schoolboys I started making models by purchasing Airfix kits, from my local toy shop. This was back in the days when kits were sold in plastic bags with the instructions
and artwork stapled to the top. At secondary school I met Robert Turner my form tutors husband. He was a very talented modeller, with his models appearing in Military Modelling on
several occasions in show reports. The rest of my school days were spent using what I had learnt from him to produce a mixture of figure and vehicle models. In 1975 I took a break
from military modelling to concentrate on a graphic design course at Art
College. By 1979 I was modelling again, this time specialising in 1/76 scale modern British Army vehicles
and 1/32 scale Airfix multipose figures. I also joined the Miniature Armoured Fighting Vehicle Association (MAFVA) and was quickly contacted by Richard Hone an enthusiastic and
knowledgeable branch leader, who invited me to my first model meeting. In the autumn of 1979 I entered my first modelling competition, the MAFVA Nationals held at Wimbledon. This
competition opened my eyes to the superb modelling and painting skills that exists within the MAFVA membership. John Sanders, Edwin Adcock, John Wheeler, Kevin and Mac Dennigan have
all played their part in shaping my modelling techniques and philosophy. In 1981 I met Paul Mitchell, a resourceful and persuasive member of Mendip Modellers, and since that time I
have been a member of this friendly and diverse group of modellers. Paul also introduced to another great modelling influence, Vasco Barbic, who was producing very realistic models
for the time with washes, chipped paint and bare metal. I eventually stopped making 1/32 scale figures and focused on small scale military vehicles, although I continued to practise
my figure modelling, albeit in a much smaller scale by adding crews to my vehicles. My modelling interests have broadened over the years to include vehicles from other nations and
different periods. I hope you will enjoy looking at my small scale models and that they will encourage and inspire you to pick up a kit or some plasticard and have a go at creating
some exciting military vehicles.Last Updated 3rd February 2012
