Scale Modelling

Building scale models and scenarios is a very rewarding and enjoyable hobby. It can include military models, vehicles, aircraft, ships and buildings. Scale of the models depends on both the builder's choice to standards such as HO railways or to match the scale of other items such as 1/35 scale plastic kits.

I started building kit models when I was young and never lost the love for the hobby. I eventually began creating scenarios using some of my military vehicles and aircraft and discovered the art of setting a background that provided more of a story than just a model on a shelf. I learned how to apply camouflage colours in a manner that closely depicted some of the actual equipment. I learned about adhesives, paints, textures and the use of natural items that I found outdoors or in a kitchen drawer.

As time went on I began to move to scratch-building. I worked with wood, aluminum, steel, plastic and various other products to create representations of real objects, always in scale. I use a wide variety of equipment, including a metal lathe, belt and disk bench sander, drill press, table saw, band saw, electric coping saw and other helpful devices. I never stop looking for everyday items that I can use, from flexible drinking straws to plastic packaging. Everything has a potential use. I am fortunate that I am skilled with AutoCad and can create my own files for printing on a 3D printer

 

1. HMCS Assiniboine - a WWII River Class Canadian Destroyer

1/4 scale (7 feet long) featuring a carved cedar hull and wood construction based on built-as Clyde shipyard drawings of HMS Kempenfeldt This model permanently resides at the HMCS Alberni Project Museum in Courtenay, British Columbia

 

2. A traditional Viking drakkar vessel

Lofted from plans and built entirely from wood and cloth

 

 

3. A classic cabin cruiser

1/6 scale lofted from plans and complete with navigation and interior lights on a trailer

 

 

4. Henschel 129A WWII German tank buster

1/6 scale made from wood with solar powered LED navigation lights

 

 

5. Dehavilland DH2 Beaver floatplane

1/24 scale built entirely from 3D printed parts

 

 

6. Fokker Eindecker

Made from 3D printed parts and balsa with cloth wing coverings

 

 

7. ME262 Swallow the first fully operational WWII jet fighter

1/6 scale made from a combination of wood and printed plastic with navigation lights and electric powered jet engine compressor turbines

 

 

8. Sd.Kfz.132G (Sturmgeschutz)

1/12 scale, made from aluminum, wood and plastic, featuring injection molded rubber road wheel tires

 

 

9. A collection of scenarios in 1/35 scale

Military and non-military scenarios, most on display at Railyard Games in Parksville, British Columbia

 

 

10. Some individual models

1/25 scale Tamiya Panther and Jagdpanther, a 1/16 scale Hummel, a classic 1965 1/21 scale motorized Tamiya Sd.Kfz.121 (Panzer III) and a collection of Guillows giant scale aircraft

 

 

11. 1/8 scale 1985 Camaro Z28 restoration

Classic Monogram model marketed for 1 year before the company disappeared

 

 

If you have any questions or comments you can contact me by email huminiuk1859 at gmail.com