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layout: post
title: About
author: Ken
time: "Wednesday 28th of June 2023"
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This photo gallery is a personal record of my lifelong hobby of model-making. I started in 1962 as a 10-year old kid and other than a few interludes of a year or two, I have been modelling consistently ever since. I make no claims to being anything more than an experienced journeyman - there are many modelers out there with far greater skills and accomplishments than me. Be that as it may, this is my album of achievements in the hobby.
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Though my initial interest was warship models in 1/600 scale, I have built military vehicles, aircraft, cars, buildings and a few trains and trucks.
The Scales I have mainly focused on are:
* 1/600, 1/700, 1/350 & 1/72 for ships
* 1/35 and 1/72 for military
* 1/72 and 1/144 for aircraft
* 1/24 & 1/25 for cars
* 1/87 for buildings
### The Numbering System
I have given identifier numbers to all the Models I have finished. They are numbered in time sequence of completion date with the lowest M numbers being the earliest. The model biographies in jpg form on the Flickr site, share the same numbering system. I also have a separate numbering system for Projects and these are also shown on the jpg model biographies. Whenever I start a project, I identify it with a new P number, in numerical order of starting date. I keep computer files of all photos or written material relating to any each project in its respective P file. This includes photos of the un-built kit, research photos and documents I have down-loaded from web searches, along with progress photos and photos of the finished model.
### The Photos
The photos on the Flickr site vary widely in quality. They range between simple handheld snapshots taken with small cameras or cellphones to shots taken with a tripod-mounted DSLR camera with a remote shutter release and using a specialised macro lens on minimum aperture (for max depth of field). The photo backgrounds also vary widely from anything I could find at the time (eg, old sheets and towels) to pastel cardboard sheets and painted water-colour skies. Over time, I hope to replace the worst of the photos with more at the high quality end of the spectrum