About me

Name:: Russ Haines
Nickname:: Dr RJH
Country:: United Kingdom
Town:: Bristol
Member since:: November 12, 2015
Communities:: scalemates.com (Scale modeling)
papermates.net (Paper modeling)
gundammates.com (Gundam modeling)
railwaymates.com (Train modeling)
diecastmates.com (Diecast models)
rcmates.net (RC modeling)

Journeyman modeller, mainly 1:72 WWII aircraft and 1:700 ships (not a stickler for absolute accuracy nor dogmatic about scale or era).

Favourite kit: 1:48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter (told you I wasn't dogmatic on scale).

Also very much enjoyed new-tool Airfix 1:72 Boulton-Paul Defiant, 1:72 Messerschmit Bf110, and Mitsubishi Dinah. Soft-spot for the Handley-Page Hampden and the Fairey Battle. Bit of a Bristol theme, also got a good collection of WWII Pacific aircraft since visiting USS Midway a couple of times.

Started working at MBDA in 2023 so have a new interest in grey pointy things generally, and specifically the pointy things that are often attached to them.

My daughter Martha used to build aircraft (predominately modern jets and egg planes) and cars, and had a huge 1:72 diorama (bridge, coastal defence forts, tanks, buildings...) that took over our dining room table, then she got too teenage and cool for that.

Built a brilliant 1:700 USS Essex with Martha, complete with tiny photo-etch crew, dioramas on the hangar deck, and extra (not entirely historically accurate) aircraft.