Cris
Simmons
Cris
is 38 yrs old and has been modeling since he was 6.
Cris started modeling doing Airfix planes tanks &
tall ships. He used to sail HMS victory at the Walthamstow
town hall ornamental boating pool.
Cris got into wargaming at about 11 with school friends.
He stopped modeling when he joined the army but always
looked in model shops when he got chance, wherever hewas.
Cris moved to wellingborough in late 1990s and saw T&R
models which helped get him back into modelling by doing
the cutaway Millenium Falcon from Star Wars & he
hasnever looked back! Cris was one of the original members
of NMM from its inception.
Cris
specialises in military modelling and has had a fair
amount of success wiht this sort of model and has recently
completed some modesl fro the Abingdon Park Museum.
Along
with the military, Cris also builds female figures,
sci-fi and film.
Cris's current projects include:
-
a stuart Honey from the north africa campaighn
- a large D-Day Landings diorama.
- a large Battle of the Bulge diorama. This includes
a large 12" square barn made of balsa which he
is presently thatching.
- a very large Spider-Man & a few smaller marvel
figures
- an Italian Job diorama with 3 old (proper) Minis which
he is also trying to light
- Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine
- Thunderbirds F A B 1
- a conversion of an ASTON MARTIN DB4 hard top into
a soft top
- a 1969 kit of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG which he is
superdetailing
- a German sub
Cris is also working on a conversion of a British Cromwell
tank into the Challenger of WWII. This envolves lengthening
the hull to fit another wheel each side, an enlarged
fighting compartment & a new turret. It is nearly
a scratchbuild rather then a conversion in the end!
Cris's pet project is a very large ARNHEM diorama for
which he has been working on elements since he took
the hobby up again in 1998. It has cost him about £700
so far & he has hardly built any of it..!
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