This is my second attempt at building a plan and the victim this time around is a Hasegawa 1/48 scale F16C Fighting Falcon ‘Alabama Ang Special’. I bought this kit from a huge model shop call Universal Models Limited (UML) in Hong Kong during one of my business trip there back in June 2008.

This took me couple of months to build due to my hectic workload but was able to finish it sometime in October 2008. Instead of having it in the normal landing pose, I wanted to build this in a more action oriented pose aka flying pose. As such, I did not bother about the landing gears and covered all the landing hatches.

I also drilled a small hole under the main fuselage so that I can poke a small iron rod into it and pose the F16 in flying mode. But also due to this, there is no more space to attach the spare fuel tank under the fuselage. As such, that spare tank was omitted.

Here are the pictures of the Hasegawa 1/48 F16C Fighting Falcon. All pictures were taken with my Canon EOS 400D with Sigma 18-200mm OS lens.

This is the second post on SMM07.

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SMM07 stands for Scale Model Malaysia 2007. SMM07 is an annual scale model competition organized by the Selangor and Federal Territory Plastic Modelling Society (SFTPMS).

The competition was held on 15 and 16 December 2007 at Cineleisure Damansara.

There were so many entries in this competition I had to split the picture of the entries into two posts.

There are 64 pictures in this post. All pictures where taken with Canon 400D with Sigma 18-200 DC OS lens.

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This was the second year running of the 1/72 Air Show held at Hobby HQ on 10 and 11 November 2007.

The 1/72 Air Show is basically a showcase of 1/72 scale model aircrafts and any type and genre. To make things more interesting, a mock airport was built to house all the aircrafts. The aircrafts on show were contributed by local modelers who are passionate about their hobby.

Beside serving as an avenue for modelers to showcase their precious models, the air show also aims to generate more interest in plastic modeling among the general public.

These photos show some of the model aircraft that took part in the air show. I personally enjoyed the air show plus the free food and I am hoping for a bigger and better one next year and hopefully I will be able to contribute some exhibits.

All photos were taken with my Canon 400D + 18-55mm kit lens.

I took a few days off work in April and went on a holiday to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It was just a short 3-days getaway. I must say Kota Kinabalu isn’t much of a city compared to the bursting scene of Kuala Lumpur but I guess that is what good about it. Its wide-open landscape and waterfronts are such contrast to the concrete jungle of Kuala Lumpur that it was quite a refreshing experience being there.

These are some of the photographs I took during the trip.

Day 1.
About to take off from the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT).

While on the way to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Destination: Sunday Market. Definitely a place to check out. This is only available on Sunday. The market stretches 2 to 3 blocks long and fill to the brim with stalls selling almost anything like food stuffs, clothing, hardware, souvenir, pets, and much more.

Some blind folks trying to make a living at the Sunday Market.

Me and my girlfriend.

A series of photographs of the sun setting.

Day 2.
The view from my hotel room window. The hotel is called Promenade and is located very near (walking distance) to the city centre. Right next to it is a seafood restaurant that according to locals, have the widest choice of seafood.

The tallest building in Kota Kinabalu.

One of many suspension bridges you’ll find in the area. By the way, we are on our way to the Kinabalu Park, the base camp of Mount Kinabalu. Mount Kinabalu is the tallest mountain in South East Asia.

And this is Mount Kinabalu from afar.

This board shows the winners of the 2006 climbathon and the times they took to run up to the peak of the mountain and back down.

In case you wonder how long is the run. The runners start at the gate of the park (lower left corner of map) and ran all to the to the top (Low’s Peak) and back down to the gate.

I did not climb the mountain but did take a little walk along the mountain trail. I had to turn back after reaching ‘Pondok Kandis’. These are the photos taken during this short adventure.

This is Poring Hot Spring. Beside hot spring, there is also another attraction here that is called Canopy Walk. Canopy Walk is actually suspension bridges that hang 40m from the ground. There are altogether four of these suspension bridges but three were closed down for maintenance so I only get to walk on one.

More trekking to get to the suspension bridge.

The suspension bridge.

Looking down from the bridge.

The tree that the bridge suspends from.

Unfortunately, ugly behavior of people exists everywhere. Notice the empty plastic bottle?

This is the hot spring area. It feels really good to dip your tired feet into the hot water from the hot spring after all the trekking.

A small stream.

Some locals having fun.

Managed to snap this while on our way back to the hotel. Just minutes after I took this photo it started to drizzle and the whole mountain was quickly covered by thick mist.

Day 3.
I’mmmmm leaving… on a jet plan… don’t know when I’ll be back again…

On the flight back to Kuala Lumpur.