Building a Pocher is a cross between building a wooden ship and a plastic model. On first attempt with a part, it will not fit. In fact, nothing fits the first time. In fact, if something does seem to fit, I would say you’ve done it wrong!
I have been buying and selling, and building, Pocher models since 1996 and still find them quite fun to build; a real challenge. Since the pandemic, several companies have started producing 1:8 scale models, and most are of a much better quality than the old Pocher Classic kits, but I still think these are a heck of a lot of fun to build.
Have a look through these pictures and check out the few kits I still have in stock. As time passes, there are fewer and fewer of them out there!
I just happened to have this model in the car when I was driving past this little baseball diamond. The sand seemed to be just the right texture to make it look like the car
The colour scheme for this model started from an absolutely buttery-soft piece of white leather that I found in a tannery in Montreal. The model itself was built for the owner of a aerial photography
I’m pretty sure this is the finest Pocher model I ever built. A fellow called me up from California and asked me if I could build a model for him. The problem was, the only
This model came in and out of my workshop to quickly and I never got a chance to take enough pictures. This was the last Pocher model I built professionally. After the 2008 recession, the
This is a fabulous little model. It was built absolutely perfectly and was beautifully built by a client in the US. I drove down from Montreal to pick it up and how could I miss
One of the first Pocher models I ever built to order, this one is with a client in Buffalo, New York. I got a kick out of taking the outdoor pictures. Notice the little rock I
One of my favorite colour schemes, this dark navy and off-white paint scheme really enhances the elegant proportions of this model. The model went to a client in Arizona. He was so pleased with the
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