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Hello all. My Name is Aaron Bouma. I am an Autistic Scratch model builder. I am a proud Autistic Military Historian. I serve as Military Specialist for Carleton County New Brunswick Canada. I Own Bouma Woodworks where I build military models, life size Rifles, model tanks, aircraft, warships, vehicles all from scratch looking at pictures. #MIND LIKE A 3D PRINTER https://ne-np.facebook.com/BOUMAWOODWORKS/shop/?referral_code=page_shop_tab&preview=1&ref=page_internal. Thats my Facebook Business Page. I HOPE ALLOWED TO POST.
This is the panzer one built from scratch out of mainly wood and a little bit of cardboard for the tracks. It’s around 1 foot in length or less than half a foot wide. The panzer I was designed in 1932-1934. Was produced in 1934 and [...]
This is the model BAR. Browning Automatic Rifle, first put into service in 1917. Chambered in the 30.06 Springfield cartridge, this weapon had a range of 4,500 to 5,000 yards but not accurate. Max effective range was 1,500 yards. The [...]
This is the HLVW, which stands for heavy logistics vehicle wheeled. This is a 10 to 16,000 kg class transport truck for the Canadian Armed Forces. Built from scratch using spruce, cedar, hardwood & and canvas. This one took a couple [...]
This the second scratch built T-LAV that I built from wood. T-LAV STANDS FOR TRACKED LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE. This model is roughly 10.5 inches in length. it’s got the 1 m turret, which is the standard for this armoured vehicle. This [...]
The Iltis jeep, officially known as the Volkswagen Type 183 Iltis, is a military vehicle built by Volkswagen for use by the German military and under license by Bombardier for the Canadian Forces and Belgian Army. This vehicle was [...]
This is my newest model. LEM lunar lander. Built from scratch. Wood. Mainly pine.
This is the MkIV Male. The mark four had definitely significant improvements from the Mark one. Some of the main improvements were the improved armour and the re sitting of the fuel tank. A total of over 1200 mark four tanks were built [...]
This is the newest scratch built model completed. The BF109E. Mainly built from spruce. The BF109 what are the most monolithic fighter aircraft of the Second World War. Built by the Germans, the E model had well over 2000 built from 1939 [...]
This is my scratch built Chev Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle. Built from scratch wood. 70% complete
Newest piece for the museum. SAINT CHAMOND was the second French tank to enter the First World War. 400 manufactured between April 1917 to 1918. More of a heavy armoured vehicle, it fitted the description of early tank development. Its [...]
