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Building models since age 7 (except for a short respite in my military years). Enjoying it now more than ever. I build across the spectrum but am biased towards towards historical miniatures and military vehicles.
The Life Miniatures RED ARMY FEMALE SNIPER figure was inspired by Roza Shanina. She was a skilled Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 59 confirmed kills with her Mosin Nagant rifle. The press called her "the unseen terror [...]
Ukraine was invaded by Russia in February 2022 and the war tragically continues today. Ukraine has suffered mightily but despite some notable set backs has out-fought the Russian invaders. The war has principally been fought on the [...]
This is a BIG old kit; 24 inches long by 16 inches wide. It was first issued in 1982. This boxing came out in 1993, which is likely when it joined my brother's stash. For the last 30 years it rested in his basement in Portland, Oregon. [...]
Great kit of an iconic AFV. After it's announcement I couldn't wait to get my hands on this kit. I am a big fan of Tamiya's 1/48 armor models and this is one of the better ones in the series. I built it OOB. It went together flawlessly. I [...]
Great kit of an iconic AFV. After it's announcement I couldn't wait to get my hands on this kit. I am a big fan of Tamiya's 1/48 armor models and this is one of the better ones in the series. I built it OOB. It went together [...]
This fine and dandy 1:72 Bf-109F by Fine Molds was a gift from @guitarhack5 who knows my affinity for 109s. A great feature of this kit is the decals to replicate this aircraft's complex camouflage scheme, something I hadn't tried before. [...]
I picked up this kit not long before Tamiya released its Ausf.B kit. I'm tempted to builf the Tamiya kit to compare the two. This is a nice little kit of an iconic yet diminutive tank. Developed in secret in the 1930s, it weighed about 5 [...]
In November I decided to boost my 20204 completions and squeeze in one last project. Knowing that it would be a quick easy build, I dove into a Tamiya 1:48 M4 Sherman and threw on some Value Gear stowage details. To add more variety to [...]
Modeling inspiration can come from many sources, history books, stories, movies, documentaries, real life experiences or maybe just our imagination. Often, a new tooled high-quality kit that gets great reviews does it for me. ARMA Hobby [...]
This kit caught my eye at my favorite local hobby shop. Having built Tiger Model's nice 1:72 Abrams a few years ago I expected this to be a good kit and was not disappointed. Besides its very nicely molded plastic, good decals, metal [...]
