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I am retired and enjoy making things from wood.
I am also retired cdn military 10 years in Artillery.
I have scratch built a M109 sp, 1/4 ton jeep I have yet to post pictures comming soon.

105 howitzer in action

My first diorama My latest build 105 mm c1a1 howitzer. I spent a few years on this particular gun. This model is 12.6 inches long ,5 in wide,8.6 in barrel. The figures are 3.6 in tall made from plasticine. This model is scatch built from [...]

3/4 ton

This picture was taken in about 1970 in Jamaica on on exercise. It looks like something from the movie desert rats. I just thought I would throw this in for fun.

Military 3/4 ton M37

Another scratch build vehicle. The Canadian army used this vehicle from the time i joined the forces till late 70s. This vehicle represents the gun crew i served with in my early military days. This was 4 RCHA and the gun crew was D/C [...]

1/4 ton m38a2

Another scratch built model of Canadian M38 A2. I drove this vehicle during my career in the forces. This item was again copied from photos and working knowledge. It is a replica of the vehicle I drove while with 1 RCHA Germany the call [...]

M109 a2 155 mm

This is scratch build. I served i canadian forces Artillery for 10years. I served on this howitzer as a driver and gun number.