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Mirror Models 1/35 Diamond T969 Wrecker

This innocent looking Diamond Wrecker is a wolf in a sheep skin. In general, cranes are difficult to build because of the intricate winch cable system. In this kit the inherent difficulty was further confounded by vague instructions and [...]

US International M1124 MaxxPro MRAP (1/72)

M1124 MaxxPro MRAP Vehicle This Galaxy Hobby kit (GH72A03) is quite nice i´d say. It offers a lot of beautiful things, but also has negative sides. There are many pinmarks to remove (fortunately, most of them are not visible or difficult [...]

LEO1A5 HELLENIC ARMY

LEO 1A5 REVELL 1/35 Colours: Gunze Varnish: Galleria New molds kit with no fitting problems. Comes out easily for a Leo1a5.

Kubuś- Warsaw Uprising 1944 (1/72)

Kubuś- Warsaw Uprising 1944 The Kubuś is a Polish improvised combat vehicle used by the Polish Resistance during the Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw in 1944. Idea and built of the Kubuś began in secret on August 8, 1944, a week after the [...]

Panzerhaubitze PzH 2000, Bundeswehr in Afghanistan (1/72)

PzH 2000 Depicted in German afghanistan- camo- scheme. The kit was pretty easy to build without any major problems and even the release of Revell's PzH (03121) has been some time ago, it still can convince with the quality of the [...]

Egyptian T-54: The Yom Kippur Veteran 1973 (1/72)

The Yom Kippur Veteran- Egyptian T-54 This vehicle dates from the period shortly after the conflict with Israel in 1973. The showen model isn´t based on a specific reference but was rather inspired by the idea that in the wake of the war [...]

Trumpeter 1/16 T 34/76 Model 1942: The relationship between scale and weathering

At some point I got curious about how it is like to build one of the 1/16th scale AFV monsters. Trumpeter's T-34 that comes with interior detailing satisfied my curiosity. It is a solid and easy AFB build thanks to the large size of parts. [...]

T-54B, Polish Service (1/72)

T-54B In Polish service, circa 1960. I admit that this decal variant actually belongs on a T-55. But this T-54 is one of my earlier works when I came back to the hobby and didn't take this fact so seriously at the time. !Please forgive me [...]

1/35 Border Models Leopard 2a6, "somewhere" in Eastern Europe

I will eschew my usual word salad at this point and refer you to the leopardclub.ca examinations of this kit and the history of the real thing. It's commonly accepted that 2a6s are in Ukraine now, though I haven't seen any photographic [...]

Latest progress on the A34 Comet

Well, I'm definitely approaching the "end game" with the tank itself. As you can see, it's now the things like the pioneer tools, tow cables and search light to go. I'll be putting an "RAC" helmet on the front of the [...]