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HIMARS 1/35 scale by Trumpeter

What a pain in the butt this kit was! Trumpeter 1/35 scale HIMARS with a whopping 750 parts! Great molding and detail, typical crappy Trumpeter instructions. Get ready for tons of tiny parts, many that will leave you scratching your [...]

1/48 Gasoline Flakpanzer 38t

Finished today. 1/48 Gasoline Flakpanzer 38(t) Ausf. L Gepard/Sd. Kfz 140. Caen, France June 1944 lasting till December 1944 when it took part in Operation Northwind (in the anti aircraft defence role) with the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier [...]

1/72 Zvezda T90MS2

Greetings! I’ve menaged to finish this little 1/72 scale T90 MS2 from Zvezda. As almost all Zvezda’s kits, not great, not terrible. Easy to assembly, but lacks many details. It is small model which I decided to paint in russian green [...]

British Valentine Mk. II/IV by Tamiya

Here goes my second post. I have been obsessed recently with World War 2 British equipment. My last post was a Hurricane so I thought it appropriate to represent the ground forces this time. I chose the Valentine because I have been trying [...]

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.

Hellcat

Tamiya 1:35 M18 Hellcat (MM376) : Used Value Gears' kit-specific stowage plus other 'stuff' scrounged from the spares box. Tamiya lacquer paints mixed & lightened by eye. One of my fave WWII vehicles and a huge step-up from the old [...]

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.

VK 72.01(K) Paper Panzer (1/72)

Armory's VK 72.01(K) Another paper tank/ what- if project of mine. As far as I have learned, only a scale wood model was made by Krupp and no documents may have survived. Design from 1942 for a 72 ton class vehicle. ...however, I have to [...]

First Kit of 2024. DAK Sdkfz 232

Humbly submitted for your approval. I hoped to start 2024 off right by building one of my favorite Tamiya kits since middle school. Figures finished using Vallejo paints and Tamiya insignia decals. Vehicle assembled smoothly as expected [...]