All about AFV and related military model making.
Wheeled armored vehicles is my second favorite topic after aviation and I build some of them from time to time. This one is from the well known Panhard's family of French wheeled AFV's. My model represents Panhard 178 with Renault-type [...]
After the start of the Pacific War, units of the Imperial Japanese Army began to encounter advanced Allied medium tanks such as the M4 Sherman. The Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank lacked sufficient armour or armament to deal with this [...]
Here is the Tamiya 1/48 Tiger II with the excellent resin zimmerit from ATAK Model. I used about half of the Hauler P-E set, and lenses were added to both Hauler and scratch built periscopes. Grab handles and headlight conduit were added [...]
Hi folks, I've finally got the Challenger 2 finished. Considering it was a Xmas present from the one before, not the one just gone, I seem to be a bit behind with my builds!
The Mk 1 was a build from a while back and my first attempt at [...]
OK sorry if this bugs people but I had to put my Smolensk dio on hold for a short time. This is my current project on my bench. Hoping to make a small vignette if I can find images of tents or at least some sort of lean to with tank crew [...]
Hello everyone, I want to introduce you to a new job - a model of the British Infantry Tank Matilda Mk.III. During operation, I received a lot of fun because it Tamiya - a model for the rest!)) Excellent quality and a great collectability [...]
In 1968, as a young NROTC midshipman (Marine option) from Ohio State, I went on a field trip to Camp Lejeune, NC. One of the many fun things we did, was visit an "Ontos" platoon holding exercises in the woods near the beach. I [...]
That title is quite a mouthful for such a delicate little thing. Another OOB build. 96 pieces just for each of the tracks, but they were articulated when I was finished. Full interior with driver figure, too! Finish is MM '39-'43 [...]
