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All about AFV and related military model making.

It’s OK Hans….. Some are just longer than others….

I couldn't help but modify this Styer a little bit, Built for the mountains of Italy and those narrow switchback mountain passes. The last photos show some of the modifications,and how much I sectioned off the chassis. Maybe it's my A.D.D. [...]

Merkava I 1/35 Tamiya 35127

Hello folks, this is my very first post here and here's my 1/35 Tamiya Merkava I over vignette finished fresh. I joined the site about a week ago but this one was almost finished so i skipped the in-progress updates and here's the result. [...]

RT-2PM Topol-M

Hi, It"s the last 1/72 kit of Zvevda...really a good model and easy to build...you built it in 2 posiitions. I use Tamiya acrylic paint for this. and make snow with baking soda

M1078 LMTV

A simple model from Trumpeter. Easy to build !

T-34 Model 1940-best looking tank ever?

Or, can a tank even BE good looking? I think so. I saw a model of a T-90 the other day, man these new tanks are covered with "stuff" sticking out all over the place. I thought of my Dragon model 1940 built some years [...]

And Now For Something Completely Different

TC does... a tank? Yes. I have been known to do some. This is the Hobby Boss 1/48 M4A3E8 "Easy Eight". At the outbreak of the Second World War, U.S. Army doctrine did not support tank vs. tank warfare. Enemy tanks were to be [...]

Battle of France / Battle of Britain Group Build – 1/35 Tamiya B1 bis French battle tank

Well, I'm not sure what time/date it is in iModeler land, but where I live it's 11;30 am on 31st October! Here's my contribution to the group build, Tamiya's 1/35 kit of the French battle tank B1 bis. Being a Tamiya kit it was easy to [...]

Tamiya 1/35 Centurion Mk.III

I built this kit a while ago and it was a test bed for battle damage. The kit was one I got from an auction and it was old, with lots of ejection-pin marks, but thankfully they were all on the inside. I used a soldering iron (not a hot [...]

Komatsu 1/48 Japanese Bulldozer

This is the Tamiya 1/48 Komatsu G40 bulldozer, built a couple of years ago. It's the second 1/48 Tamiya armour kit I've done and I can't say enough about how nice they are. This is stress-free modelling at its best: every piece just slots [...]

When you build tanks, you have to do at least one of these….

On a small diorama. A direct hit to the engine. Everyone made it out and set new records for the fifty yard dash.. Inside the engine compartment a lot of tin foil and some wire. I didn't have to follow any specific protocol as it was blown [...]