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All about AFV and related military model making.

Hobbyboss Leopard 2A4 – A ‘perfect’ cure for AMS ??

Last year I finally gave-in to my 'need' for a 1:35 Leopard tank, and bought the superb TAKOM 1A5 kit... Upon opening it I very quickly realised that my limited abilities simply were't up to the task of painstakingly assembling 712 pieces [...]

Tamiya 1/48 M-26 Pershing

I thought I would put up my model of a USMC M-26 Pershing for the 65th anniversary of the entry of the Provisional Marine Brigade into the First Battle of the Naktong in the Pusan Perimeter, August 7, 1950. The Tamiya kit isn't difficult [...]

Italeri 1/72 Willis JEEP Indokina 1951

Build from the box and paint xtracolor enamels . windows made by GLAZE (DeLUX materials). P.k

Chieftain

Hello again. Well, here it is - my first contribution. I'm afraid I don't know enough about tanks to provide much of a narrative here. Thanks for the guidance re the weathering... I took it pretty easy on that in the end, was just a bit [...]

Bad Weather

Hi guys, new member - nice to meet you! Please forgive the lack of a photo with this article; I'm on my work computer & so not able to upload just at the moment. Reason for posting is basically to ask for a little advice. Having [...]

1/35 British Chieftain Mk 5 by Tamiya

The Chieftain main battle tank was the successor to the Centurion, with the Mk 1 entering service in 1963 after a protracted development period. The Mk 5 was introduced in 1970 and was the main type in service during the mid 70s, the [...]

BMPT "Terminator"

Hello again! This is Meng's 1/35 kit of the Russian infantry support fighting vehicle, "The Terminator". The BMPT is a modern fire support vehicle based on the chassis of the T-90 MBT, and made it's first prototype appearance in [...]

ISU-152 1/35 Zvezda

I got this kit as a prize on of the competitions i went to, so decided to do it as a experiment in whitewash finish using the hairspray technique. A pretty rudimentary kit, with some sink marks that needed filling, redoing some details on [...]

Jeep Willis 1/48 Hasegawa

A little side-project, weekend build, again, for fun (its funny i should say that, as all the builds should be fun, but sometimes they do get tedious dont they? 🙂 )

Preview of coming attractions....FRANKENTIGER!

For the most part the build portion of the Tiger is done, and I am starting work on the diorama I decided to place it in. TheTiger will be from SPz Kompanie Hummel during the retreat across Germany after the Ardennes fighting. It will be [...]