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Finally Finished!: 80 Years ago today Cologne Cathedral tank duel between a Pershing and a Panther tank

WARNING : This article will include some images of war that are gruesome in nature. Reader discretion is advised. Monday, March 6th, 1945. Allied forces are trying to capture an intact bridge that crosses the Rhine. There is an [...]

Dragon Models Tiger I Initial Production

Hello fellow modelers! This is my first model of a Tiger I. Bought the kit at a swap meet for $20 in mint condition. Love these "3 in 1" Dragon kits, not only are they sharply molded with great detail, they come with lots of [...]

ICM RNAS Ford Model T Armoured Car

Greetings and salutations, My first WW1 model of any kind ever! This came about whilst searching for a model to build for a WW1 group build I entered. Purchased at a swap meet for $25, comes with a British tank crew. My plan is to [...]

BLITZ! Panther G from Das Werk (built in 6 hrs)

I've been busy building as of late and wanted to do something quick (I hate long builds), so I thought I'd give the Das Werk BLITZ! Panther G a go. I've built another Das Werk kit before, a Panther A in fact (one of my favorite models). In [...]

Takom 1/35 Pz III N with winterketten

Takom panzer III N during the Leningrad siege. Finished with Vallejo paints and AK filters, washes and pigments. Overall dark grey with field brushed on white wash pattern. Snow on top and lower hull sides is a mix of white and grey [...]

Tiger I Side-by-Side Comparison Build, Vespid and Border Kits

This was a side-by-side comparison build of the Vespid and Border Tiger I kits in 1/72 scale to see how they stack up. Here are the finished models with their crews in place, Vespid on the left and Border on the right. The models were [...]

Trumpeter 1/35 SA-2 Guideline

The SA-2 Guideline (S-75 Dvina) was the most widely deployed surface to air system ever deployed. It gained considerable success during the Vietnam War and Middle East conflicts in spite of the advance of electronic counter measurements [...]

1/35 RNAS armoured Ford T

Hello, long time since I had the time to build and finish a kit. And it is a rather small one 🙂 ICM's RNAS Ford T Straight out of the box, fit was perfect. Painted with Hataka paints, camouflage with AK markers. Weathered with AK paint [...]

Eastern Workhorse...1/48 Ural 4320 with ZU-23-2, Russian Army

My dad continues this year with quarter scale armour. Here´s his latest completion. The Ural 4320 cargo and starter truck dual kit was Initially released by Kitty Hawk in 2020. Last year it was re-released under the Zimi Model label. For [...]

1/35th Scale MRAP MATV The kit from hell

Wow, this was some kind of kit. RFM apparently is actually a Trumpeter from what I can tell, the dead give away is the instructions, which made this kit a challenge to say the least. No real instructions on how to assemble the photoetched [...]