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Hi folks,
the new mold one,anything about this tank destroyer has alreaby been said in Bill´s article.
Hope you like it.
Marcus
P.S.: please disregard the awful figure...it has been demanded by the kit owner...who - even if a very poor [...]
Yeah the U.S. had another Hellcat besides the Grumman Zero beater. This one remained firmly planted on Terra Firma however. She was the M-18 Hellcat, member of a unique class of vehicles known as Tank Destroyers. In fact the whole Tank [...]
E-75 variant as heavy tank destroyer.
I derived "Ausf.M" from the Marder III Ausf.M, which indicates a design with a centrally mounted engine.
The E-Tank series is quite popular with me, because I find the design with the many [...]
This has been an epic build, bring the Eland to life based on the Takom 1/35 AML90 kit.
In my research about the venerable little vehicle, I came across some interesting literature, this is show in the images of the completed build.
I hope [...]
Dragon's attention to details in their 1/35 WWII armor series is a blessing in disguise in that the builder has to deal with hundreds of parts and pay close attention to the subtle differences between armor vehicle variants. Yet, the model [...]
After I started the 1/35 model I realized that there were Dragon 1/35 and 1/72 kits (exterior only) and ordered a 1/72 kit so I could add Tiger 131 to my 1/72 armor shelf and take advantage of the research on its big brother.
The Dragon [...]
Last summer our family started our vacation with two days at “Tankfest” at the Tank Museum in Bovington, UK. Our son Parker is a huge tank nut, and we enjoyed two days there. But as you can tell by the photos, Tiger 131 was a big [...]
To increase the mobility of Flak units in the front the German mounted flak guns on tank chassis. One of the conversions was the mount of 20mm guns on a Panther D chassis.
The Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) was a reconnaissance vehicle used by the German Army during World War II. Its task was to scout out enemy positions ahead of the main attack column. They would then radio back the number of hostile forces and [...]
WIP
Very little model, not suitable for beginners OOB. Even with many complicated subassemblies it lacks many details, from pedals, gps and computer on drivers and commanders seat, seatbelts, stand for turret, radio equipment... So that [...]