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All about AFV and related military model making.

Type 3 Chi-Nu (IBG 1/72)

Just a small scale model of a WWII Japanese medium tank Type 3 Ch-Nu. Kit from IBG Models (Poland) comes along nicely and it's a perfect fit for a weekend build. Also, if you play World of Tanks - you may see Chi-Nu there. Anyway, it was [...]

Tamiya Chieftain Mk5c

Here are images of my Mk5c that I mounted on a diorama. It has had the rear engine deck corrected and a Clansman TUAAM box mounted on the right side of the turret. TUAAM = Tuning Unit Automatic Antenna Matching. The "c" after the [...]

T-55 in Nagyatád 69. Regiment

In Progress: A very early Panzer III

Here is a progress report of my crack on MiniArt's kit #35169 of the Panzer III Ausf. D (Pz. Kpfw. III Ausf. D, Sd. Kfz. 141) Some history: The Panzer III was the first real Main Battle Tank of the German Army and an industrial answer to [...]

IDF Magach 6 Gal Batash

IDF Magach 6 Gal Batash 1/35 Academy Models

Academy, IDF M113 Zelda in 1/35

Hi Everyone, another one of the M113 family. This time it's an IDF Zelda armoured with sandbags. The kit is the excellent Academy kit in 1/35 scale with Legend resin sandbags. Colors and weathering effects by Ammo mig.

Panhard 178, France 1944 (1/72)

This armoured car named 'Panhard' was serving in Werhmacht as a trophy from the defeated French army in 1940. The vehicle saw action in many fronts of the WW2. The model is painted by brush in ochre and brown red camouflage, as it was [...]

Roden 1/35 Rolls-Royce Mk.I Pattern

Hello! Imperceptibly accumulated several models, I will lay out). Armored car Rolls-Royce from Roden-old model with all the consequences. Not going well, but now there should be an alternative from Meng (?) The photo shows the first and [...]

Tamiya Chieftain Mk3

Tamiya Chieftain Mk3. Ok, the box says Mk5, but it's not. The kit is really a Mk3 with a few Mk5 features. I've used the Eduard photo etch set, which does lift this Tamiya kit. Although old, the Tamiya kit should not be written totally off [...]

Takom 1/35 Chieftain Mk 11 Stillbrew

Another of the Takom Chieftain's, in this case the Stillbrew Mk11. This is a great kit, but I think that the Stillbrew panels are too perfect. I've taken pictures of three different Stillbrew Chieftains, all of which have a rougher texture [...]