This coming weekend, modelers from all over Europe (and indeed, the World) will be meeting in Telford for the annual IPMS Scale Modelworld.
By Friday I will be on a plane to Manchester to join the crowd, meeting up with my friends @magnusf [...]
Here is plane for you since I've been posting pictures and writing articles on Armor recently.
This is how I think that Gunther Rall's BF-109 should look based on some research I did online and through some of my books. This was when he [...]
Here's another later war German AFV for your enjoyment.
It's built almost right out of the box. I used Tamiya individual track links and photo etch set for the Commander's MG gun sight, fan towers and rear upper grill deck plates. I [...]
Here comes a build from 2015.
First of all, sorry fro the poor lighting issue with the pics.
Not much to say, but to be honest, the only good things with this particular kit were the box art and the decals.
Never have I seen such poor [...]
Here are some pictures and another short article for you tonight. This is my rendition of the Porsche Jagdtiger. This one was inspired by a video I saw online showing the German's surrendering vehicles to the US forces in Southern [...]
Here tonight is another set of photos and a small article for your enjoyment. It was inspired by an artists rendition shown in the second photo.
My Dad was a Korean War combat veteran. He severed with the 6th Medium Tank Battalion, 24th [...]
The excellent AFV Club Churchill Mk.IV AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) with the Resicast SBG (Small Box Girder) Assault Bridge.
The hull of the Churchill is packed full of ballast to counter the weight of the bridge.
Here's one more Armor model for tonight. I built this King Tiger without zimmerit and its painted in the "Ambush" tri color scheme. The German tank manufacturing companies discontinued the use of Zimmerit paste in September [...]
Here's one fresh off the work bench. I just finished up the pastel weathering. It has been built for a little while, but was lacking the final details.
It has Fruilmodel tracks, and I fabricated tow cables from copper wire. I used [...]