Japanese Amphibious Tanks in 1/72
The propeller-driven Type 2 Ka-Mi armored fighting vehicle floated with the help of two large pontoon attachments, one on the front and one on the back. When the amphibious […]
Britain’s Desert War in Egypt and Libya 1940-1942: “The End of the Beginning”
Originally published in 1964 as The Campaigns in Egypt and Libya 1940-1942 and now reprinted by Pen & Sword, this classic piece of military history by David Braddock is a generals’-eye view of the war in the desert.
1/72 Italians in North Africa
This collection of newly completed models represents my effort to get every WW2 Italian model I had off the shelf and built because my interest had recently been piqued by […]
Flight Through The Ages
I’m not sure I can articulate what it is about illustrations and paintings that can often be more satisfying than photographs — perhaps it is simply the touch of the artist’s vision and imagination — but whatever that quality is, this lovely volume has it in spades.
1/72 Type 3 Chi-Nu Japanese Tank
This rendition of the vehicle by IBG models was a nice kit to build! (Stray dog not included…)
Images of War: The Fall of Berlin
IMAGES OF WAR: THE FALL OF BERLIN is a richly detailed photographic record of the German military in 1945.
Tamiya Warbirds Collection #49: North American P-51D
I hadn’t built a P-51 in about 30 years. But I seem these days to be redoing a lot of models that I used to think I “already had one” of — and you’ve got to have at least one P-51 in your A-List collection.
1/700 Japanese Harbor Diorama With Submarine Depot Ship Heian Maru
So here we feature our newest ship, Heian Maru, an ocean liner converted to wartime service.
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt “Bubbletop” in 1/72
Along with the RAF’s Typhoon fighter-bomber, the wide-ranging P-47 was the scourge of enemy aircraft, infrastructure and vehicles.
1/72 Aircraft “In Flight” Part 2
These photos are for those planes in my collection that I built with landing gear up so they could fly in the outdoor toy-soldier wars I used to run with my friends in the ’70s.
