1/72 T-28: “Feels Like May, 1941”
I found this to be a good kit. Lots of parts, but they go together pretty well. One of the model’s best features, in my opinion, are the hard plastic […]
I found this to be a good kit. Lots of parts, but they go together pretty well. One of the model’s best features, in my opinion, are the hard plastic […]
This build represents something of a departure from my usual staples of ships, planes and tanks.
I discovered that the name “Shōki” perfectly reflects this aircraft’s mission, which was to intercept attacking bombers at high altitude, because Shōki was a protective deity of Chinese origin known as “the Demon (or Plague) Queller.”
This new harbor diorama has been brewing for a few years. My son and I have put together a couple of other ones using the same diorama base, but this […]
My now 11-year-old son and I staged this tabletop fracas recently, pitting everything British that could be taken to be active in the 1940 French campaign against the converse on the German side.
I built this one concurrently with the Bf109G-6 I recently posted, and my experience was similar: I love these Tamiya War Bird Collection kits — and here, as with the […]
A really nice model — like any of the Tamiya War Bird Collection that I have built — can create an interesting psychological challenge for me.
I’ve posted about other Ace Models kits before, and here’s my general experience: with kinda messy sprues and lots of little parts that tend to need cleaning up, they’re not […]
Although I try to stop myself (“No, you don’t need PSC’s Panzer IVs, too — or their STG IIIs — or any of their Russian stuff!”), I keep buying more of their kits and will probably end up having collected all of them at some point.
In this diorama I wanted to showcase mainly the British vehicles I have recently completed. You’ll see PSC and Airfix, with vehicles and figures from both makers, in a setting that has stone houses and a walled farm (Airfix’s La Haye Sainte!), recalling the terrain through which British forces had to battle during Operation Epsom in late June, 1944.
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