Ace Models 1/72 Schwere Kanone 18 10cm K-18
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 […]
Category Archives: Eastern Front
1/72 Tamiya Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik (War Bird Collection No. 81)
The models in the 1/72-scale War Bird Collection by Tamiya are some of my favorite models to build. I find the quality to be excellent, and I appreciate the optimal […]
Revell 1/72 Sowjetische Kosaken (Soviet Cossacks)
I acquired these WW2 cavalry figures over 20 years ago (undoubtedly at my old favorite hobby store, the long-defunct San Antonio Hobby Shop in Mountain View, California). To have finally finished this project after looking at the box for so many years is definitely satisfying.
Sd. Kfz. 184 “Elefant” in 1/72
These behemoths are sort of known as the “Edsel” of German tank production, and a good example of what many have called German “over-engineering.”
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.
1/72 Panther Tanks, Part 2, with Infantry
New Panther tanks with accompanying infantry.
1/72 Ju52/3M: Winter Diorama
As my adult model-building hobby era has continued apace, building a new version of this old favorite was on my to-do list, and here I share the results of building Heller’s kit of the “Tante Ju,” imagined on a snowy airstrip.
1/72 Diorama: “Tanks in the Streets”
Various models, including “Monty’s Caravan,” showing Montgomery and Eisenhower in conference, in a ruined streets diorama. See my recent Panther collection for more in this setup…
1/72 Diorama: Barbarossa Respite, 1941
First, I want to touch upon an issue I have never yet addressed on these pages, but which bears a word or  two of acknowledgment. Since starting this blog a couple […]
Eastern Front Diorama, 1943
1/72 Airfix German Infantry with Revell Pz Kpfw IIIM.
Schopenhauer's Workshop 