Part II: Revell 1/72 V-2 Rocket with SS-100 Gigant Transporter
This build represents something of a departure from my usual staples of ships, planes and tanks.
Category Archives: military history
The V-2 Rocket in Miniature, Part I: A Brief History
On June 20, 1944, as the Western Allies were pouring reinforcements into their Normandy bridgehead and the Red Army was about to launch Operation Bagration, its Wehrmacht-shattering summer offensive in the East, a portentous first was taking place above Nazi Germany.
Hasegawa 1/72 Nakajima Ki-44-II Shōki 鍾馗 (Tojo)
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.”
Utah Beach Tabletop Battle
My son and I have been on quite a Normandy jag of late, partly because I have had the very large maps of it out on our big table in […]
“The Battle for Normandy” (GMT Games)
Was there ever an actual chance that the invasion might not succeed at all? Or was it a foregone conclusion that the months of meticulous planning, the overwhelming weight of materiel superiority, the Allies’ total command of the skies, as well as the successful deception strategy of Operation Fortitude in Southeast England, would together virtually guarantee success on June 6?
The Doolittle Raid in 1/700
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, A group of U.S. Army pilots were ordered by Jimmy Doolittle to preform a dangerous mission: Take off from a carrier in […]
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.
Flight Craft 12: The Junkers Ju87 Stuka
If you want to immerse yourself in the building of a particular model aircraft, a book from the “Flight Craft” series could make the perfect companion for your project. Like […]
Images of War: The Eighth Army in North Africa
Like its many popular cousins in the Images of War series, The Eighth Army in North Africa uses page after page of photographs, primarily, to retell the story of a famous campaign from […]
Images of War: The Vought F4U Corsair
The Bent-Winged Bird…. Whistling Death… Those two nicknames for this iconic WWII aircraft not only conjure up its reputation as a machine to be loved by friends and feared by enemies; they also happen to reference two of the central design features that made it powerful enough and fast enough to have been the second longest-produced fighter in U.S. aviation history–after only the F4 Phantom jet.
Schopenhauer's Workshop 