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1/72 Tiger I by Plastic Soldier Company

November 27, 2022by christopherpflueger 4 Comments

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.

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D-Day, Dioramas, Gaming, Military Miniatures, Normandy, North Africa, Photography, Tanks and Vehicles

El Alamein Train Station Diorama, 1/72

September 7, 2021by christopherpflueger 2 Comments

My son previously posted his vision of the Italeri El Alamein Battle Set, in full battle mode. Here I have tried to create a more mundane scene around the station building, as well as a few shots of the British troops and vehicles that came in the set.

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British, Dioramas, Military Miniatures, North Africa, Photography

1/72 S-Model A13 Mk I

July 6, 2021by christopherpflueger 3 Comments

I decided to try this Chinese maker of inexpensive model vehicles with this A13 kit. Their catalogue seems to include a number of early-war vehicles that are, if not exactly […]

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British, Gaming, Military Miniatures, North Africa, Tanks and Vehicles

1/72 Cannone da 149/40

July 1, 2021by christopherpflueger 3 Comments

I have made this piece twice: once, when it was a Waterloo 1815 kit, and then again recently, when my son and I bought Italeri’s El Alamein Battle Set. The […]

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Dioramas, Gaming, Italian, Military Miniatures, North Africa

El Alamein Battle Set in 1/72

February 9, 2021by christopherpflueger 6 Comments

Here we have made a replica of the El Alamein battle in 1/72 using Italeri’s El Alamein battle set. Not only did it come with models and buildings, but we […]

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British, Dioramas, German, Italian, Military Miniatures, North Africa, Tanks and Vehicles

1/72 DAK Recon Vehicles

December 30, 2020by christopherpflueger 1 Comment

Here we have several recent additions to our collection: the SdKfz 263 (which my son and I have dubbed “the ugliest armored car”) by Roden; the SdKfz 231 and 232 […]

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German, Military Miniatures, North Africa, Tanks and Vehicles

1/72 Scale 25-Pounders in North Africa

December 28, 2020by christopherpflueger Leave a comment

Our fascination with the Desert War continues here with a couple of different brands of this iconic British artillery piece. Once again, I found the Plastic Soldier Company’s 25-pdr box […]

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British, Dioramas, Military Miniatures, North Africa, Tanks and Vehicles

Airfix 1/72 Fieseler Storch

December 21, 2020by christopherpflueger Leave a comment

A nifty aircraft with notable STOL characteristics, the Storch gained some fame as Rommel’s scout aircraft, and as the getaway vehicle in Otto Skorzeny’s mission to fetch Mussolini from his […]

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Aircraft, Dioramas, German, Military Miniatures, North Africa

Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 A9 Cruiser Tanks

December 20, 2020by christopherpflueger Leave a comment

The quick-build kits from Plastic Soldier Company, Italeri, Zvezda and Armourfast can be quite fun to put together and paint. Of course, this genre isn’t where you’ll find the most […]

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British, Military Miniatures, North Africa, Tanks and Vehicles

UM Models 1/72 SdKfz 139 Marder III

December 18, 2020by christopherpflueger Leave a comment

I like many of the subjects I can find in the UM Models catalogue, but for clean parts, clear instructions and ease of construction, I must say it’s not my […]

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German, Military Miniatures, North Africa, Tanks and Vehicles

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1/700 Ships

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HMS Nelson (Tamiya)
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Tamiya 1/700 OClass
Tamiya 1/700 OClass
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IJN Agano
IJN Agano
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Trumpeter 1/700 HMS Eskimo
Trumpeter 1/700 HMS Eskimo
Hasegawa 1/700 Battleship Ise with Gold Medal Models PE Parts
Hasegawa 1/700 Battleship Ise with Gold Medal Models PE Parts
Agano_003
Prinz Eugen and Bismarck.
Prinz Eugen and Bismarck.
20200718_182936
Shokaku_012
Hornet wake_002
German Harbor_002
Yamato_013 P1
USS Princeton (Pit Road)
USS Princeton (Pit Road)
USS Indianapolis
USS Indianapolis
U-Boote 016 dk
IJN Notoro_011
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IJN Arashio
IJN Arashio
DKM Gneisenau (Tamiya)
DKM Gneisenau (Tamiya)
IJN Abukuma_007
Agano_015 bw
HMS King George V
HMS King George V
Mikazuki_011
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IJN Suzuya
Agano_028
USS Ticonderoga 007 bw1
DKM Bismarck (Aoshima)
DKM Bismarck (Aoshima)

1/72 Aircraft

SBD Dauntless_in_flight_001
Ju 87 B-2 Stuka_034
WWI Airfield_013
P-51D Mustang_007
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bf-109-e-4_017
a-20 011bw_640x480
WWI Airfield_002
F4u-1_Corsair_019
PV-1 Ventura_in_flight_006
A6M5 Zeke duo_017
F-15C Eagle_002
F4u-1_Corsair_030
in-flight shots_01 033 bw
storch_004
ki-48-ii_lily_in_flight-002
USAAF Resupply_B-17_006
RAF Dio with Blenheim and Spits 072
Hurricane I_006
Lutwaffe Airfield_034
1/72 Westland Lysander
1/72 Westland Lysander
Stuka Airfield_010
tbf-1_002
Hasegawa F-104J
Hasegawa F-104J
Too Late.
Too Late.
Do17E_004
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Italeri F-104G
Italeri F-104G
P-61B_010
Swordfish_003
P-47D_027
academy-ju87-stuka-g-1_002
P-47 razorback_012
F4u-1_Corsair_009
Bf 110 E-2 Trop_002
horsa-glider-with-british-paratroops_011
1/72 Avro Lancaster
1/72 Avro Lancaster
phantom 001c2
K5Y2 Type 93 Willow_002
C-47
C-47
WWI Airfield_030
F9f Panther_018
Italeri F-104C
Italeri F-104C

1/72 Tanks and Vehicles

SU-152 by PST Models
SU-152 by PST Models
Dragon 1/72 Ka-Mi w/out pontoons
Dragon 1/72 Ka-Mi w/out pontoons
RAF Airfix_018
ESCI Green Devils Fallschirmjäger_008
Italeri German Motorcycles and Afrika Korps_010
Dragon 1/72 Ke-Nu
Dragon 1/72 Ke-Nu
SU-76M II_002 dk
PSW 234/3 Stummel by Hasegawa
PSW 234/3 Stummel by Hasegawa
French in France 1940_014
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Crocodile and Mk VII
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Crocodile and Mk VII
Sturmtiger_Dragon_1-72_002
T-26 M1933_003 DK
RAF Emergency and Fueling Vehicles_004
SdKfz. 184 Elefant_007
rommel 006s
1/72 Renault R35
1/72 Renault R35
Tiger I_Mid_Nr131_Trumpeter_1-72_020
Churchill Mk III "Kingforce"
Churchill Mk III “Kingforce”
a9-cruiser-cs_006
PzKw IVG winter P2
PzKw V Panther G_Hasegawa_004
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Crocodile and Mk VII
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Crocodile and Mk VII
arras-dio-047c
ABM 42 47mm_003
Cromwell_Revell_006
RPM 1/72 Staghound II
RPM 1/72 Staghound II
Japanese Beach 085
arras-dio-011c
Chi-Nu 008
rommel 012crops
montys-grant_001
T-26 A43_003
JS-2M by PST Models
JS-2M by PST Models
T-26-4_003 L1
a13-desert_001
RAF Emergency and Fueling Vehicles_003
M4A1(W)VVSS_L1
Tiger I_Late_Nr112_Dragon_1-72_002
PzKw V Panther D_004
New Tanks ii 001dk
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Mk VII
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Mk VII
Priest North Africa_002
Shermans North Africa_007
desert landscape 8-19-11 148a
Tiger I_Late_Nr112_Dragon_1-72_031
Jagdtiger_Nr314_Trumpeter_1-72_007
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Crocodile
Airfix 1/76 Churchill Crocodile
Cossack Cavalry_023
M4 Mid Production Trumpeter_044
Jeep Heller_P1
PzKw IIIM new_004 dk
New Tanks 020

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