1/72 DAK Recon Vehicles
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 […]
Category Archives: North Africa
1/72 Scale 25-Pounders in North Africa
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 […]
Airfix 1/72 Fieseler Storch
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 […]
Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 A9 Cruiser Tanks
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 […]
UM Models 1/72 SdKfz 139 Marder III
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 […]
Monty’s Command Tank, Grant Mk I, Mirage 1/72
My son and I have been very busy in the hobby space working on a “desert unit” of all things from the North African campaign. That theatre is one of […]
Airfix 1/72 Bf 110E Trop
During the pandemic I have been building a lot of models with my son, but I have not been posting — with a young family and teacher’s job, I haven’t […]
Airfix 1/72 Ju87B-2 Stuka Diorama
The kit featured here, Airfix’s excellent new-tool Stuka in desert camouflage, was most enjoyable to build.
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 […]
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 general’s-eye view of the war in the desert.
