Hasegawa 1/72 F/A-18F Super Hornet
Although I stick these days almost exclusively to World War Two subjects, I do have a small collection of later jet aircraft, and they can make a nice change of […]
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1/72 Tiger I by Plastic Soldier Company
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.
1/72 British in Normandy Collection
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.
1/72 Plastic Soldier Company Sherman M4A4 and Firefly Tank, and 1/72 Airfix Firefly
This PSC kit contains parts for three vehicles, and as they always do, PSC gives you all the parts you need to make them all Fireflies, all 75mm Shermans, or […]
1/72 Plastic Soldier Company Universal Carrier Variants and 6-pdr with Lloyd Carrier
Plastic Soldier Company kits have been fun for my son and me to work on together. By offering two, three, four or, as in this case, seven vehicles in one […]
Eduard 1/72 Spitfire Mk IXe ProfiPack
For me, this kit was a perseverance project. I actually considered throwing it away without finishing it when I was about midway through. This is my story.
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?
1/72 Mitsubishi G4M1 (“Betty”) with Ohka
Over all my years of collecting and building models, I never had a Betty… until I saw this old kit in the local hobby store. I saw the price tag of $13 (you can see the sticker in my box-top image) and thought, “Now’s my chance!”
1/72 Ki-84 Hayate (“Frank”)
In keeping with a trend in my adult-era model-building, I am pretty much doing a new version of most models I have, including this one, which I first built around 30 years ago.
Schopenhauer's Workshop 