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ChTZ S-65 Stalinetz
During the Second World War the Soviets relied heavily on the use of tractors for their heavy artillery and mortars to make their way across the battlefield. The most ominous of these was the ChTZ S-65...
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“Before the Leaves Have Fallen”
It is almost unimaginable to comprehend the extreme level of discomfort and suffering the average foot soldier endured during World War I. Fear and death his constant companions; the only refuge was...
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Rust & Bones – Hind MIL-24
This is one of those projects that I do just for the heck of it. At least at the time I was building this model I had no particular goal, no particular magazine space needs to be filled, no...
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2S1 Gvozdika SPG
The 2S1 Gvozdika (Carnation) was the standard Red Army self-propelled howitzer platform. The type was recognized by the West in 1974 and given the designation “M1974″. Production was undertaken at...
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Buried Alive – History & Revision
The backdrop for this scene is the epic battle of Kursk, or Operation Citadel, when in the summer of 1943, German and Russian forces clashed in an titanic struggle for supremacy. Each side throwing...
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Red Army War Wagon – BTR 80
The BTR was the logical evolution of the wheeled armored personnel carrier BTR series that more or less hit its stride in the 1960/s with the development of the BTR-60. The BTR-80 was based upon the...
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M48 – Cheap Thrills
The Vietnam War formally began in September of 1959, with the arrival of American advisers, though the strength in numbers for the American combat forces did not occur until around 19656. The M48 was...
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Weathering the Rails
If you happen to read these articles in any sort of sequential manner, you’ll notice that it’s been quite a while since I’ve updated. Kinda sucks! Not so much for you as I doubt that you pay too much...
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God is Great
Dispatch Report by John Cantlie (Independent Reporter) – The Telegraph. The sound of the caterpillar tracks could be felt as much as heard, a deep rumble that sent a rattle through windows and a...
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Hellcat – Action in the Pacific
The F6F Hellcat design started development as a upgraded version of the F4F Wildcat design, but by the time a final design was completed it had became a completely different breed altogether, not even...
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Frankfurt Main AG
If there was ever one of those Just Do Something to Do Something projects, this is certainly it!! I had contacted my friend Charlie Pritchett who is working with the TAKOM model company. I took...
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End of the Line
Retired from the tracks, many old locomotives find themselves left to decay in forgotten graveyards of steel and rust. Once proud and powerful, the crippled Iron Horse is put out to pasture to...
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Puddle Jumper
The echo of a buzzing engine reverberates off of the steep mountain slopes while a small plane begins a quick descent towards a small, sparkling wilderness lake below. A muffled thump and a splash...
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Full Metal Monster
In a letter written in 1487, Leonardo da Vinci wrote the following; “I can make armored cars, safe and unassailable, which will enter the closed ranks of the enemy with their artillery, and no company...
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French Firepower AMX13/90
It’s usually at about this point in most modeling articles that the author provides a brief description of the vehicle in question. Quite honestly, if I were to give any sort of technical or service...
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Shoot to Thrill
The images that have come to us during these past years from the Ukrainian Crisis have certainly have been compelling; often showing the despair, tragedy, and destruction that comes with war. But for...
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Chariots of Firepower
The Merkava or ”Chariot” is Israel’s first domestically designed and produced main battle tank. It was developed in the late 1970’s after Israel was unable to procure the British Chieftain....
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Where the Streets Have No Name
As military modelers we often throw around the phrase; “living in the golden age of modeling”. And while it is certainly true that the variety and quality of the kits that are now available are...
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Mono-Wing & a Prayer
Professor Hugo Junkers was one of the great revolutionaries in the history of aviation development. Junkers became a professor of mechanical engineering at Aachen University in 1897, where he remained...
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Flying Dutchman : Fokker DVII
When World War I ended in 1918, the Armistice required, among other things, that Germany turns over 1,700 warplanes, including “all D.VII’s.” Thus did the Allies compliment the boyish Dutchman whose...
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