WWII
A13 Mkl CRUISER TANK Mark III
120mm Alpine Panzer Officer Me? Paint a 120mm Panzer Officer! By Jay Laverty Converted model AFV and aircraft modeller Jay Laverty relates his basic painting techniques for the mediocre figure modeller – using an airbrush on an Alpine Miniatures German tank crewman! A Source of Ridicule! I have to confess straight away to not being […]
Scratch Build:
Now for something completely different! Chris Lentzy scratch builds a U-boat periscope complete with interior scene of a torpedoed ship Recently I was lucky enough to obtain a copy of the maintenance manual of a WWll U-boat periscope. The manual describes the operation and maintenance of the ASR C/ 6 periscope. This was the air […]
GUIDED MISSILES . . .
Rounding Up the Booby Traps From the Intelligence Bulletin February 1945 “We haven t seen any booby traps for the past two weeks.” That’s the kind of statement that can spell trouble if it leads to any slackening of precautionary measures. As soon as Allied vigilance relaxes, the stage is set for the Germans to […]
1:9 Scale
A Czech-ered Turtle! Mark Bannerman Builds Takom’s 1:35 scale kit for the unusual looking Skoda PA-II Armoured Car. TOP: Skoda PA-IIs on manoeuvres. The figure is a Hornet offering and is painted in oils. (Image courtesy of Photoshop) ABOVE: A Czech PA-II of the Assault Vehicles Regiment, 1931. (Photo source unknown) Developed by the Skoda […]
THE NEW 88 AND ITS CARRIAGES