Tag: AFV

• Polish Tankette – Part Two – Better Than Nostalgia

  

  Remember that great nostalgia we got before the war – it always fried up crispy and you could go from here to Sydney on it for 17 shillings… Well, I never went to Sydney for 17 shillings, but I did go to Don’s Hobby Shop in Calgary on Saturday mornings and spent my pennies on…

  Dick Stein

  February 13, 2023

  1:35 scale, design, frugality, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Museums, Polish models, research, Uncategorized

  AFV, nostalgia, Polish kit, value for money

• Polish Tankette – Part One – A Gem Off The Shelf

  

  This kit is the second venture I’m making in 1/35 scale – and this is a deliberate choice, rather than a chance purchase. The little Polish armoured car kit that I bought for a dollar proved to be so much fun to build that I determined to add more to the Stein’s Military World museum.…

  Dick Stein

  February 13, 2023

  1:35 scale, Acrylic, adhesives, finances, frugality, Hobby Shops, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Painting, Polish models, Uncategorized

  AFV, IBG, Polish kit, starter kit

• The Big Local Scale Model Exhibition – Part Seven – Tanks For The Memories

  

  At one time I would have regarded armour models and military vehicles with only minor interest – I am an aviation modeller. Yet, the need for prop vehicles for my airfields, and then civilian vehicles, has meant an increased recognition of the little machines. And recently a dollar purchase of a Polish armoured car in…

  Dick Stein

  May 8, 2022

  1:35 scale, 1:72 scale, Collecting, Colour Schemes, Military models, Model building club, Museums, Painting

  AFV, paint, Tamiya, tanks, Weathering