Tag: tanks
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JS-2 Tank – Part Two – Can Vermibus
I should have known better – but in my defence I was unsupervised in front of a computer… The Facebook group that deals with 1/35 scale tanks is quite skilled in their model building. Every day there are pictures of builds or completed models that have amazing detail, fine camouflage, and careful weathering. They far…
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Are We There Yet, Daddy?
Or in scale modelling terms: is it real yet, Daddy? There comes a time in every scale model build – whether it is with scratch-built parts, a kit, or a box of Lego – when it becomes real. Perhaps not real as in finished, but real as in a model of something under construction. And…
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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…
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The Rough Finish
My modelling club has a number of senior members who seem to build model armour as their specialty. I don’t know if they are former members of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps or not, though from conversations a number certainly seem to be ex-servicemen. I am envious of their kits – the modern tanks in…
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Sandown Park 2019 – Part Two – Tanks For The Memories
I am not really an armoured vehicle person as yet. It is not an aversion – just a lack of attraction. Perhaps this will alter in the future, though I hope I will not have to step to yet another scale if I do try it. 1:72 and 1:76 seem to be rewarding enough. I…
The Little World 