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| 1/76 Fujimi King Tiger prototype | |||||||
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| King Tiger 'Porsche turret' finished as second prototype. | Can be seen at the Bovington Tank Museum. | This vehicle was never issued to troops. | Note experimental exhaust fittings as seen on Bovington example. | Another view of the experimental exhaust fittings. | |||
| 1/72 ZIS6 truck and 122mm Howitzer | |||||||
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| 1/72 ZIS6 truck and 122mm Howitzer - Model kit by PST | Star Wars figure stand repurposed as a model base. Walls from the Airfix Forward command post. | Added some figures for interest. | Can you see the 'smoke'? | ||||
| Fujimi SU100 | |||||||
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| Fujimi SU100 | 1/76 scale | I like the wheels on this model. | Russian SU100 | Figure comes with the kit. | |||
| Airfix 25 pounder and crew | |||||||
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| Airfix 25 pounder and crew | Had to open up the limber to show it in use with dummy shells visible. | Figures are old but Airfix included a crew and I alwys wanted to see them 'in action'. | Overhead view showing base made from a plastic lid. | ||||
| Airfix 1/76 Cruader tank | |||||||
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| Airfix Crusader | Figures are from AB Figures | Easy build model. | Given a green 'European' finish. | ||||
| Airfix Scammell Tank transporter | |||||||
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| Airfix Scammell Tank transporter | New build includes glazing and other details added. | May need some tie-down chains if I can figure how they would attach. | Great attention paid to the 2 part tires to avoid a seam. | ||||
| Original Airfix Scammell Tank transporter | |||||||
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| Original Airfix Scammell Tank transporter - Approximate year of construction: 1964. | Carrying an Airfix Churchill from around the same time period. The Churchill has track rot in evidence. | Original has unpainted driver and cab interior and rather obvious join lines around the tires. Compare with new build above. | |||||
| Airfix Saladin armoured car | |||||||
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| Airfix Saladin armoured car. | Quick easy build. | Kept it simple. | Airfix Saladin joins my Minitanks, Dragon, and Tamiya Saladins - yes the old one. | ||||
| Airfix Scimitar | |||||||
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| Airfix Scimitar. | Chassis widened and details added. | Lots of external stowage. | Built 2026. | ||||
| Fujimi Panzer I | |||||||
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| Fujimi 1/76 Panzer I. | Panzer I B. | Trying to build all the Fujimi 1/76 kits. | 1/76 Panzer I in desert finish. | ||||
| Fujimi Hetzer | |||||||
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| Fujimi 1/76 Hetzer. | The Hetzer was a late war development. | Brief was to use the Hetzer chassis to mount a larger gun to fight armour. | That was basically the score. | ||||
| Fujimi STUG III Ausf D | |||||||
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| Fujimi STUG III Ausf D. | Early SP gun for infantry support. | Gun replaced with one from Airfix Panzer IV. | STUG III Ausf D has a short barreled 75mm gun. | ||||
| Airfix conversion - StuH 42 | |||||||
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| Airfix conversion - StuH 42. | Rebuilt mantlet from pastic card and new gun. | New gun incorporates plastic tube and part of an Airfix Centurion gun. | Overhead view of STUG III and StuH 42. | ||||
| 1/76 JagdPanther | |||||||
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| JagdPanther wall smasher. | Matchbox 1/76 JagdPanther. | Famous JagdPanther of WWII. | |||||
| 1/76 Fujimi Elefant | |||||||
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| Fujimi 1/76 Elefant | The Ferdinand became Elefant after addition of MG and armour. | Zimmerit added | Tow cables added. | ||||
| Minitanks Leopard | |||||||
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| Minitanks Leopard | Minitanks 1/87 scale Leopard I | Comes with turret basket. | |||||
| Airfix Leopard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airfix Leopard, 1/76 scale. | Finally built the Airfix Leopard tank. | Had to add the turret basket. Also replaced the molded-on tools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Revell Albatross D.III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Revell Albatross D.III | I occasionally build a WWI aircraft as a colorful 'releif' from tanks! | As these are fun builds I do not drive mysalf crazy | trying to add rigging. More power to those who can and do! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sometimes I win an award!. | |||||||
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| First place win for Indiana Jones Tank - IPMS 2014 | First place win for Marder II - IPMS 2014 | First place win for M3 Scout Car - IPMS 2015 | Second place for SAS Landrover - IPMS 2013 | Second place for M10 Tank Destroyer - IPMS 2015 | Second place for M4A1 DD - IPMS 2015 | Third place for a collection of Bishops - IPMS 2015 | |