Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Sd.Kfz.250/10 by Terry McKeown
Thursday, September 11, 2025
M3 Stuart With Quad 50 by Chan Jackson
This unique vehicle (along with a rocket launcher version) represents modifications Brazil made to three M3/M5's which they used well into the 1980's. The model is a kit bash of Tamiya's M3 and the quad 50 gun is from their M16 halftrack.
The kit was painted with Tamiya and AK paints. The figure carrying the ammo crate is an old VLS item and the one on the tank was taken from the spares box and shall henceforth remain unidentified.
Israeli M-51 Super Sherman by Dave Blankenship
This is Dragon's original (1997) boxing of the M51 built pretty much out of the box. The only changes were the addition of small chains to the smoke launcher covers, a cover on the spotlight, tarps and a bit of stowage on the rear deck.
M4A3 "Black Panthers" Sherman by Chan Jackson
After watching several YouTube videos on the 761st "Black Panthers, Chan decided to build a diorama of the group. The model is an Italeri M4A3 shelf queen he built years ago and thought he'd give new life to by incorporating it into this small diorama.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
British Bishop Self-Propelled Gun by Chan Jackson
Another outstanding small diorama by Chan using the old Alan(ger) Bishop 25-pounder SPG. Due to its age, the kit was rather hit-or-miss in molding and fit. Since the Bishop was based on a Valentine chassis, Chan borrowed some parts from a Tamiya Valentine to improve the look of the vehicle. On the positive side, the Alan kit did have some nice interior detail.
Leopard VK1602 by Terry McKeown
Terry built the HobbyBoss Leopard VK1602 (a scaled-down Panther replacement for the Lynx) pretty much out-of-the-box, only replacing the tracks with a set from a Dragon kit. He painted it with Tamiya paints and weathered it with oils.