Thursday, January 8, 2026

Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkrad Vignette by Dave Blankenship

 Dragon's 1/35 Kettenkrad and a Warriors figure in a small vignette. Both were painted with Vallejo acrylics.







Italian AB41 Armored Car by Bernie Dietrich

 

Bernie's 1/35 Italeri AB41 as it would have appeared in Sicily. He painted it with Atom paints and added a Masterbox figure to accompany the Italeri tank crewman. The base is a generic resin piece.








King Tiger II by Terry McKeown

 Here's another King Tiger by Terry. This one is Dragon's release of the early model of the King Tiger II.  The kit is painted with Tamiya acrylics over an AK primer. Oils and mud paste were used to weather the beast. 



Terry reports that it was an easy build and has lots of detail parts that make it stand out. He used the kit decals and did add 3-D printer tool clamps.


The figure is a Tamiya German tank commander. 




Thursday, November 13, 2025

T34-122 (T-122) by Chan Jackson

This is the 2001 boxing of Maquette's 1/35th T-122.  It came with a nicely done resin turret but suffered from excessive flash and some very thick parts. The individual track links were thick and fit poorly so Chan borrowed a set of link and length track from a Trumpeter kit.



Chan painted the kit with Krylon primer and Tamiya acrylics for the camouflage scheme and modulation effects. Mig and AK enamels, oils, and pigments were used to weather the model.






The figure is a VLS Warriors offering painted with Vallejos acrylics. 




Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Sd.Kfz.250/10 by Terry McKeown

   

 

Terry's 1/35th Dragon Sd.Kfz. 250/10 finished with Tamiya paints and an oil wash weathering. The kit was an easy build with lots of detail.









Sd./Kfz.250/9 by Terry McKeown

 Another Dragon Sd.Kfz. 250 by Terry. This time the 250/9 .







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.