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Another little vehicle for the Italian collection, I may give it the Regio Esercito treatment, rather than the DAK. That be soooo tiny! I know what you're thinking: "that's not a model, why its hardly even an appetizer!" Let's see if we can't just make it tasty! Cheers

... can't sleep, too many thoughts running round my brain! Here is another one from the display case, built in May 2018. There aren't many build photos, and the camo is quite likely fanciful - I wanted to try two things, the pattern that was used in Tunisia on some trucks, not long before the...

Early 2023 build, first time Mirror kit. PE from LZ Models. Instruction drawings pretty easy to follow. Fit good, not always a clear reference location. I certainly like LZs catalogue, many British and CMP, LRDG trucks and accessories from MIrror and Thunder Models. ... like the stuff I've...

Direct to you from the fall of 2023 (pre Italo-mania): The BEEP, otherwise known as 3/4 Ton 4x4 Weapons Carrier - WC52 (originally I listed it as WC51, this one has the extended area to accommodate the winch) They had the distinction of landing in West Africa as part of Operation Torch, making...

On another thread about French Bis1 in North Africa, @urumomo reminded me of the considerable amount of 'acquisition' and 'booty' put into service "Beutepanzer" (in the case of tanks) Here is a very serviceable lorry, which was in high demand as the pugilists bashed their way back and forth...

In the Thread 'How to create an album' https://www.scalemodeladdict.com/threads/how-to-create-an-album.16156/, Jakko surmised that " IMHO, images attached to messages are much more useful than in albums"! Well that was Dec 19th, I figured it out, and there has been no reaction to the album! So...

Early on, not long after getting back into modelcraft, my first effort being an SAS jeep, I started reading up on Sterling and his band of 'misfits', as well as the much more respectable lads of the LRDG. I read about a Ford he had acquired, modified and dressed up a la DAK, with the intent of...

... while reading up on the SAS and LRDG, I came across references to training in Lebanon, and that started me digging. I hadn't ever looked into the interwar period, after T.E. Lawrence had made his spectacular appearance in the mid east. Low and behold, I trip on some photos of the Black Watch...

Another in my series of Italian vehicles from June 2023, the Tamiya 508CM Coloniale Staff Car! It was a fun little build, and provided yet another opportunity to over-rotate on details a more sane me might have ignored! "That's right, 2 Big Macs and a diet Coke" figures from: 'The Bodi'...