ww2

So the Italians got shamed when they thought they could just roll into Greece. Then Germany said enough of this, and did their thing, much more convincingly. Convincingly enough for the British to divert troops and resources of an already overstretched Mediterranean mandate to lend a hand. Too...

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...

So what would you build to counter the threat of the LRDG and SAS coming and going as they please from the deep desert? ... another old one from the Italian shelf (Aug 2023), any new Italian vehicles will have to be built. Suffice it to say that I just think it is another odd, but way-cool...

So the Brits had a problem: Italy was firmly entrenched to the west of Egypt and the Suez, but they had also colonized the Horn of Africa to the East. That could not stand, so they decided to confront the Italian and Colonial armies to the east. South Africa stepped up to the challenge and one...

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...

Probably everyone has built one of these, by Tamiya. I thought I'd give it a try, had just finished reading about the Kasserine Pass debacle, and of the combined forces 'minding the gate' Not too many photos in 2016 when I built it, but I had started being more diligent about pics that I would...

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...

... give you all a break from my current Italian obsession! This is from my 'pre-weathering' and 'retirement' days, a little project fit into a very busy work and homelife! Must have been exhilarating, if not terrifying to zoom along the few, and completely exposed 'mettled' roads in Libya...

... just when you thought things couldn't get any smaller! Meet the 'tankette': sounds like the name a piece of women's apparel! But the Italians were serious about these, and produced many during the interwar period. Seemed like a good idea at the time I suppose... and face it, who has the...

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'...

Think I'll have learned anything by the time I get through this flash mob? Either they are line dancing, or door crashing a Black Friday Sale at the hobby store! I wasn't kidding about being on an Italian binge! Okay, I can't possibly use all of them, but the experience I gain will be worth...

Hey! My first tank, completed this fall. The Tamiya Carro Armato M13/40 As mentioned elsewhere, I've mostly been working on the WW2 softskin vehicles seen in North Africa. I have built some tracked vehicles, but this was my first full on TANK. (full disclaimer: as part of my Italian craze, I...

Hey! Just what you want from Santa: a theodolite! Mentioned this scratch-built gizmo to OldManModeller... I hope this is the right place to show it, I know it is not a diorama, but it could very well live in one, it tells a story. I don't build dioramas, but like to accessorize, too much fun...

Doing a French Hedgerows diorama this year trying to have it done by county fair season. Does anyone know of anything else i can enter it in around the Utah-Southern Idaho area? Here are some pictures. A lot of the techniques im using are a first time for me. I think if i did something similar...

Mikromir made a beautiful version of the Fokker G1, a Dutch heavy fighter that was fielded in very limited numbers during the opening stages of WW2 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/mikromir-48-016-fokker-g-1a-3d--1417619 This kit has a few extra parts 3d printed, though the Mercuries from the...

Just started building dioramas a few months ago. This is my first post on a scale model forum. Recently completed a diorama which depicts a V-1 Rocket Bomb set up on the launch sled. I based the design off of pictures I found online as well as some YouTube documentaries about the V-1 bomb. The...

Pulled this from my stash https://www.scalemates.com/kits/miniart-35098-kp-42--107781 Russian field kitchen from Miniart, quality stuff as usual. Finished the kit and are now working on the base, gonna cover the ground with snow.