Malcolm Cuming
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Adrian Hopwood
1:9 Scale
A Czech-ered Turtle! Mark Bannerman Builds Takom’s 1:35 scale kit for the unusual looking Skoda PA-II Armoured Car. TOP: Skoda PA-IIs on manoeuvres. The figure is a Hornet offering and is painted in oils. (Image courtesy of Photoshop) ABOVE: A Czech PA-II of the Assault Vehicles Regiment, 1931. (Photo source unknown) Developed by the Skoda […]
Models,Shows, East West Bernard Cher’sView from & Singapore! On a recent trip to Singapore I recorded a chat I had with Bernard Cher about model making. Bernard is the quiet spoken proprietor of The MWORKSHOP in Singapore’s Bencoolen Street. As you speak with him, his infectious enthusiasm for model making soon comes to the fore. […]
Bill Hearne’s – WWI M/C COMBINATION With the emergence of this new, exciting magazine [Military Modelling] one cannot help but imagine what it is likely to do to stimulate fresh interest amongst the already established military modelling fraternity and to what degree it will influence and encourage the yet un-addicted to the absorbing craft. Letting […]
Return from Dunkirk A diorama and figure conversion combo by Peter Gillson The Navy helping the Army return There are times when figures just cry out to be built, but not necessarily as the figure designer envisaged, or even as I first envisaged. This is just such a situation. One of my favourite areas of […]
The model set in a winter scene (Courtesy of Photoshop) Soviet Juggernaut on Rails HobbyBoss Soviet Draisine ‘Krasnaja Zvezda’ by Mark Bannerman ABOVE: HobbyBoss‘s release of a Soviet Draisine ‘Krasnaja Zvezda’ (kit number 82912) in 1/72 scale. Background A draisine is a light auxiliary rail wagon equipped to transport crew and material necessary for the […]
David kicks off … I built my pair of “light VTs” straight out of the box in a matter of hours, with out any problems. Assembly is simple and very positive, thanks to several good location blocks. The only area which you might find a little trying cleaning up the beautifully delicate tracks. I added […]
Converting Historex