Features

This beautiful ISU-152 comes from Reichsfox and is the old Dragon kit. This is his first weathering with salt and it looks incredible!

Michael Fichtenmayer (Fichtenfoo) brings us his finished Trumpeter KV-2.

HeavyArty brings OIF a bit closer to home. A well done commisioned work. It's Tamiya's M2A2 w/ Academy's interior and Dragon figures.

Here is a wonderful diorama that shows off the talents of a favorite modeler. This shows great form, composition, and techniques.

Karl Broom (Tigeriv) Shows us his Dragon Tiger (Late Production).

Morten Andersen (Houborg) shows us his painting skills with this T55 in Iraqi colours.

This is Bigtank's 'cardboard whippet' as he puts it, although he uses whatever materials are necessary in it's construction, such as the individual resin links he cast.

Frank Portela (Clanky44) shows us another of his 1/48 masterpieces. Thanks Frank.

Gino P. Quintiliani (HeavyArty) brings us a closer look at his M60A2 w/CBSS. It's actually an Esci M60A3 hull mated to Tamiya's M60A2 turret. With scratch built barrel and other parts on the turret.

For those who ever wanted to make a wooden fence, Shed, Barn, roadsign whatever you want to make from wood. This might be an interesting technique for you. I share a way to make wood out of plastic

M2A2 OIF from Gino P. Quintiliani (HeavyArty). Represents a vehicle from 3-15 IN, 3ID during OIF 1. Built using the Tamiya M2A2 ODS kit with rear troop area from Academy M2 kit. Added many missing bolts and other features Tamiya missed on the ODS upgra

This is James Crichton's Merkava Mk. III C which uses the Academy as base kit with legends conversion.

Steve Keegan's (WeWillHold) Dozer from Calibre 35 in 1/35th.

This is Frank Portela's (Clanky44) Panther G from Tamiya.

Piotr Surm's T-34/85 just after the battle for Berlin. He used a Dragon kit with added Aber photoetch and armorscale barrel.

Ayhan Toplu (Atoplu) brings us these pictures of his white washed Tamiya T34/85.

This is the Dragon Sdkfz.165 Hummel in 1/35 scale. The model was painted with Humbrol enamels and Tamiya acrylics. It was then weathered with artist oil washes and drybrushed.

Dragon's new 251/17 Ausf.D w/2cm Scwebelafette. Another brilliant addition to their halftrack range!

Agustin Tomas C. Tria Tirona (GIBeregovoy) uses the Tamiya Challenger 2 (Desertised) as seen in Op Telic as the basis for producing an accurate Challenger 2.

Jurjen Zuijdendorp (Jurjen), brings us a useful little feature for beginner's on the differences between Metal Friul and plastic Modelkasten aftermarket tracks.

This is a wonderful diorama by madspaniards 9 year old son - Vasco. This diorama won 1st place in the IPMS Portugal, Junior class.

M47 - Somali Army ca.1990 model built and painted by Maximilian Frömter Kit: Italeri Machinegun: Verlinden Figures: Warriors Painted with Humbrol and Revell enamels & weathered with Mig Pigments

Eduards first 1/35th scale armor kit builds into a good looking miniature!

Sean Lynch brings us his representation of the Dragon M1 Panther II kit.

This is a nice urban based diroama with lots of interesting details to search for.

Here we bring you the first ever winner of he Armour Model of the Month - Novembers in fact. This is Bigshot by Coca.

This diorama depicts a German 88mm Flak unit from the Großdeutschland division, during the fight on the Eastern Front. The snow has melted away in the Baltic Sea city Memel, late spring 1945.

Frank Portela shows just what is possible in 1/48th scale with these displays. They consist of the M4, Stug IIIb, Tamiya Tiger, Skybow Tiger and the T-34. The M4 and the Stug IIIb have LionRoar PE and MV lenses, the Skybow and Tamiya Tigers are OOB, t

The Flak 37 was an improvement over the 36, mainly in terms of its fire control system. This small difference is reflected in the parts breakdown of this kit as opposed to the Flak 36 kit

In this, the second of the new feature series 'Armor Resources' , the previously published articles on the KV Series of Soviet Heavy Tanks are tied-together. This feature includes kit, conversion set and book reviews along with features and links to othe

An interesting kit from Italeri, of the Sd.Kfz. 232 6 Rad armoured car. This was produced for the German army in the 1930’s but used in the very early stages of WWII.

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This is a long feature taking you through the entire processof building a diorama. From the planning to the weathering.

Vinnie Branigan constructs and reviews the hotly anticipated Panzer IV E from Dragon that showed so much promise. In the end did it deliver?

From the Dragon 3 in 1 kit # 6233

Rob Lively tells us how he built a diorama based on the 7.5cm PaK 40.

Dominique Vanderschaeghe (Vanderboer) brings us his FT-17, scale & manufacturer unknown.

In recent years, both Dragon Models and AFV Club have been releasing a good number of variants of that most fascinating of vehicles - the Sd Kfz 251 in 1/35th scale. The 251 series is however, a bit of a minefield for modellers..

Eric nous décrit de façon simple et détaillée comment réaliser un palmier pas cher et réaliste. Il utilise des feuilles en soie et d'autres matières basiques. Voici une bonne lecture pour vous les rats du désert !

Dragon's Latest 251 variant the 251/2 mit Wurfrahmen, built and weathered.

Another release of a different version, with re-tooled parts. The first Sd.Kfz 265 that Dragon released came in for a bit of stick over its idler wheels, which were generally considered incorrect.

The diorama shows you a scene during the late war period on the Eastern front. German troops have managed to knock out a soviet T34 tank and after a while, during a break in the fights, they walk to the tank to investigate it.

Frank Glackin (PlasticBattle) and his OOB Academy 113 Fitter

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Jurjen brings us his KV-1E

Simple, well stated, well illustrated, method for making nice clumps of grass for a base or a full diorama.