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Model
Construction
- .50
Cal M2HB Mounts: One Style Does Not Fit All!
Hervé
"Charby" Charbonneau offers this very helpful overview of the
various .50 cal machine gun mounts so you can select the correct version for your
model. - 7.50-24
Wheel and Tire
Kurt Laughlin convinces us there is nothing tiring learning
about tires for the 105mm howitzer.
- A
Matter of Scale
In 1/35 scale, all figures are not created equal. - Aftermarket
Sets for the M10 Tank Destroyer
Martin Dogger presents an overview of upgrades and accessories. - Building
Academy's M3 Stuart
This little light tank gets some extra detailing
to represent one of the 194th Tank Battalion Stuarts defending the Philippines
in 1941-42. - Building
Academy's M7 Priest
Yeah,
it's got problems. Who doesn't? But if you're willing to put in some time and
skill into it, you can have a respectable intermediate version of this self-propelled
howitzer.
- Building
Academy's M7 Priest as an Accurate "Baboon"
The kit
comes with decals for Baboon, but its nose is out of joint, so to speak. Using
historical photos, I swap out the three-piece differential cover and add wading
stacks and more to build a better Baboon.
- Building AFV Club's LVT-4 Late Type Water Buffalo
A lot of wheels and little parts but once you get in the swim this builds up into a shipshape armored vehicle.
- Building
AFV Club's M18 Hellcat
Hervé Charbonneau tweaks and details this kit, mainly from scratch.
- Building
an M36B1 Conversion from Tank WorkShop
This "complete conversion"
falls a tad short.
- Building
C.G.M.'s U.S. WWII K38 A Trailer Cable Splicer for Jeep
Neat subject
needs some TLC.
- Building
DML's 105mm M1A1 Howitzer and M1A1 Carriage
It's
a sweet little kit, but it helps to have some references handy.
- Building
DML's T19 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
The
strengths of DML's refined half-track and 105mm howitzer overcome dodgy instructions.
- Building
Italeri's 105mm M101 Howitzer
It may be surpassed by DML, but it was
a good kit in its day and still suitable for younger modelers.
- Building
Italeri's 155mm Howitzer
It
needs a lot of work to make an accurate version of this important artillery piece,
but here's how you can do it.
- Building
Italeri's Dodge Ambulance
I add some detail to a sadly neglected kit.
- Building
Italeri's M7 Priest
After
nearly 20 years, I reacquaint myself with this classic kit.
- Building
Tamiya's M3 Lee
I try to make a silk purse out of this sow's ear.
- Building
Tamiya's M3 Stuart
A
lesser model can still be improved upon with a handful of simple changes.
- Foundry
Symbols and Trademarks, 1940 1945
If
you are interested in adding the correct foundry symbols that were cast onto significant
parts of many U.S. tanks, Kurt Laughlin's article will help you determine the
correct marking.
- MV
Lenses
A list of the popular replacement lenses for U.S. AFV head
and tail lights.
- Track
Usage In the 5th Army, 1944
Modelers
often ask what tracks are appropriate for a particular vehicle in a particular
place and time. Kurt Laughlin has the answers for the Fifth Army in Italy in 1944.
- U.S.
Army Pneumatic Tires of World War II
Kurt Laughlin explains the different
tires and road wheels used to keep the U.S. rolling forward to victory.
Joe
Burgess compiled this list of websites that are great sources of Sherman photos:
Random
Shots - A
Walk In the Sun
A historical overview of modeling U.S. WWII AFVs and
figures. - Why
Model "The Good Guys?"
How
to overcome the "German Mystique" and why olive drab still matters. - Ode
to the Tamiya Lee
Reflections upon the rumored scuttling of the Academy M3 Lee kit. - AMPS
2008
I attend my first national show of the Armor Modelers and Preservation
Society.
- Band
of Brothers
Why
clubs still matter in the age of technology.
- AMPS
2012
The olive drab is strong at the premier armor modeling show.
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