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Vespid Model’s Jagdpanther G1 – Facing the Soviet Tide
The Jagdpanther Sdkfz. 173 G1 was one of the most fearsome and effective tank destroyers of WW2. Armed with the formidable 88mm PAK43 that was also used on the King…
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Paul Ooi Modelworks was as model building service in the Twin Cities from 2011 to 2018. I have since relocated to Northern Colorado and now only build for my own recreation. I have been building plastic model kits on and off since 1972, my first kit being an Airfix 1/72 scale P47 Thunderbolt (still a favorite after all these years).
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Trumpeter’s MiG-31B Foxhound – Moscow’s Aerial Defender
When Viktor Belenko defected with his MiG-25 Foxbat in 1976, he told his US debriefing team that the Soviets were developing a “Super Foxbat”. This turned out to be the Mig-31 that started production in 1979. The Foxhound, as it is codenamed by NATO, had a similar outline as its…
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Superdetailing the HobbyBoss F-15C Eagle – Aggressor in the Sky
The F-15 series air superiority fighter has been the symbol of American air dominance in the world for the last quarter of the 20th century extending into the first decade of the 21st century. The fighting ability of this remarkable aircraft has been demonstrated by its air-to-air combat kill record…
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BMW R75 Motorbike and Sidecar – The Wehrmacht’s War Horse
Just ask anyone to name the most important war machines in Germany’s WW2 arsenal and you may get, all with strong justification, names like the Tiger tank, the Messerschmitt Bf-109 or the U-boats. The BMW R75 motorbike should be added to this illustrious list as the motorbike was a…
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The German Griffin – Heinkel He177 A5 Greif with Fritz X
The majority of the Luftwaffe bombers in WW2 tend to be medium bombers designed for tactical missions. Examples like the Ju88 and Heinkel He111 were excellent for the task of supporting the German Blitzkrieg, flying ahead of the armored columns to soften enemy positions ahead of the assault. This stood…
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