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Israeli Mirage IIICJ – Defender of the Galilee 1981
The Israeli version of the Mirage III, also known as the Shahak was the single most iconic aircraft of the 1967 Six-Day War. These graceful and sleek fighters of the…
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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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Wicked Wanda in Afghanistan – AC130H Specter Gunship by Minicraft
Among America’s weapons deployed against the insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, one of the most feared for lethality and its psychological effect is the AC130-series gunship. Originally started in the Vietnam War when Gatling machineguns were mounted through the windows of the DC-3 cargo planes, the weapons got heavier and…
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Light and Mighty Tanks of WW2 – The Panzer 38(t) in Operation Barbarossa from Tamiya
When Nazi Germany annexed Czechoslovakia in 1938, they acquired the industrial capabilities of that small republic. Among these were the Skoda and Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk (ČKD) who were jointly producing the LT-35 tank (later, the Panzer 35(t)).The Germans quickly recognized the potential of ČKD’s type 38 tank design, and quickly co-opted…
Light and Mighty Tanks of WW2 – Academy’s M3 Stuart “Honey”
Not all the mightiest tanks of WW2 were hulking behemoths. Some of the best and effective tanks were light and small, moving at lightning speed to strike and harry the enemy, carry out reconnaissance, and to move through terrain that may impede heavier and larger tanks. I start this series…
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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 Tiger, and covered entirely in sloped armor, the Jagdpanther was very difficult to knock out from the ground. Most of…
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