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Lt. Cushing’s Union Steam Picket Boat Number One, October 1864
The advent of ironclad warships in the American Civil War instantly changed the rules of naval warfare. The menacing hulks were difficult to destroy and shore batteries see their cannon…
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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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Full Speed Ahead! USS Hercules (PHM-2) & USS Taurus (PHM3) at the Florida Keys
The Pegasus Class hydrofoil patrol craft were once the fastest surface vessels in the US. However their careers were pretty short between 1977 to 1993. This was mainly due to changing naval operations doctrines and a lack of acceptance of these unusual vessels among more traditional-minded commanders.…
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Battle of Berlin 1989 – Berlin Brigade Chieftain Mk. 10
At the height of the Cold War, the MBT used by Great Britain in Germany was the Chieftain medium tank. The successor to the venerable Centurion, the Chieftain featured a more powerful engine, a rifled 120mm gun, and sloped armor that was the main feature of the turret design.…
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White Russian – RUSBAT 2 BTR-80 in Sarajevo 1994 (бронетранспортер-80)
Russian involvement with UN peacekeeping missions started with the trouble in the Balkans in the early 1990’s. Prior to that, the Soviet Union did not involve itself directly with UN peacekeeping, and so the appearance of former Soviet hardware in UN colors was a novelty then. The mission of Rusbat-2…
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“あそこで!” (Over There!) – The Guardian by Black Sun Miniatures
I came upon this resin kit of a guardian robot and a feisty boy recently from Black Sun UK. Instead of the suggested sunny yellow scheme, I decided to try something different in muted shades of teal and vermilion. A traveling child with a mighty robot is a recurring theme…
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