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Chikyuu-ya (地球屋) or the Earth Shop from Whispers of the Heart
Chikyuu-ya or the Earth Shop was a mysterious antique store that was central to the plot of the Studio Ghibli movie “Whispers of the Heart”. Architecturally, the shophouse was an…
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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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HMS Malaya 1943 – From Jutland to Normandy
HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the Royal Navy built on the eve of The First World War. The fifth and last of that class that included the Warspite, and the Barham, the Malaya was a fast and heavily armed super-dreadnought in 1916. She was funded…
PT-91M Pendekar – Malaysia’s Armored Warrior
The Royal Malaysian Armored Corp was originally formed by the British in 1952 primarily operating scout cars and light armored cars for anti-insurgency actions. Until the 1960’s the predominant thinking was that only wheeled vehicles and light scout tanks were suitable for tropical operations. The terrain in Malaysia (both East…
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Singapore Shock -The AMX 13/75 in 1969
The AMX-13/75 was a light tank developed by AMX France in the early 50’s for use in fast deployment situations endemic in the post-colonial period after WW2. Many AMX-13’s were sold to Israel who in turn used them in large numbers throughout the 60’s, until the Six Day War in…
Racing to the Ramp – Israeli Shot Kal Alef (Modified Centurion) at the Golan Heights 1973
The struggle between Israel and Syria for the Golan Heights in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 was one of the epic battles pitting large numbers of tanks and APC’s. A small brigade of Israeli tanks comprised of about 100 modified Centurions delayed and defeated a Syrian infantry division five…
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