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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…
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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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The Polish Revenge – Sherman Firefly at Chambois 1944
The Sherman Firefly was the one Allied tank in the Western Front that brought dread and fear into the hearts of German tank crews. So much so that the German commanders ordered that all field units must target and destroy the Fireflies first before engaging other Allied tanks. The 17-…
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Sudden Death – HMS Hood at the Battle of Denmark Straits
Although she already had a long prior career in the Royal Navy as the largest battleship in the world in the 1920s and 30s, HMS Hood is forever associated with her fateful demise against the Bismarck on May 24th 1941. On paper, the two titans were pretty evenly matched and…
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The Bismarck – The Final Battle May 7th 1941
Those of us who grew up in the 60s may remember the hit song by Johnny Horton “Sink the Bismarck!”. The lyrics rang, “The Germans had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns…” and the mystic of the menacing Bismarck grew large in my mind. Fact check moment: the…
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“Meine Kameraden” – Messerschmitt Bf 110D in Sicily 1941
The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was originally conceived as a heavy fighter, but the model suffered heavily in the opening days of the battle of Britain. However, it went on to be very successful in the roles of fighter bomber, and night-fighter in other theaters of war. Zerstörergeschwader 26 was equipped…
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