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      • WW2 Axis Aircraft
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      • Tractors and Buldozers
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    • NordicCon Show
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  • Tutorials
    • Tutorial 1: Making a Wooden Platform Helipad
    • Tutorial 2: Wooden Hard Stand for Aircraft
    • Tutorial 3: Filling Large Plastic Seams
    • Tutorial 4: Diorama, Sicily 1943
    • Tutorial 5: Making a Gun Emplacement with Earthworks
    • Tutorial 6: Basic figure painting (1/35 scale or 54mm)
    • Tutorial 7: Filling Large Mouse Bite Gouges
    • Tutorial 8: Frames for Vacuum Formed Clear Canopies
    • Tutorial 9: Prepared Tank Position Diorama
    • Tutorial 10: Installing Multi-Piece Track System
    • Tutorial 11: Masking and Painting “Bird-Cage” Clear Canopies
    • Tutorial 12 – Aircraft Wing Tip Navigation Lights with Colored Bulbs
    • Tutorial 13 – Installing Wood Laminate Deck for Model Warships
    • Tutorial 14 – Painting a Rusted Muffler and Exhaust Pipe System

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Fire and Water in the Mekong Delta – MRF Zippo and ATC, 1968

During the Vietnam conflict, one of the hardest areas to prevent infiltration of Vietcong insurgents and supplies into the areas close to Saigon was the large delta area formed where…

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Wicked Wanda in Afghanistan – AC130H Specter Gunship by Minicraft

Light and Mighty Tanks of WW2 – The Panzer 38(t) in Operation Barbarossa from Tamiya

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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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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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La diplomatie du Jaguar (Jaguar Diplomacy) – SEPECAT Jaguar A from Kitty Hawk

The SEPECAT (Société Européenne de Production de l’avion Ecole de Combat et d’Appui Tactique) Jaguar A fighter-bomber was the result of a joint development in the 1960s between the UK and France, combining the resources of BAC and Breguet. The aircraft was designed to be a low-flying strike aircraft with reasonably…

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Bandai’s High Grade ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam – “Fighting Freedom”

Some of Bandai’s most popular model kits are the 1/144 scale mobile suits from the long-running sci-fi Gundam series. These kits are very well designed for good articulation, and they are molded in the approximate colors to match the prototypes. One of the most popular Gundam mobile suits is the…

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Paul Ooi Modelworks welcomes casual visitors browsing, and enjoying the pictures as well as more serious fellow modelers looking for tips and references on the art of making miniatures and relishing in the challenge. I will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the models.

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Nordic-Con 2015 – Aircraft

NordicCon 2013 Part 3: Ships, Figures and Cars

NordicCon 2013 Part 2: Armored Fighting Vehicles

WW2 Allied Aircraft

Tally Ho! – Airfix’s Hawker Typhoon Mk. 1b

The Big Tailed Beast – Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver from USS Yorktown

Westland Whirlwind – Dieppe Raider

Modern Ships

Fire and Water in the Mekong Delta – MRF Zippo and ATC, 1968

Himiko and Cherry Blossoms – Tokyo Water Bus (ヒミコ水上バス) on the Sumida River

Full Speed Ahead! USS Hercules (PHM-2) & USS Taurus (PHM3) at the Florida Keys

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