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FMA IA 58A Pucará of the Malvinas – The Argentine Flying Fortress
In the late 1960s, the Argentinian Air Force developed a ground attack aircraft suitable for supporting the army in their counter-insurgency effort against communists infiltrating from Bolivia. This aircraft had…
Light and Mighty Tanks of WW2 – Soviet T-70M and ZiS-3 Field Gun from MiniArt
5th in the series of the Light and Mighty Tanks of WW2. The T-70M light tank may has a passing resemblance to its more famous and larger cousin, the T-34/76…
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 III from Italeri – Anzio Beachhead Attacker
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 was a mono-plane design from the early 1930s and in its heyday, broke many speed records. One might not be able to guess this by the ungainly…
About the Author
Paul Ooi Modelworks was a model building service in the Twin Cities from 2011 to 2018. I have since relocated to Wyoming after a short stay in 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…
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…
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…
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…
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