Baby Blitz Bomber from Italeri – Dornier Do 217 M-1
The Dornier Do 217 descended from the venerable Do 17 “Flying Pencil” of Spanish Civil War fame. The Do 217 has a bulkier frame for a heavier bomb...
The Big Tailed Beast – Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver from USS Yorktown
The Curtiss SB2C-4 “Helldiver” was the Navy’s replacement for the Douglas Dauntless dive bomber (of Midway fame). Introduced in 1943, the crews and ship captains were far less enthusiastic...
Westland Whirlwind – Dieppe Raider
The Westland Whirlwind Mk. 1 (not to be confused with the post-war helicopter of the exact same name) was one of the early twin-engined fighters employed by the...
Northrop P61B Black Widow – Pacific Night Hunter
The P61B Black Widow was a purpose-built night fighter first introduced in March 1944 and served in both the European and Pacific theaters. It also had the distinction of...
Gefechtsroboter Hammerschlag – Ute’s Break Time
High Plains Con 2019 Gold Medal Sci-Fi In the scale modeling world, there is a sub-culture dedicated to combining WW2 themes, mainly German with futuristic robot themes. Hasegawa...
JS-2 Heavy Tank – Soviet Steamroller
The final two weeks of the Third Reich were terrifying ones for the combatants involved and the hapless civilians trapped in the fighting. The Battle of Berlin pitted 2.3...
Kaiyodo Godzilla 1994 – One Mean Kaiju King
Godzilla is probably one of the top contenders in the Sci-Fi world for the title of “King of the Monsters”. The other claimant is King Kong, and both monsters...
MiG-21SMT “Fishbed-K” – Blue 48
One of the most iconic fighters to emerge from the Soviet Union during the Cold War was the MiG-21, NATO code name “Fishbed”. Emerging in the early 60’s,...
Hawker Sea Hawk – Suez Crisis Musketeer
The Hawker Sea Hawk FB3 was the first successful jet fighter bomber deployed by Great Britain’s Fleet Air Arm and served from the mid-1950’s until the end of the...
Hedgerow Eyes-and-Ears – Puma Sdkfz 234/2 Armored Car
Immediately after the successful Normandy landings by the Allies, their advance into the Cotentin Peninsula grounded to a halt in the hedgerow country, also known as Bocage. The farmlands...