Bandai Perfect Grade Unicorn Gundam
Japanese anime fans may be well acquainted with the Gundam series that originally started in the 1980’s, have spawned multiple parallel story lines in the Gundam universe and grows...
Opel 3.6-47 Blitz Omnibus Stabswagen, North Africa 1942 – The Town Bus That Went To War
Apart from fighting vehicles, modern mechanized armies ran all kinds of specialized vehicles for the logistics of war. For the Afrika Korp, the Wehrmacht converted the reliable work chassis...
The Coronation of Napoleon Flat Figure Set – The Emperor crowns himself!
The grand coronation painting in the Louvre entitled “Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on 2...
Defending the Motherland – Chinese Vickers Type F Tank (中华民国维克斯六顿轻坦克), Shanghai 1937
Almost 80 years ago, World War 2 in Asia actually started in China triggered by the Marco Polo Bridge incident. After the initial fight in Northern China around Beijing...
Leisure Elephant Ride: The Mughal Emperor is Entertained
It has been a while since I last posted a flat tin figure, and this time it is a leisurely elephant ride for the Mughal emperor in the 17th...
Japanese Blitzkrieg – Type 89 Medium Tank (八九式中戰車) approaching Shanghai 1937
The Second Sino-Japanese War was actually the beginning of WW2 in Asia involving more Japanese troops than the rest of the Pacific War combined. A major battle for the...
Japan’s Christmas Wish – CV-22B Osprey
The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force have been eyeing the CV-22B Osprey for quite sometime now. The unconventional tilt-rotor aircraft is ideal for the kind of operation requirements for the...
Retired Old Warrior….M5 High Speed Tractor
The M5 High Speed Artillery Tractor was introduced in September 1942 specifically to be able to tow very large artillery pieces like the famous 155mm Long Tom field gun...
“We Gotta Get Out Of This Place!” – Huey H-1 somewhere in Laos, 1968
I remember watching the evening news back in the early 70’s with news footage of helicopters in the jungles of Vietnam. One of the last pictures to emerge from...
Satsuki and Mei’s House from My Neighbor Totoro サツキとメイの家
This is the third model feature from the anime movie “My Neighbor Totoro” which is the eclectic 1950’s country house that the Kusakabe family moved to at the beginning...