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...
Japanese Five Story Pagoda 五重塔
The Japanese pagoda, while originally derived from Chinese prototypes, came to have distinctive architectural features all of its own. Pagodas usually come in 3 or 5 levels, and some...
Find Mei! – Cat Bus from My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ – ネコバス)
As I continue on my series of paper card models of memorable characters from Hayao Miyazake’s fantasy movie “My Neighbor Totoro” , we have the Cat Bus. A zany...