So now for something completely different. And about as Dutch as wooden shoes, windmills and cheese if not a little less well-known even in the Netherlands. Luchtwachttoren is Dutch for Air Watch Tower, and these towers were part of the Korps Luchtwacht Dienst (KLD) or Air Watch Corps in English. The KLD had built … Continue reading Review: TeKaMo 1/72 Luchtwachttoren
Earlier this year I was happy to announce that Revell had planned a release of a Haunebu kit in 1/72 scale. The even better news is: It is released! With kit number 03903 it is now available for sale. I'm hoping to pick up one for review soonish. What I can tell from the pictures … Continue reading News: Revell 1/72 Dornier-Stra Haunebu II Flying Saucer
The Polish Wrzesień 1939 series is a war game series by the Polish company First to Fight and is centered around the events of September 1939 German invasion of Poland and features all kinds of interesting Polish and early German hardware that you don't often see. And that is a shame because the Polish Campaign … Continue reading Review: 1/72 First to Fight Bofors 40 mm Polska Armata
5 SecondFix is one of those 'As seen on TV' products, but I had never heard of it before I picked one of these up at a local shop during a sale. For a few Euros it seemed promising. The packaging promised easy and clean glueing. I went into the shop for superglue, so why … Continue reading Review: 5 Second Fix
A new rumor in the Revell Drama Series has popped up this week. As of last Friday, the bankrupt owner of both companies, Hobbico, is sold to a German investor named Blitz 18-313 according to an article on scaleautomag.com. But yesterday Revell released a press release on the situation: “Revell GmbH starts strengthened into future … Continue reading News: Revell rumors
The German U-Boot Type VII C was the workhorse of the Kriegsmarine during WW2. Designed in 1933-1934,, between 1940 and 1945 a total of 568 of this type were built. Equipped with 5 torpedo tubes, 4 at the front and one at the rear it could carry up to 11 torpedos. It also carried a … Continue reading Review: Revell 1/350 Type VII C
We modelers often forget about the real world impact of our subject matter. We moan about the incorrect size or shape of a part on a kit, or the unrealistic paint scheme on a finished model or debate we might about rusty tracks. But a lot of our kits and dioramas depict machines of war … Continue reading Models for Heroes
