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    "DANA" or "ZUZANA" Wheeled SPG

    The Czech/Slovak 152 mm DANA or 155 mm ZUZANA wheeled SP gun-howitzer would make an interesting model, especially in 1:25 scale. The drawing is from www. the-blueprints.com, and scales out at about 1:60 when printed on letter landscape 8.5 x 11.0 inches. Reference material is available...
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    HELP re G-Scale

    Hey Folks : How do I get a leg up into garden railways. This is No Spam!! Jim namaycush@shaw.ca
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    I'd Like to get started in G Scale

    Hi All! I would like to get into G scale Garden Railroading. How should I start? Jim
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    Sherman firefly fan club

    All Sherman Firefly fans (and Model Designers) should check in here. (http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=165729) One of my late (he died in 1972) uncles commanded a Brit version of this during The Last Really Big Beef (WW2) . Jim
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    AKULA class USSR Sub

    Is there a current link to this site? Jim
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    AKULA class USSR Sub

    Where can this be found? Jim
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    Post WW2 + Cold War

    WW2 is now ancient history. Why keep recycling WW2 stuff? How about soime modern EEurope Kits? Jim
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    GAZ 69 in 1:35 (Ugly Duckling)

    Here goes a GAZ 69 field car in 1:35! Pretty brutal at this stage....... Jim
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    ORLIK BRDM-2 Build Report

    Hi Gang! I am in the process of building the ORLIK BRDM-2 mod 96i wheeled recce vehicle as published in 1:35 scale. The ORLIK catalogue number is 005. The vehicle as printed represents the Polish/Czech 96i variant of the Soviet BRDM 2 in Polish Army (WkP) service. Unlike the Soviet BRDM2...
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    New Modelik SCUD Review

    Capitalist Tractor Builders beware! :-) I just received my copy of the new MODELIK SCUD B on MAZ543 chassis, 1:25 scale courtesy of Krys at Papermodelstore. This is one big momma of a model!! Computer design has been used throughout. There are 17 pages of assembly drawings, including...
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    Looking for IS-2 Tracks

    Howdy all! Some time back, there was a post mentioning a Polish site that had detailed card tracks for various armour models. I am looking for a set of tracks for an IS-2. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Jim
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    ModelKopia SS21 Tochka TEL (1:50 to 1:35 kitbash)

    Courtesy of a friend of mine that spent a couple of months in Europe recently, I acquired a couple of original ModelKopia 1:50 armour kits, now sadly out of print. These kits are pretty basic: 2D black printing on green card. I have been looking for a 1:35 Tochka TEL for some time, so the...
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    K141 "Kursk" from FlyModel

    While checking in on the Kartonmodellbau site, I found this announcement (translated by Systran"): "K-141 Kursk Parts: 1671 + 46 template elements Yardstick: 1/100 Length: 154 cm One does not know it, on which one is to be pleased more whether over the fact that the FlyModel publishing...
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    BMP-1 in 1:35 (ABC Model rescale)

    Greetings, Comrades! Here are a few pix of the latest build at the Tractor Plant: a 1:35 version of ABC's BMP-1, featuring scratchbuilt interior and elevating gun.
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    Model Warships.com

    http://www.modelwarships.com/index1.html Here is a REALLY good site for all of you ship modellers out there that may not yet know about it. Their Gallery features a number of outstanding card models. Jim
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    FROG 3/4 Tactical Missile Tracked TEL in 1:35

    The next "Red Banner Tractor Plant" project will be a kitbash of a FROG ("Luna M") missile tracked TEL vehicle. For this project, the TP Boyz are going to use a rescaled Czech ABC 1:44 model, plus parts from a rescaled Answer PT76-B; with the whole project being built up in 1:35 scale, and...
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    Something Fishy This Way Comes.......

    Senior Sergeant Kotchernutzov stumbles upon strange activity in the Tractor Plant. Could this be another fishy plot? Time alone will tell.......
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    The Transport Officer's Nightmare.....

    Imagine this: a "driver training vehicle" for an SS25 IRBM TEL vehicle (!!) In my day, we had enough trouble trying to qualify them on 5/4 ton trucks and the Iltis Cdn.
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    ORLIK BRDM-2 mod. 96i

    BRDM-2 , Model 96i variant Scale: 1:35 Publisher: ORLIK , Catalog #5 Designer:Szymon Kołek Distributed by The Hobby Factory This kit is a model of the Polish-built Model 96i variant of the BRDM-2 wheeled reconnaissance vehicle in an interesting 3-colour camouflage scheme. (The Model 96i...
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    1:35 Brdm1-u

    "The "starpom" isn't going to like this, Yuri". A BRDM1-U command vehicle in prgress: Thanx to "Jr. Technician" and a little bit of "sweat equity" (kitbashing and scratchbuilding), State Tractor Plant #187 begins to roll out yet another piece of 1:35 scale armour for the Rodina. Note that...
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