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Well, been a while since I last posted a model! Things have been pretty busy with me so far... Anyways, I decided to do a paper model of a subject very close to my heart. Kenneth Oppel's book Airborn is a young-adult work that I read during elementary school days...it was probably the first...

Hi guys! So while we were docked in Trieste, I purchased an M40 Stahlhelm with what appears to be in its original condition (original paints/decal, liner, etc.). I trust the man who sold it to me; his shop contained all manner of relics ranging from WWII items (like, y'know, the helm) to objets...

So, this probably has to be one of the most interesting (if not downright absurd) gadgets produced by the Heer during the Second World War... So while you would have thought that drop-pods were solely in the realm of science fiction (a la Starship Troopers, WH40k, or Halo), apparently they...

So, I just got back from being overseas, and I figured it's time for a new model! This time around it's a modified Stalwart FV 622 seen in the Firefly pilot for a whopping five seconds! While the model is that of the vehicle seen in the pilot, I've made a few modifications. An unmarked AFV is...

Hi all, just finished designing yet another model! This time around it's a curious little vessel used almost exclusively by Germany's little-known special-operations units. The Linse is an explosive boat, not unlike the Shinyo used by the Japanese. Unlike the Shinyo, however, the Linse boats...

After I first saw PackBot in action at a robotics exhibition at the New York Hall of Science back in the early 2000s, I've been obsessed with robotics. Something about having an artificial construct capable of basic thought, reasoning, and perception, and having a race of artificial life walk...

I've been on a bit of a Joseph Conrad streak (blame my obsession with the Alien franchise) lately, and I figured I might as well do a model related to sea trade during the Victorian Era! I've always been fascinated with the tea clippers of the era, and by proxy, the SS Agamemnon, arguably the...

Now don't get me wrong, I dislike most of George Lucas's cinematic 'style' as much as the next guy - hell, Plinkett's prequel reviews are some of my favorite videos out there - but I'll admit that early-Lucas did show promise.... While a lot of cinephiles may be on the fence about THX 1138, I...

So, remember like five or so years ago when I started paper modeling and was only marginally worse than I am now? I think one of my first models was the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, which I have since redone countless times. Well, I believe that this should be the definitive version of that model...

I wish I could delve right into the model-related waffle and faff on and on about the design and build process, but unfortunately, this particular build is one marked by tragedy. On Friday, October 2, 2015, at around 0700 local time, the cargo vessel El Faro sent a distress signal. Today, at...

I always love projects where I can adapt an object from a book. It's sort of like a puzzle - to pick apart the text and to figure out how it all fits together in describing said object, and possibly even figure out what exactly the author was thinking of. This time, I'm doing a piece of...

Sooooo....I'm a squad leader for some new cadets coming in (essentially Cadet DI)...aaand already three days in my voice is gone... Long story short, any DIs or NCOs here have any advice on how to regain my voice and/or continue shouting/projecting my voice effectively?

The original Robocop was always one of my favorite films when I was a kid; I always had fond memories of watching the film on TV with my Dad - though in retrospect why the hell he let me watch a movie partly known for its violence and language is beyond me. When the 2014 remake of Robocop came...

Now before I actually pose my question, I might as well set a bit of context. As some of you may know, I am currently enrolled at a Maritime Academy with the intention of being an officer (unlimited tonnage) in the U.S. Merchant Marine. Now obviously, the USMM is, generally speaking, a civilian...

Well, after having to deal with surgery resulting from what I assume was a military drill accident (read: me being clumsy enough to hurt myself by just holding a damn rifle!), I had to nix the N/S Savannah model. But hey, I'm back! And what better way to ring in my modeling year of 2015 than...

Well, haven't posted a thread in a long while! ...then again, it's mostly due to schoolwork and my dorm's terrible wifi :P BUT, for whatever reasons, the Machine God has smiled upon me and allowed me to upload a few screenshots of my next model, the N.S. Savannah. I had a bit of fun designing...

So after playing through Wolfenstein the New Order twice, I decided to make a model based on the game. This is a model of a two-bladed contra-rotating helicopter prototype the player character, B.J. Blazkowicz is required to steal from the Nazis, and eventually becomes an important tool...

With the christmas break and finals coming up, I figured I might as well squeeze out a few more models. Hopefully, I might get another one after this done before year's end. In the meantime, I figured I'd model something I figured close to myself and my line of work. The merchant mariners of...

Hey guys! Sorry for the REALLY long hiatus. It's been a long and tough journey already at the academy, but things are actually going really well! I've joined the academy's elite honor guard and drill team, and we recently took 2nd place at Cornell's Invitational Drill Competition (take that...

I had intended to post this tomorrow, but I'll likely be spending the day with my girlfriend, haha. Anyways, tomorrow will be the last day before I head out for Indoc at SUNY Maritime Academy. With the strict regs regarding dorms and weekend liberties, I doubt I'll have much time to make models...