16 August 2012 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 64 - Part C. In this Part "pj" presents 10 new pieces of work. Starting from Medieval Crusaders (Templar Knights) 1:32, Junk Series #3 SEG-88 1:35 and Female Mechanic 1:32, followed by U.S. Army Airborne" (Dragon's) 1:35, U.S. 101st Airborne, Normandy 1944 1:9 and German Panzergrenadiers (TriStar's) 1:35, then topping it off with 4 dioramas namely "LRDG in North Africa", "U.S. Marines in Jungle, WWII", "Green Berets in Vietnam" and "Charlie on the Left!". As always, I hope you'll enjoy viewing.
I'd like to thank for all kind feedbacks, compliments and suggestions that we received concerning Page 64 - Part B. They are very encouraging, and they inspire us to keep on producing quality models & dioramas and showing finest quality pictures. Comments and suggestions are welcome in my
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313 - 322 : Vignette "Junk Series #3 SEG-88 1:35
323 - 330 : Figure "Female Mechanic" 1:32 (54mm)
331 - 339 : Figure "U.S. Army Airborne" (Dragon's) 1:35
340 - 353 : Figure "U.S. 101st Airborne, Normandy 1944" 1:9 (200mm)
354 - 364 : Figures "German Panzergrenadiers (Tri Star's) 1:35
365 - 379 : Diorama "LRDG in North Africa" using Master Box's figure set and Tamiya's Chevrolet
380 - 386 : Diorama "U.S. Marines in Jungle, WWII" using Master Box's new figure set
390 - 400 : Diorama "Green Berets in Vietnam" using Dragon's Green Berets
401 - 414 : Diorama "Charlie on the Left!" using Master Box's figure set and Tamiya's M151A1 Ford MUTT
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301 - 312 : Vignette "Medieval Crusaders" (Templar Knights) 1:32 (54mm)
On 6th July 2012 there was a loud noise at the eastern side of my house. A big display case collapsed because of broken legs resulted from rust and corrosion. Two smaller cases on top of it followed suit. The damage was extensive. James Bond my new dog rushed to the scene to investigate:
On 28 July 2012, my brother assembled a new display case for me. This is Ikea's product, 1.20m x 1.38m x 0.40m, all glasses are safety glasses:
On 4 August 2012, my brother assembled another display case for me. One shelf is in wrong color and will be replaced later:
This compartment is for big scale models (1:9):
On 8 August 2012, I got a "Deal of the Decade" from a fellow modeler named Kritapas who a few years ago sold me three built ships at very cheap price (USS Gato Class Submarine 1:72, German U-Boat type VIIC 1:72 and King George V 1:350, all for less than $60). He said he will have to move to a nearby province and he wanted to sell me his remaining ship collection along with acrylic display cases for most of them. I got 13 ships, 12 of which are 1:350 scale and one in 1:450 scale (Akagi), plus four acrylic display cases, all for less than $500. What a deal! My sincere thanks to Khun Kritapas for his generosity:
Some built & unbuilt parts. I later on applied decals to all 12 B-25B and installed them on USS Hornet, but will have someone build the SBD-3 and F4F-4 for USS Saratoga:
On 16 August 2012, all four new acrylic display cases are now on top of other four display cases at the eastern side of my house:
- Diorama "Somewhere in Europe using Master Box's figure set
- Trumpeter's USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 (finished)
- Dragon's German Battleship Scharnhorst 1943 1:350 + Dragon's Scharnhorst Upgrade Set
- Roden's Fairchild AU-23A 1:48 RTAF
- Figures: Late Imperial Legion 1:72 using Italeri's figure set
Some kits in stock that I just can't wait for them to be built!:
- Trumpeter's F-100D 1:32
- Figures : Schnellboot Crew using ICM figure set
- Vignette "Getting Some Kick" (Soviet Soldier & his captive)
- Diorama "German Infantry, Western Europe" using Master Box's figure set
- Figure : 200mm Oberjager Hermann Goering Division (1:9)
- Figure : The Red Guard 1:32 (54mm white metal)
- Diorama "Soviet Recon Team" using Zvezda's figure set
All by "pjareanwanit" or "pj"
- Lindberg's IJN I-53 Submarine with Kaitens 1:72 (finished)
- Hasegawa's IJN Aircraft Carrier AKAGI 1:350 w/ PE Upgrade Sets A,B,C and SuperDetail Set, w/ PitRoad's IJN Seaman WWII
- Orange Hobby's Swedish Navy Visby Class Corvette "Harnosand" 1:350
- Hobby Boss's German Navy Submarine Type VII B 1:350
- Bronco's German Long-Range Submarine U-IX C 1:350
- Tamiya's Patrol Boat River "PBR" Pibber 1:35
- Revell's German Wiesel Ozelot 1:35
- Airfix's F-86F 1:72
- Zvezda's Su-33 1:72
All by "Toom" (Art Instructor's big brother)
+ MK1's Scharnhorst Detail-Up Set + MK1's Scharnhorst Wooden Deck
By "Niphon"
- Trumpeter's Tu-160 1:72
- Tamiya's T-34/76 + Aires' VT-34 Recovery Vehicle Conversion Set 1:35
- Academy's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35
- Trumpeter's Me-262 A-1a Heavy Armament 1:32
- Tamiya's Japanese WWII Battleship "Musashi" 1:350 w/ local made PE parts (3 sheets)
- Revell's SMS Emden 1:350
- ICM's Markgraft Battleship 1:350
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Admiral Lazarev (Ex Frunze) 1:350 w/ PE upgrade sets from Lion Roar
All by "Tazmanian"
- Figures: French Mounted Knights 1:72 using Mini Art's figure set
- Aoshima's Roman Warship
- Waterloo's Greek Cavalry 1:72
- Diorama "Guadacanal 1942" using Dragon's U.S. Marines Guadacanal 1942 figure set
- Diorama "Soviet Medical Personnel" using Zvezda's figure set
All by "Joh"
- Academy's German WWII Battleship Admiral Graf Spee 1:350 Premium Edition (another one)
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Pyotr Velikiy 1:350 w/ PE Guardrails & Radar from LionRoar
- AFV Club's German type VIIB 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Voyager
- AFV Club's German type VIIC 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Voyager
- AFV Club's German type VIIC/41 1:350
- AFV Club's German type VIID 1:350
- AFV Club's Japanese Navy I-19 Submarine 1:350 w/ I-19 Detail Up from AFV Club
- AFV Club's Japanese Navy I-58 Submarine Early Version 1:350
- Trumpeter's Cv-14 Ticonderoga 1:350 w/ PE BigEdition from Eduard
- Tamiya's Mogami - Japanese Aircraft Carrying Cruiser 1:350 w/ Detail Up, w/ MAM's brass barrels
- Tamiya's Mikuma - Japanese Light Cruiser 1:350
- Trumpeter's HMS Repulse 1941 1:350 w/ Upgrade Set from Lion Roar and Wooden Deck from MK1
- Trumpeter's HMS Hood 1:350 w/ Trumpeter's Upgrade set, Eduard PE set and Wooden Deck from MK1
- Trumpeter's Moskva, Varyag and Admiral Panteleyev 1:350 w/ LionRoar's PE Guard Rails & Radars
- Tamiya's Musashi 1:350 w/ Wood Deck from MK1
- Trumpeter's USS Lassen DDG-82 1:350
- Hasegawa's IJN Yahaki 1:350 w/ MAM's brass barrels
- Monochrome's IJN Destroyer Akizuki 1:350
- Trumpeter's USS Massachusetts BB-59 1:350
- Tamiya's Bismarck 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Eduard and Wooden Deck DX from MK1
- Dragon's German Battleship Scharnhorst 1:350 Premium Edition w/ PE Upgrade Set from Dragon, Detail-Up Parts and Wooden Deck from MK1
- Alanger's K-407 Russian Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (NATO Delta IV Class) 1:350
- Alanger's Typhoon Class Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (another one) 1:350
- Aoshima's Japanese Navy Battleship Kongo 1:350
- Aoshima's Japanese Navy Heavy Cruiser Atago 1:350
- AFV Club's Gato Class Submarine 1941 1:350
- AFV Club's Gato Class Submarine 1942 1:350
- AFV Club's Gato Class Submarine 1943 1:350
- Tamiya'a Japanese Navy Submarine I-400 w/ Voyager's PE Upgrade Set 1:350
- Aoshima's Japanese Navy Submarine I-41 w/ Landing Crafts 1:350
- Pit Road's IJN Escort UKURU Type-A 1:350
- Pit Road's SSN-571 Nautilus 1:350
- Hobby Boss' Italian Heavy Cruiser Pola (1941)
- Hobby Boss' U.S.S. Virginia SSN-774 1:350
- Hobby Boss' German Navy Type VII-B U-Boat 1:350
- Monochrome's German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen 1:350 w/ Wooden Deck from MK1
- Airfix's Trafalgar Class Submarine 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. Yorktown (CG-48) + Soviet Alfa 1:350
- Dragon's German Z-39 Destroyer 1:350 Smart Kit with Basic Parts Upgrade Set from Orange Hobby
- Mirage's U-511 IXC (turn I + WGr42) German Submarine 1:350
- Mirage's U-176 IXC (turn II) German Submarine 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Type VII-A U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's German Navy Type VII-B U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Navy Type VII-C U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Navy Type IX-A U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Type IX-B U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Navy Type IX-C U-Boat 1:350
- Aoshima's Heavy Cruiser "Chokai 1942" Takao Class 1:350
- Zvezda's Russian Battleship "Borodino" 1:350
- Trumpeter's German Zerstorer Z-25, 1944 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. Gearing DD-710 (1945) 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. The Sullivans DDG-68 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. Laffey DD-459 1942 1:350
- Bronco's German Long Range Submarine U-IXC 1:350
- Trumpeter's PLA Navy 051C DDG-115 Shenyang 1:350
- Trumpeter's PLAN Type 033 Submarine & SH-5 Observation Seaplane 1:350
- Hobby Boss's PLAN Type 035 Ming Class Submarine 1:350
- Bronco's Chinese 039G "Sung" Class Attack Submarine 1:350
- Bronco's Kang Ding Class Frigate 1:350
- Bronco's Russian Akula II Class Submarine 1:350
- Academy's U.S.S. Reuben James FFG57 (Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate) 1:350
- AFV Club's USN Submarine Guppy IB Class (Italian Navy SS Leonardo Da Vinci) 1:350
- Hasegawa's IJN Destroyer Type Koh "Isokaze" Super Detail 1:350
- Trumpeter's USS England DE-635
- Micro-Mir's WWII Soviet Submarine K-21 1:350
- Italeri's U-Boot Biber 1:35
- FineMolds' IJN Midget Submarine A-Target Type A "Sydney Bay" 1:72
- Riich's USS Los Angeles Class Flight III (688 Improved) Attack Submarine 1:350
- ICM's "Kronprinz" WWI German Battleship 1:350
- Zvezda's K-3 November Class Nuclear Submarine 1:350
- Bronco's Russian Project 955 "Borei" Yuri SSBN Submarine 1:350
- Trumpeter's USSR Aircraft Carrier MINSK 1:550
- Hobby Boss's USS Los Angeles Class SSN-688/VLS/688I 1:350
- Bronco's USS "Freedom" (LCS-1) 1:350
- Orange Hobby's Sweden Navy Visby Class Corvette "Harnosand" 1:350
- Orange Hobby's Russian Corvette Steregushchiy 1:350
- Trumpeter's A-10A/N 1:32
- Italeri's F-86F 1:32
- Trumpeter's Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" 1:32
- Academy's MiG-29AS Slovak Air Force 1:48
- Hobby Boss' F-105 G "thunderchief" 1:48
- Hobby Boss' MiG-17 PFU Fresco E 1:48
- Amodel's Mil Mi-10K Soviet "Flying Crane" Helicopter 1:72
- Zvezda's Mil Mi-24V/VP Hind E 1:72
- Zvezda's Mil Mi-35M Russian Attack Helicopter 1:72
- Zvezda's Sukhoi Su-30KN Russian Multirole Fighter 1:72
- Zvezda's Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D 1:72
- Italeri's Sukhoi Su-34 1:72
- Zvezda's Sukhoi Su-50 (T-50) 1:72
- Hasegawa's MiG-29 Fulcrum "Russian MiGs" 1:72
- Hasegawa's MiG-21 & MiG-17 Combo 1:72
- Italeri's F/A-18 Hornet 1:72
- Italeri's F-104G Starfighter 1:72
- Italeri's F-15C 1:72
- Italeris' B-25G 1:72
The list goes on...
