It’s my pleasure to announce that Model Maniac Page 20 - Part D is now available!.
There are three new armors and two new dioramas for your viewing pleasure :
Italeri’s new US M1 A2 Abrams
Trumpeter’s Challenger II in Kosovo
Tamiya’s Sd.Kfz.232 (8 Rad)
Diorama “Hanomag In Action” using Tamiya’s Hanomag Sd.Kfz.251/1 w/ 5 in-box figures
Diorama “Tiger In Winter” using Tamiya’s Tiger I Mid Production and Dragon’s Frozen
Battleground
Model Maniac,
great bunch of builds, thanks for sharing your galleries.
my only question is on the Hanomag.
it has Afrika Corps markings, but the troopers are in field grey.
were those uniforms used in the desert too?
i don’t know one way or the other.
Tiger set up does look cold!
nice work by Art Instructor.
very nice work model maniac. i’m currently working on a challenger II myself. haven’t made up my mind if i’m going to go for the kosovo look or desert storm! really like your work. semper fi. mike
Thank you very much for all your kind comments and compliments!.
Zokissima, if you can’t wait to see the Artillery Complex (MTLB tank towing A-30 122 mm Howitzer) and the Shilka, you can see it now. 'Art Instructor" built the MTLB tank and the A-30 Howitzer some time ago as separate pieces. He also built the Shilka in sand color (the next one will be in green color of Russian Army).
wildwilliam, I’m not sure whether the field grey uniforms were used in the desert ot not. If not, then I have to admit that ‘Art Instructor’ has made a mistake.
Me too, like the Tiger in white and am thinking of a Dragon’s Panther in white. [:)]
tigerman, what’s your problem with M1?. ‘Art Instructor’ didn’t mention any problem with it.
mike, Trumpeter has released 3 boxes of Challenger II. The first one has no side armor. The second has side armor and is named “in action at Kosovo”, the third also has side armor and is named “Iraqi 2003”. I guess you’ve got the first one, right?. The first two have been shown on my site, the third one will come later. [;)]
Couldn’t find the Shilka or the other pieces, as there really are too many menu’s to go through [:)]. But I did take a nice long look at your site, most notably the actual display area of all your models…impressive, to say the least.
Can I ask you a question:
At the below pic:
what is that model carrying the BTR in the lower right corner, right next to the dragon wagon?
ohmygosh!!! just saw your display case with armor loaded on trailers. youuuu, are good. i’ve just got to figure out how to post some of my work. no comparision, but at least i could get some input and pointers on how to improve my work. keep the pic’s coming, love um. semper fi, mike
Model Maniac can i ask how mutch you pay for the Built up kits
and do you buy the kits then pass them on to the Art Instructer to build for you
who keeps the spares box’s
zokissima the kit with the BTR on it looks like a T28 bridge carrier,a russian company called ICM made the kit a while ago
Many thanks for more compliments that I received since my previous reply. They’re very encouraging indeed!.
Abastyr, I didn’t build the models & dio’s myself but had some talented modelers working for me.
zokissima, there’s only one menu that you should look at, it’s called ‘MM Contents-Based Menu’ : http://www.geocities.com/~falconbbs/modelcnt.htm
You may try counting how many models & dio’s that ‘Art Instrucctor’ has built for me in this menu.
Captain Caveman has already told you the name of the tank you asked about - which is T-28 Russian Bridge-Layer Tank. The BTR is not supposed to be over there in real life, I was just using every possible space to place my models.
Captain Caveman, I buy the kits and pass on to ‘Art Instructor’ 5-6 boxes at a time. It’s a never-ending assignment which has lasted about 5 years for him. To give you some idea of ‘how much’, I paid $ 75 for the Trumpeter’s Leopold kit and $ 125 to ‘Art Instructor’ for his craftsmanship. For those built kits, some boxes remain with him and some were returned to me. (I can’t keep them all anyway). [8)]
