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Sep 18, 2015

M26 Pershing, American Nazi Killer

Although this tank was classified as a medium tank, it was very effective against the much larger and slower enemy tanks of its day. With its 90 mm gun

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Sep 18, 2015

Rolling Coffin

These tanks were designed with the state of the art technology of there day, they were cheaply made with an attempt to overwhelm the enemy with numbers.

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Jul 25, 2015

20 mule team

I first assembled this when I was nine. It was knocked off the wall somehow and my mother put it into a bag. It sat in my old bedroom for years and I recovered

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Jul 25, 2015

Scale Auto Dioramas

1/64 to 1/16 Car Themed Dios.....see more at nightshiftart.biz SMH Comments Looks so much like a service station I used to know when I was growing up

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Jun 23, 2015

Castle and diorama in scale 1:220 - Z (or 1:160 - N)

I built the castle to the presentation in an Train-Museum in Germany. During the making I have written step for step construction manual. You can see

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Jun 17, 2015

mR.

WHAT GLUE IS BEST FOR GLUING RIGGING RAT LINES ON PLASTIC SAILING SHIP MODELS?? SMH Responds model ship rigging has been responsible for some of my most

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Jun 17, 2015

ship rigging

what is the best way to do the rigging on ships so that it stays in place as you are running it between masts kznelson@gmail.com SMH Responds model ship

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