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Military Models
Bring History To Life

Military models are a class of models that have come into popularity in the past couple of decades that weren’t around when I was working with plastic models. They have taken on a new dynamic in detail, realism and quality of workmanship.These military models are often remarkable.
Knowledge of history, events and geography also play a roll in the development of subjects and themes.

Complexity ranges from the simple assembly and painting of a model kit out of the box to the complete scratch building of a vehicle, aircraft or ship from materials such wood, plastic, metal or resin.

Modelers compete for prizes and recognition among their peers in contests in most countries at various times of the year. The cost and skills involves mean that military models have increasingly become a hobby for grown-ups rather than children, though there are still many kits suitable for completion by youngsters.

 

Diorama Tip Sheet

This venue has spawned a complete network of subdivisions under the magazine, “Armchair General”.

ACG Gaming
A Military History Resource
Tactics 101
Museum Visits
Battlefield Visits
Reenactments
Alternate Histories
Movie and Book reviews

Military models have become a whole new subculture representing a large investment in hobby shop counter space.

More importantly, active servicemen have been writing of their experiences to give modelers an idea of what real battlefield conditions are like. For instance “And then all Hell broke loose” is an example of a story that never made CNN. Dioramas like this reenact pieces of war often forgotten A model military vehicle is a scale replica which represents a military vehicle — tank or other armored fighting vehicle, artillery, truck (lorry), Jeep, etc. Scales for commercially produced kits vary from 1/16 to 1/300, with 1/35 and 1/72 being the most popular. A relatively new trend initiated by Tamiya are kits in 1/48 scale — a popular scale for military aircraft models.

Military vehicle modelers tend to focus on vehicles from three eras. World War I, World War II, and the modern era. The first denotes armored vehicles from their inception into combat during the first World War until approximately 1936. Vehicles of this time period are considered to be experimental for the most part and did not make major contributions to what few battles they took part in.

Vehicles used between 1936 and 1945 fall into the Second World War category. Even though this area spans the shortest number of years, it is by far the most popular for armor modelers due to the enormous range of vehicles used and the vast improvements in armor technology. During the early part of the war, most armored vehicles were smaller, less heavily armored, and lightly armed. Major tank engagements early on convinced governments on all sides of the need for more survivable and deadlier vehicles. Tanks designs created near the end of the war remained largely unchanged until the 1970s.

Any vehicle designed after 1945 is considered "modern". This encompasses a longer time span and very large number of armor designs from all countries, therefore the groupings tend to be associated with country of origin, i.e. modern US, modern British, modern Russian, etc.

Military Modeling Resources


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