If you are on the facebook, you should check out this photo gallery from Afghanistan. Extremely valuable for every fan of modern Russian armour (though there is quite a bit of T-34 […]
Afghan tank graveyard – photo gallery
Some more pictures from the Middle-East
Having been working on BMP-1 over the past weeks (and few other similar pieces…) I am constantly looking for more photographs and references on the military vehicles in this part of the […]
CFB Borden
One of the advantages of being a modeller near Toronto (or South west Ontario in general) is being close to CFB Borden. CFB Borden, or Canadian Forces Base Borden is, well apart […]
Tank Day in Oshawa – videos
So here is another première on this blog. As promised in my previous post, below you can see videos from the Saturday’s Tank Day in the Ontario Regiment Museum in Oshawa. I […]
WWII places – then and now
History is often these days being considered as dealing with past things, places and events and most of the people would find it hard to simply connect with the past, in many cases […]
Photos from Normandy
Among many forum posts on Armorama site, there was one posted recently that I have found to be very helpful. Author has posted a link to an online gallery with a vast selection of WWII […]
TankArt
So finally two days ago I have opened the package with long-awaited Mike Rinaldi’s new book TankArt. Having been teased by number of photos of the book pages over the past weeks and months […]
Korea – The Forgotten War
If there is anything more forgotten in the history of warfare than the Korean war then it must be the story of the Canadians participating in this conflict. If you walk into […]
Battleground – The Greatest Tank Duels in History
For any military or history fan, Osprey publishing must be a well known name. The list of books published by this company is perhaps the longest among its peers and many of them have […]
Weathering reference – Dilapidated walls
During my recent visit to the buildings of the former Small Arms. Ltd. plant in Long branch, I couldn’t not notice the state in which many of the walls were. After many years […]
Weathering reference – Rust & Chipping
I understand that there are people out there who don’t build scale models. One of them is my neighbour, whose hobby is collecting and repairing motorcycles and old cars. Most of them are […]
Military in the Middle East – Photoblog
On a note related to my previous post. Having learned about the Trumpeter’s BMP-1, I went looking online for any interesting photo reference on this vehicle. And as is usual, I stumbled […]
