Industriousness Does Not Allow Much Time for Dreaming

While I'm not a night worker in 1940s New York City, I've been *almost* as busy as all the gentlemen above. I do apologize, though, for the break in blogging - I've hoping this marks the restart of normal service.

One thing that has been taking up my time is that the rest of my model collection has arrived via mail from storage at my sister's place.Damage was mostly minor, though that Fw 200 I built lost its radar antenna. Still, I'm happy to have them back. I don't want to dump my whole purse of emotion out on you, but they've been a series of little accomplishments for me, sometimes when I could look to little else as something to be proud of.

Anyway, BEHOLD! The wonders of the kits I've built! (They are in fact pretty vacant of actual wonders, but when showing off tiny tanks to the ladies, you can get away with reckless hyperbole. Nothing the girls like more than a man who knows the difference between a Porsche and Herschel turreted King Tiger.)

The 1/72 post war AFV collection -  Dragon British Challenger 2 up armor Iraq 2003, Trumpeter British AS-90 mobile artillery, Revell Germany T-72. The Trumpeter wears made up camo, simply because I wanted something different from desert tan/yellow.

he WW2 1/72 AFVs - Dragon T-34/76 1942, Dragon Maus Super-Heavy Tank, Roden IS-3, Italeri Jadgpanther (the first armor I'd ever built!) Roden PanzerKamfwagen Rad-8, Dragon King Tiger (early version). The Roden kits are from the Ukraine - the plastic is a little more brittle than most, but the detail is fine and builds very nicely.

One more thing about Roden: their box art is frequently awesome.

Tiny airplanes 1/144 scale (F-14A, Harrier Mk VII, Eurofighter, Rafale  - all Revell. For when I want something quick and easy. Also useful for showing off how big large 1/144 projects are.

Two airplanes: 1/72 Fw 200 and a BnV (P)194. The Blom und Voss asymmetrical crazyplane was a actual design that entered wind-tunnel testing, but was never approved for production for mostly aesthetic reasons. It will warrant a post of its own at some point.

The Maus is also a story - another kit that warrants its own post, this is the (sorta) famous supertank the Nazis attempted to build in World War 2. It actually existed as a few prototypes, and one exists to this day at the Russian tank museum, a 200 ton trophy of Soviet victory. Because it was never deployed, I decided to give my imagination free reign, and decided that I should paint it in the colors of a box turtle - black, yellow, and brown.

Unpainted Menchen give you an idea of how damn huge the Maus was.

 I made another fantasy tank - one that I gave to a friend and old thesis advisor of mine, as a "thanks for being awesome" gift. Can you see it?

I painted a Dragon Challenger 2 kit, the same one above, with a camouflage I made up for bookshelves. I called it the Bibliotank. I think I have an idea for a bibliotank mark II as well, as soon as I find the right kit...