Posts Tagged Aber

Pz. Kpfw. III Ausf L - January 16th, 2009

Gemany's  medium tank I bought this kit a while ago and now it's time to build it. I've yet to build one model based on this chassis, in spite of having several of them, from the Stug III B, G to a couple of versions of the Pz III. It's a much more elegant chassis than [...]

Sd.Kfz. 250/3 “GREIF” - November 18th, 2008

Rommel’s half track   If there is one vehicle that one could be modeling forever, it’s the 250 and it’s variants. This small half track that resulted from a request made in 1939 for a troop transport with an armored body that could carry a half platoon, was produced in a huge number of variants. [...]

Pz. Kpfw. 38(t) Ausf. G - June 10th, 2008

Gruber’s "Little" tank When I started building the Hetzer, I started to like the layout of this tank. It’s vintage looks start to grow on me, and it’s role in the beginning of the war was somewhat crucial. The annexation of Czechoslovakia allowed Germany to put the Czech tank into service. It’s main advantage was [...]

IDF Tiran 5 - April 22nd, 2008

The other T55… Yet another Israeli tank… Israel has a long history of conflicts with its neighbors. Since the Independence war, two major wars and an ongoing conflict that lasts till today has turned their armed forces into  a very effective machine, and often with surprising results. There is something in their ingenuity that distinguishes [...]

T-70M - March 6th, 2008

WWII Soviet Light Tank It’s quite common among modelers to be drawn to WWII German Tanks. Not just because of their fame but also because their technical superiority and design. They are the paramount of tank development during that period. But there are some remarkable examples of what the other countries were doing at the [...]