model – Pat's 1:72 Military Diorama's

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Samurai in Spice Jars.

Well I think I said I had another Samurai show on the way but again, the original Diorama was ambushed and put back in line when I was in our local K-mart shop and spied some nifty little jars that the manufacturer thought would make good spice jars. However, being the good Modeller, I instantly […]

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Samurai Parts 2.3.4.

Well, the first thing I asked myself is why do I make these on multiple bases? I don’t know! I have had this problem from the first one I did, the green jackets on the Napoleonic one. Then every so often I would slip back and do it again, weird but I suppose it’s just […]

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Rogers Rangers.

Well I haven’t been idle my folks, I have been working on two dioramas at once, the first one I started kind of faded behind as I was waiting on some fine buildings from O.T.P.Terrain, a nice mob that IRO put me onto. As time went by this simpler one took preference. It’s one I […]

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The Last Big Battle.

The last big battle. 70 cm (28”) x56cm (22”). 245 Orcs, 120 horsemen and 32 Elves and Southern Kingdom Warriors. Well here we are with the last big diorama, hopefully I don’t get carried away again and forget my new mantra keep it small little man!! The idea which most of you will realize came […]

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NINA

Well I have finished the little sailing ship NINA the 1/75 scale model made by Heller, quite a fine vessel and it is ideal for the purpose I have in mind. Not being ship savvy it was a challenge! Putting the hull etc. together was easy enough but rigging it was the hard part. After […]

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Dutch Red Lancers

This week I finished painting the Zvezda Life Guard Polish Uhlans that I have changed to Dutch Red Lancers, they are a great set with lots of detail so easy to paint. As there are a good number of figures in the set (18), I feel I have enough cavalry as with this lot it […]

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Zvezda Cuirassiers

Well hello, Now I won’t go on about is the problem the world is experiencing at the moment as you would have heard it all by now; I just trust you are all well and coping with it in your own way. This week I have painted up the Vezda Cuirassiers set and they turned […]