Verlinden Modeling Magazine Vol.6 No.1

Even after Desert Storm, Vietnam dioramas are still very popular among military modellers because of the very extensive collection of models, figures and accessories available to choose from. This scene makes full use of various items on the modelling market. It shows the classic M113 APC (Tamiya ACAV) towing an armoured trailer (VP). both stowed with ammunition and equipment. It is searching its way through a jungle trail, passing a partially overgrown Temple Ruin. The M113 is the "Old Reliable" Tamiya kit in the ACAV version built straight from the box except for the flotation cells on the front (VP) and the mesh wire over the engine air intakes. The side mud guards are omitted, since photographic research indicates not many M113's having those during the Vietnam War. The armored ammo trailer is a recent VP resin kit which is still used today in the US Army for many purposes. The M113 and trailer were both airbrushed with Humbrol No.116 Dark Green, followed by subtle overspay of No. 105 to obtain the first color shading. After drying, both colors are sealed with flat household varnish. After sufficient drying time, (48 hours), weathering was started with a thin wash of Humbrol Flat Black and Burnt Sienna oil paint.

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Euromodelismo - Panzer Aces No.02

La configuración básica era la habitúal en este tipo de armas, con la cámara de combate situada en la parte delantera y el compartimento del motor en la trasera. La superestructura estaba constituida por planchas de blindaje inclinadas que alcanzaban un grosor máximo de ochenta milímetros en la coraza frontal. Este blindado tenía una altura total de tan solo ciento ochenta y cinco centímetros, lo que permitía su empleo con gran éxito en emboscadas. En orden de combate el peso era de veinticuatro toneladas, y la velocidad máxima 39 km/h. En los ejemplares de producción inicial se instaló en montaje de rótula el cañón Pak 39 L/48 de 7.5 cm con un mantelete tipo Saukopf de fundición. Hasta el final de la guerra y contando todos los ejemplares de las distintas versiones, se construyeron un total de 1.531 Jagdpanzer.

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Model Railroader 09 2009

iHobby is coming: The 25th annual iHobby Expo, a trade show for the hobby industry, is slated for Oct. 22-25 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, I11., just outside Chicago. The show features model railroad manufacturers and vendors, as well as those in other hobbies such as radio control, plastic models, rockets, and die-cast metal toys. The expo is often a showplace for manufacturers to debut new hobby products. Model Railroader will have a full iHobby report on our Web site and in January's News & Products. For more information, go to www.ihobbyexpo.com. Modeler operates on a larger scale: United States Army officer and model railroader Leslie Parks had no idea his experience with small-scale trains would come in handy on the ground in Iraq. But when Parks was transferred to the Area of Operations that included the headquarters of Iraqi National Railways, his superiors assigned him to get it working. Parks, a Model Railroader reader, shared his experiences in an e-mail he sent to us. "In any sound prototype-based model railroad, you must have a purpose," Parks wrote. The Iraqi railroad was one of the largest employers in the area, but since its primary customer had been the former government, not much was moving on the rails.

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Model Railroader 10 2009

Dean Freytag's foundry article was published in two parts in the April and May 2009 issues. The prototype foundry, part of a small-engine plant, was fed by a pair of overhead cranes working on a craneway about a city block long. A single track ran just inside the concrete wall beneath the entire length of the craneway. That track was long enough to hold about a half-dozen 50-foot gondolas of scrap iron that were unloaded using electromagnets. The plant didn't have any visible means of moving freight cars, but I've seen similar size plants shift cars with a special electric windlass called a car puller. These devices have a cable that's hooked into one of the roping loops built into the corners of gondolas. Then the windlass can gradually pull the loaded car into position. Many manufacturing industries use a somewhat riskier practice of shoving cars with an industrial truck or forklift. The problem is how to stop the car once it's rolling. For model railroad operating purposes, I'd add a single spot with an unloading hopper under the track to receive a covered hopper of dry foundry sand at the very end of the long spur opposite the sand preparation building.

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