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Hey everyone. I’m back with more pics to post.

These are my five latest small scale armor models all completed. This brings me up to 574 completed armor models. Four of these five were started and worked on during St. Crispin’s Monday Hobby Days
and some work was even done during Saturday Hobby Day.

This first one is my 1/72 scale IBG Canadian Chevy 15CWT troop truck:

Next up is one of my three ACE kits. This is the 1/72 scale Marine Corps LAV AD Air Defense variant of the LAV-25:

The wheels all rotate, and the front suspension also turns on these LAV’s. It was tricky, but I got them all to work.

Here’s the second ACE kit: The 1/72 scale LAV M Mortar Carrier:

[img]http://www.the-lem.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10036/US_Marines_LAV_M_Mortar_Carrier_I.JPG[/img]

The one headlight assembly disappeared, so this one was damaged in combat. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. The mortar inside rotates as well on this one. I really like this model.

If I ever find the headlight Ill put it back on, but for now, I’m calling this one done.

This next model is the Trumpeter 1/72 scale M-113 A3 APC. Now I have the whole line of them from A-nothing to A-3 as well as several variants:

[img]http://www.the-lem.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10036/US_ARMY_M_113_A3_II.JPG[/img]

Finally, this last one is the third ACE kit. This is a cool little 1/72 scale model of the GAZ M-1 Russian Army Staff Car:

[img]http://www.the-lem.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10036/Russian_GAZ_M1_Staff_Car_IIJPG.jpg[/img]

This model is only about an inch and three-quarters long. No, it is not still wet. This is supposed to be a shiny car so I shot it with Gloss Black. It took a bit of filling and sanding to get it to look this solid, but I’m pleased with the results.

Okay, that’s all my latest models finished, feel free to leave comments. Meanwhile, thanks all for looking in!

And the Duke finishes another one! This was mostly built at St. Crispin’s Hobby Day in Anaheim on Mondays.

Back in May a friend and I were manning the IPMS booth at the Chino Air Show. Further down the flightline was sitting a Piasecki H-21 Flying Banana that we both thought was an unflyable static display. Well, as we were packing up after the airshow, we heard an interesting sound and looked up to see the Piasecki sitting on the taxiway firing up it’s engines. We stopped what we were doing and watched as it fired up, taxi’d out and did a rolling takeoff. What a sight!

As soon as I got home I dug through my stash to find this Hobbycraft kit and got started.

Now, a couple weeks later, here it is all completed:

The Duke's 1/72 scale US Army Piasecki H-21 Flying Banana

I added the extra large insignia and “ARMY” on the side from my spare decals to make it look more like the one that was at the airshow. Other than that, it’s built OOB. I hand painted the canopy rails too.

I am working on several more trucks and modern armored vehicles at St. Crispin’s on Mondays as well. I am able to get alot of work done on these models before taking them home to finish up.

Thanks all for looking in. Comments are always welcome.

Hello fellow gamers,

Since our esteemed President, Bill (Witthans), was kind enough to plug my fledgling painting service, I thought it only fitting to provide some more information (prices, services etc.) and some examples of my work.

I have been painting miniatures for about 30+ years in one form or another starting with car kits and moving to 1/32 scale military, then to 25 mm role playing figures and finally 28/30 mm fantasy, Sci Fi and historic.

Below are some samples of my recent work on Royal Navy, Pirate, Fantasy and 40K.

My prices are dependent on the amount of detail a given customer will want, but generally speaking I charge $5.00 – $7.00 a figure for 25 – 30 mm foot. That would include base colors, washes and simple highlights (dry brush etc.) Mounted 25 – 30 mm would run $10 – $12 per figure for the same type of service. 20mm run $3.50 to $4.00 per figure for foot, 15mm $1.00 per figure for foot. Anything smaller then 15mm or larger then 30mm would need a price quote.

Priming, prepping and basing are all separate charges usually an additional $1 to $2.

I will put together a more comprehensive list of services and prices and update you all very soon.

I can be reached by E-mail at Colonel Winky or by phone at (818) 675-5399

Thanks for your time,

Colonel Winky