2013

Wonder World in Miniature

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Flat Tires

Merry Christmas

Dragon Latest Figures

King and Country Models in South Africa

Toy Museum in Simonstown

Masterbox Latest Figures

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NFL Army - Navy Game

Army unveils WWII-inspired uniforms for the Army-Navy game. Read the full story on War History Online: http://bit.ly/XvlrcQ

Aiding in Hitler's downfall

Woman Bletchley Park Code Breaker honoured for aiding Hitler’s downfall

 
Ursula Frost remembers the day Winston Churchill arrived at Bletchley Park to tell her and other Enigma codebreakers they had helped end World War II.
”Churchill came down and told us we’d ended the war by two years. We were very pleased to hear that,” the 95-year-old Aucklander says.
”He came down and saw us twice which we always thought was great, rather. He didn’t have all that time to do those sort of things.”
Frost will be thanked for her services when Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman presents her with a special badge from the United Kingdom next Friday at Auckland rest home.
But why she is receiving the badge after 67 years is also an enigma, she said.
Frost worked for section M18 during the war, cracking German army and air force codes under computer maverick Alan Turing.
He was a bright-minded, ”very nice chap”, she says, but they never spoke of his codebreaking secrets.

Best of Roman Art

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D-Day Facts

10 Little Known Facts about D-Day

Military scholars have studied D-Day for the past six decades, but even WWII buffs might not know some of these little-known facts about the infamous beach landing:

1. The invasion location was cloaked in secrecy and rumors. Allied leaders were constantly trying to throw off the Germans about the location and time of the planned inv

asion. Not even the soldiers knew the exact date, time, and location of the attack until the last minute. All training maps for troops had false names to keep the secret intact.

2. The main reason for the secrecy was that the Germans had 55 divisions stationed in France, and the Allies could only bring in about eight divisions to attack on D-Day.

Band of Brothers 3?

HBO Considering Third BAND OF BROTHERS TV Series

According to The Playlist, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are presumed to be involved as producers again in the third series

If your heart has mended since having seen the WWII HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which first aired in 2001, and you have gotten through the pain and triumph of The Pacific, the follow-up series that took place in the Asia theater of war (and aired in 2010) then prepare for a new soul-crushing possibility: a third series that would follow the aerial battles in the Pacific.

The original installment seemed to act as a springboard for a huge number of actors who have continued rising in their fame (such as Michael Fassbender, Ron Livingston, Jamie Bamber, Tom Hardy, Colin Hanks and Simon Pegg), including Damian Lewis, whose heroic Major Dick Winters is miles away from his current role as the compromised former patriot Nicholas Brody on Showtime’s Homeland (Dick Winters would never be turned against America!)  For more on the upcoming project, hit the jump.

band-of-brothers-posterAccording to The Playlist, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are presumed to be involved as producers again in the third series, but little else is known about the possible revival of the WWII historical drama, though network executives Michael Lombardo and Richard Plepler seem keen on the idea given the success of the first two series.
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The most incredible Dio ever?

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Box Art

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Hitler's Cabriolet still here

Is this Hitler’s Mercedes? Car dealer’s shock at discovering vintage car he bought from eBay was built for Nazi officers

on July 11, 2012 at 09:08

When a New Jersey auto dealer called up Mercedes to order parts for a vintage car he was repairing, they asked for the vehicle’s serial number.
Zenop Tuncer was shocked to hear the company reply: ‘That’s Hitler’s car.’The 1942 Mercedes 320 Cabriolet D was part of a fleet built for senior officers of the Third Reich during the Second World War. While the model which ended up being repaired in Edgewater, New Jersey was probably not flashy enough to be driven by the Führer himself, it is likely to have belonged to one of his generals.

Masterbox Figures

Happy Halloween Tomcat

Crashed in Sahara found 70years later

Is it the pilot? Bones and a parachute found near eerily preserved plane that crashed in Sahara desert 70 years ago

on October 25, 2012 

Bid for survival: The P40 Kittyhawk was found perfectly preserved and someone had apparently tried to build a shelter beside it

A body has been found in the desert close to the spot where a pilot disappeared after crash-landing during the war.
The wreckage of the P40 Kittyhawk plane was found perfectly preserved earlier this year, 70 years after the accident, and now it seems that airman Dennis Copping’s remains may have been recovered nearby. The bones were located on some rocks four months ago, along with a piece of parachute, about three miles from where the plane landed in the Sahara desert in 1942.  A keychain fob with the number 61 on it was found near the remains, along with a metal button dated 1939.

Coming Soon from Miniart

Best Soldiers

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Great Looking Dio

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South African Military Museum

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The Modelling News: Euro Militaire 2012 Pt. II - Single Foot Figures

The Modelling News: Euro Militaire 2012 Pt. II - Single Foot Figures

SMC 2012 show

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WW2 Heroes

World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare.

       He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific.

       One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank.

       He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship.

       His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet.

       As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American fleet.

       The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless.  He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.

       Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another.  Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent.

       Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them  unfit to fly.

       Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction.

        Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier.

       Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet.  He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft.

This took place on February 20, 1942 , and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Medal of Honor.

       A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29.  His home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man.

       So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor.  It's located between Terminals 1 and 2.

Lego Batcave

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