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ZSU-23/4 “Shilka” walk-around

Sunday, February 13th, 2011 Posted in Articles, Website Updates | No Comments »

Continuing our series of articles and reviews, Ian Shumsky shares a series of reference photos of a captured Iraqi ZSU-23/4 "Shilka" radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system. This particular example was captured by 4 Regiment Army Air Corps during Operation Granby ...

Museum of Army Flying pictures

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 Posted in Articles, Website Updates | No Comments »

Continuing our series of articles and reviews, Ian Shumsky shares photos of many of the the aircraft on display at the Museum of Army Flying, taken at the recent Aircraft Enthusiasts Fair and Model Show. Head over to the article ...

Suisoft KitBase Review

Saturday, September 4th, 2010 Posted in Articles, Website Updates | No Comments »

Continuing our series of articles and reviews, Ian Shumsky provides a detailed review of Suisoft's KitBase product. KitBase is a computer program for tracking your model kits from purchase, through build to display, while Suisoft are a NSMC Sponsor. Head ...

Universal Carrier pictures

Monday, June 21st, 2010 Posted in Articles, Website Updates | No Comments »

Continuing our series of feature articles, Ian Shumsky provides a series of reference pictures of a Universal, or Ford Windsor, Carrier. These pictures will be particularly helpful for anyone building Tamiya's Universal Carrier. Head over to the Ford Windsor Carrier ...

From U-1407 to HMS Meteorite

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in Articles, Club News, Website Updates | No Comments »

In our third feature Ian Bartlett shares an old photo and an interesting history of how U-1407 became HMS Meteorite after World War II. Have a look at the U-1407 feature page to view the photograph and read the history.

FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor pictures

Sunday, May 9th, 2010 Posted in Articles, Club News, Website Updates | No Comments »

In our second feature submission, Ian Shumsky provides a a series of reference pictures for anyone interested in the British Army FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor (CET). These pictures will be particularly helpful for anyone building one of Accurate Armour's range ...

Desert Memories

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in Articles, Club News, Website Updates | 2 Comments »

We have added a new Articles and Reviews page to the website. In our first feature Ian Shumsky provides a rare glimpse of life in the desert during WWII through archive photos recently discovered by his father-in-law. Have a ...
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