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The build begins! This project was prompted by a trip to the Armed Forces Military Museum in Largo, Florida. My wife and I stopped by on the way out of town from visiting family this past Thanksgiving. For $50, you could take a ride in an M8 Greyhound. Man oh man, that was fun. Well worth the money! I had never really been that excited about the M8 as a modeling subject, but after talking to our driver about the vehicle, I was fascinated. We always hear  about how crews lived in their vehicles, but there's something experiencing that life first hand that makes the brain go wild. I can't imagine cramming four men into a vehicle this small. And WOW this thing was much faster and smoother than expected!     As for the build, I wanted to go full out. The Tamiya M8 Greyhound kit I'm using as the [...]

This past weekend was the yearly ModelFiesta show in San Antonio, Texas. I headed down and snapped a bunch of pictures. Check 'em out! [fancygallery id="2" album="13"]

One of the most interesting, opportunity filled areas of modeling has gone massively untapped. We modelers who love World War II as a subject have been radically underserved. The American Home Front is a subject we all should be shaking pitchforks in the air to get kit manufacturers to start thinking about the American Home Front. There, I said it. I apologize for any riots I may have inadvertently just caused. During WWII, America spun up an entire country into a massive manufacturing state. Factories were everywhere, entire chunks of industrial park camouflaged with netting, multiple types of home guard troops and volunteers. The entire country was overhauled. Trains, cars, buses, and wagons were all used in the efforts of both military and civilian daily tasks. It's an absolutely fascinating period. Yes, America didn't see carpet bombing destruction or massive tank battles. But the country transformed and created massive, unique opportunities [...]