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Military Kits
Military (historical, non-fiction) vehicle kit, figures and accessories. This is where I started with the hobby, way, way back in the 1980's with typical Airfix kits of Spitfires and Hurricanes - painting in horrid colours from those nasty little enamel cans and then strung up from my bedroom ceiling with string!
Things have come a long way since that time, and a lot of the modern kits and figures have levels of detail that would have seemed unreal back then.
These pages have recently been changed or updated in the Military models section:
| Airfix Me262A-1A 1/72 kit | 2025/05/29 10:44 | John | [Airfix Me262A-1A 1/72 kit] |
| Hobby 2000 Me163B Komet 1/72 kit | 2025/05/29 08:26 | John | [Hobby 2000 Me163B Komet 1/72 kit] |
| Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4 | 2025/05/28 17:23 | John | [Airfix 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4] |
| Revell 1/72 Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a | 2025/05/28 17:23 | John | [Revell 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me262 A-1a] |
| Heller 1/72 Sherman M4A2 | 2025/05/25 16:53 | John | [Painting] |
| Dragon 1/72 Sherman M4A4 Vc 'Firefly' | 2025/05/25 16:33 | John | [Painting] |
Model List
| Image | Name | Series | Type | Scale | Manufacturer | Status | Built | Painted | Detailed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arado AR E.555 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Wanted | |||||
 | Battlefield Buildings | WW2 | Scenery | 1/72 | Italeri | Completed | Y | Y | Y | |
 | British 6 pounder Anti-tank gun and crew | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model + figures | 1/72 | Valiant | Owned | Y | |||
 | Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Eduard | Owned | ||||
 | Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Owned | ||||
 | Focke Wulf Ta 152H | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Completed | Y | Y | Y | |
| Focke Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Wanted | |||||
| Focke Wulf TL Jager Flitzer | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Wanted | |||||
 | German Airforce WWII Pilots & Ground Crew | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Revell | Owned | ||||
 | German Fuel Truck & Schwimmwagen | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Academy | Owned | ||||
 | German ground crew | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Zvezda | Owned | ||||
 | German Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun FlaK 36/37 with Crew | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model + figures | 1/72 | Zvezda | Owned | ||||
 | German infantry 1942-1944 | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Valiant | Owned | ||||
 | German 81mm mortar & tripod MG42 | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Valiant | Owned | ||||
| German Luftwaffe Bomber Crew | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | New Hope Design | Owned | |||||
| German Luftwaffe Pilot - late BF109 ver. | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Aerobonus | Owned | |||||
| German Luftwaffe Pilot - with life jacket | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Aerobonus | Owned | |||||
 | German Panzergrenadiers (Normandy 1944) | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Caesar | Owned | ||||
 | German Stowage & Tank Commanders | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Plastic Soldier Company | Owned | ||||
 | German tank riders & crew | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | HaT | Owned | ||||
 | Heinkel He162 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Super Hobby | Ordered | ||||
 | Horton Go 299 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Ordered | ||||
 | Late war British infantry (1944-1945) | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/72 | Plastic Soldier Company | Owned | ||||
 | Luftwaffe Personnel | WW2 | Miniature figures | 1/76 | Airfix | Owned | ||||
 | Messerschmitt Bf109-G5 & G6 dual set | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Eduard | Owned | ||||
 | Messerschmitt Bf109-G10 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Owned | ||||
 | Messerschmitt Me163B | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Hobby 2000 | Ordered | ||||
 | Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Airfix | Ordered | ||||
 | Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Owned | Y | |||
 | Messerschmitt Me410 A-1/U2 & U4 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Airfix | Owned | ||||
| Messerschmitt Me P.1099B | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Revell | Wanted | |||||
 | Panzer IV Ausf. J | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Dragon | Owned | ||||
 | Sd.Kfz 251/1 half-track with PaK 40 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Dragon | Owned | ||||
 | Sherman M4A2 | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Heller | Owned | Y | Y | ||
 | Sherman M4A4 (Firefly) VC | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Dragon | Owned | Y | Y | ||
 | Sturmgeschutze III Ausf. G | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Miniart | Owned | ||||
 | Sturmgeschutze IV | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model | 1/72 | Unimodel | Owned | ||||
 | Tiger II / King Tiger (Late type) with Fallschirmjager | WW2 | Fixed-pose scale model + figures | 1/72 | Dragon | Owned |
Military Model Dioramas
Most of the models and kits in the list above were bought with the intention of using them in displays or extended diorama scenes in my display cabinets - these are designed to fit entirely within the confines of a standard IKEA Billy bookcase (76cm x 26cm). Normally I build displays over two identically sized tiles (38cm x 26cm) which makes it easier to assemble and remove from the bookcase.
The list below are the main displays built so far.
French Countryside Ambush
WW2 French countryside ambush - This is a display being planned of Allied forces (Sherman tanks, anti-tank guns, infantry) ambushing a German armoured column in the French countryside during WWII.
Luftwaffe Airfield
WW2 German Airfield display - This is a display to hold most of the WWII German fighter planes (BF109, FW190, Me410) and ground staff.
Late War Luftwaffe Base
This is a display I am planning to hold most of the late war, prototype, jet or rocket powered models from WWII. It is intended to be a multi-level Luftwaffe base hidden within a mountain or underground.