Radio Station Trouble

M3 halftrack converted to an armored car for rapid response by Military Police in the event of civil unrest.

Radio station KXKVI has an emergency.

The police, the Army and people from the neighborhood have responded.

KXKVI is run by a local man who has been doing experiments and they have gotten out of hand.

They police were unable to respond adequately in this small town and asked for help from the Army.

Crowds have been drawn to the noise and excitment.

It's a lot going on for a usually quiet location.

The owner of the station and his wife exit the building, preceded by an almost invisible being!

Police stand back across the street from the thing!
 

Iron Ace and Starship Troopers

This model came from eBay and I am sure it is long out of production.

I think it is a former Heller kit.  There was no pilot so I rounded one up and now there is one.

Iron Ace, his plane, and Rubberman and Black Mail his two main rivals.

I think it is an interesting little WWII group.

Working on my Action Fleet Starship Troopers figures.  I liked all the movies but I always figured it was rather stupid that they did not have any ground vehicles.  If they were not going to do the Mobile Infantry as jump troopers, then at least a few tanks and APCs would have been in order.  And don't get me started on their tactics.  I have added a few additional figures to the unit by painting other science fiction figures in the Starship Troopers colors.

I have also obtained and repainted a number of Matchbox, and Hot Wheels items to give them greater ground mobility and reconnaissance capabilities.  Also a large drone.  Last summer I stripped all the paint off these vehicles, except the drone, and repainted them. I also began adding decals but the weather got too cold for that and they will wait for summer again.  I also painted about 100 figures for this group from other non-Starship Trooper sets I had.
 

Dewoitine 520 Iron Ace Airplane

Here is my Iron Ace single seat fighter plane, painted in the same metallic blue with gold wash as the Iron Ace himself.

In the comic the Iron Ace I don't think they specifically mention what kind of plane he uses.

But since the guy who gives him the plane is French and in France, a French plane seemed a good choice.

Since Iron Ace is British and by this time France had fallen to the Germans a plane in French markings seemed like a bad idea.

So I put British decals on it.

I don't normally do RAF planes but some of my USAAF plane models had RAF decal markings included in the model so here you go.

I always do my planes with wheels down so they can sit on a runway.
 

Black Mail

He is wearing plate armor that is magenta but he is called, Black Mail.

He is a robot super villain that works for the Germans in WWII.

Iron Ace is his primary opponent.

Super Toy Soldier Collector Billy Hill gave him and host of other figures to me.  Thank you BH!

Iron Ace faces off against Black Mail

Also Rubberman.

Rubberman, Black Mail and Iron Ace together.

Along with an Airfix US Army WWII military police officer for scale.

Part of my small but growing super hero collection.  Mostly I do super heroes and villains from the late 1930's until about 1980, but mainly WWII and Batman 66 related.  Many of them like these three are largely forgotten today.