Afrika Korps

DAK camp in the desert.

Panzer IV and a few infantry.

Command halftrack with radio antenna.

And a medium size tent in the shade of the trees.

The guard at the door to the tent command post.
 

Cold War Soviet Truck Repair

The Louie the Lilac truck is not all I have been working on.

A number of my Cold War era, 40 year old trucks have become unbonded.  The cabs and spare tires are falling off.

So I have to glue them back on.  I am not painting the green trucks at this time, just repairing them.  I figure they are usable in green plastic, but the yellow, blue, and brown ones have to be repainted.

Here they are in their new home.  Safe and sound.

A total of over 100 painted vehicles in this two boxes.  And these are just two boxes.
 

Trash Truck and Lilac

The tactical trash truck of the Soviet Union.

I have been painting and converting many Cold War era Soviet Vehicles.

The trash truck door opens.  Exciting play for kids everywhere.

I had a bunch of the trash trucks, and I pulled the bin off of one of them, added a bit of styrene to make a flat bed truck and painted lilac color.

Batman 66 Villain Louie the Lilac, Milton Berle, had one in his story arc on the TV show.

BTR-60

Roskopf BTR-60.

It is the open early top version.

The main machine gun is the same one Roskopf uses on all their Russian vehicles.  Which I like since they are supposed to be the same gun.  I think Roco makes 20 different .50 caliber M2 machine guns.

Interior detail is limited but good enough.

The bottom is nicely detailed, which is rather strange I think.

Nice comfy seating for the crew.