Grille

Roco Minitank Z-106 the Grille, but modified with a gun gun.

The Germans made three Grille in WWII but later modified one to carry the FlaK 41 L/74 cannon with the typical ground mount style gun shield.

This one looks a little large because the gun and shield are actually 1/76th scale, I think the Airfix gun but I am not certain.

A more accurate representation could be done using the Roco number 740 flak gun in HO scale but I don't have any extra ones and I did have a bunch of surplus 1/76th scale gun bits... so here we are.

I left the little wheels on.  Sometimes I take them off and sometimes I don't.  The little wheels can be used for other projects along with the clip and the wire, but I have plenty in stock right now.

The gun and shield just barely fit, but they fit!

Since I have a lot of these floating around I might make a platoon of 5 for my German 1946 army.
 

Pet Shop Tree

I was at the pet shop the other day looking for dog treats and found a nice palm tree.

It is a coconut tree and not a toy.  I use it to decorate my wargame table.

This is part of my beach blanket bingo collection.

Batman 66 even got into the surfing craze, so it is helpful for that.

James Bond was at the beach a lot but he never seemed to be surfing.

Add a few people and a couple beach cars and you are ready to go.  You never know where you will find hobby items!
 

Heiser Aunt Jemima Mine Roller Instructions

Assembly is simple and fast, but you have to follow the directions.

Here are all the necessary parts with the excess resin cut off ready for assembly.

Compare the drawings on these two pages to identify the parts, and see where they go.

Then test fit everything before you glue anything.  It is not a difficult kit if you follow the directions and don't take any shortcuts.  I eventually glued all the parts together because I like my models to be durable rather than action packed.  But you can make several of the parts move if you want to assemble them that way.

Here you see where some of the other detail parts go.

Paul Heiser does a great job of sealing up his models in little plastic bags so it is very difficult to lose any pieces in transit.
 

Aunt Jemima Mine Roller

These are the parts of the Heiser Models Aunt Jemima mine clearance vehicle.  The main tank is a standard Heiser plastic Sherman tank with these added parts.

The plastic transmission nose is replaced by this one with mine clearance part mounts molded on.

Rear bumper parts.

Various spacer parts for the discs.

Other extra armor, and turret parts.

 Paul Heiser makes two versions of this kit the other one uses a different Sherman as the base vehicle.