My absence & Swedish Tank Drifting

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I haven't had a lot of time the last few weeks to do any painting and shouldn't have time for the next few weeks.  Till then, I will just post articles that I find interesting.  Here is one now.  The Swedes drifting a tank.

Panthers for FOW Tank Aces

I have finish my panthers for the the Flames of War Tank Aces league.  I still need to add some decals which are on back order but other than that I'm done.  They didn't turn out as good as I had hoped but I've never have been able to paint German tanks very well. 

Navy Zeppelin Over Tulsa, OK

A bit of local military history, the 320 South Boston Building in downtown Tulsa has a Zeppelin mooring on it's roof.

Pic 1.  Navy Zeppelin 'City of Los Angeles' approaches downtown Tulsa.

Pic 2.  Over downtown Tulsa.

Pic 3.  The 320 South Boston Building is the tall building center left.

 Follow this link for an article on this.
http://thislandpress.com/01/27/2011/zeppelin-tulsa/

Hand-held, Shoulder Launched Phosphorous Missile (Israeli Army)

I haven't posted anything this week because I've still haven't finished painting my Panther tanks yet, so I figured I would post a video that I found very interesting (and a little scary). 

War of 1812 British artillery on snow sled

Came across this in my research today that I've never seen before, a British 3 pound gun on a snow sled.  Here is a link to the website if your interested in details.
www.riverraisinbattlefield.org/artillery.htm

War of 1812 American Artillery

Just finished basing my War of 1812 American Artillery.  I still have a light artillery battery to paint and I hope to do that by the end of the summer.  The guns painted blue are US Regulars and the maroon one is a militia unit representing Mack's Battery of the Michigan Legionary Corps.

A bit of trivia, American regular artillery during the War of 1812 made their guns from cast iron, not bronze.  The only bronze guns were with the militia batteries, as most of those where from the  Revolutionary War. 

Next project, painting some Panther tanks for the Flames of War Tank Aces League.

Don't Mess With Marines

Diorama in Black & White

I came across this diorama on the web several years ago and thought it was really cool and wished I could paint this well.  I don't know who painted it, or I would have given them credit.  Make sure to check out the last photo.

USS Essex Ironclad

Just finished my USS Essex from Thoroughbred Miniatures.  It's pictured below with the USS Indianola.  Next up on the painting table, I have to base my War of 1812 US Artillery.

George Washington Voted Britain's Greatest Military Enemy

Interesting story from the Chicago Tribune,
George Washington Voted Britain's Greatest Military Enemy

Although the article wrongly credits the victory at Saratoga to Washington (that goes to Benedict Arnold),  everything else is on the nose.  Washington may have lost most of the battles he fought in, but the few victories he had severely hurt the British war effort.  He was very good of at protecting his army from serious defeat and attacking when the enemy was most vulnerable.  You need only to look at the Yorktown Campaign to appreciate this.