The Duke's Latest Armor

[Dukemaddog]

Here is two of the three vehicles I have added to my vehicle collection to date. It feels good to finally finish these after so many months of misfortune and distractions.

First up is the Zvezda 1/72 scale snap-together 40mm Bofors anti aircraft cannon. It was a fast and easy build that went together very well. I just built it out of the box. I can still place it on the included base and add the included figures, but for now this gun is done:






Next up is my Hobby Boss 1/72 scale Israeli Merkava IV. This was a very easy and fun model to assemble and the painting and weathering was a blast. Here she is:






Now I have the complete line of Merkava tanks from I to IV. Now I just need to fill them out with the Merkava IIID and Merkava III Baz.

Oh, and for those who are following the count, these two and my 1/72 scale civilian car bring my collection of vehicles up to 706 completed models.

That's all for now, feel free to check out my latest aircraft and civilian car.

Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

[BUCKY]

Smashing work, Maddog! Thanks for showing these on the pages of OSM!

[RLFoster]

Very nice, Mark.

Good to see you back at it...all the best!

[Robbo]

Very nice

[Wes]

Great work. Especially in 1/72 scale

[JCON]

Both of these turned out awesome Mark!!!

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks for the awesome compliments guys! I hope to finish more soon.

[doogie]

Outstanding work Mark.

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks Harley! I'm glad to see you stop in and comment. I appreciate that.

[JED]

Very nice

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks Jed!

[Deleted]

Very nice indeed

[MARCO]

Wow Mark! Two little gems from a Master of the art of build and paint such little models! Steady hands, eagle eyes and lots of patience!

[dogfish7 (R.I.P.)]

Very nice work Mark!

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks guys for the awesome comments. Marco: one out of three ain't bad: I have the steady hands at least. I certainly don't have the patience; that's why I have 17 projects in progress now!

Thanks again guys for the awesome replies.

[CarlRF (R.I.P.)]

I don't know how you do it Mark in 1/72 scale . Great detail brudda .

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks Carl! I guess I'm so used to it that I just do it. I'm glad to see you stop in and comment.

[CarlRF (R.I.P.)]

Yeah I'll try to do better brotha .

[Buddho]

I have never seen a 1/72 scale Bofors...what a unique build, Mark. And the Merkava is perfectly weathered. Well done.

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks Dan! I really appreciate that. I was trying very hard to do right on the Merkava.

There are a couple other 1/72 scale Bofors out there. Airfix does one and ACE does one. This one was the Zvezda snap-together one.

Thanks again for the great compliments!