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May was a bust for me with only one model being finished during that whole month. It was the last of my radar trucks done from ZZ Models, the P-18 Spoon Rest radar system:











The radar rotates as you can see here. It's also removable for transport:





And as a reminder, here it is with the other two radar systems I finished in April, the PRV-10 and the P-15:






Now on to what I finished here in June. Please disregard the floating wheels; the photo booth background/floor piece was wavy making it impossible to pose these with all wheels down. They all touch on a flat surface.


First is this ACE 1/72 scale British Forlite Saloon car in civilian use:











Next up is this Hobby Boss 1/72 scale German Panzerjaegerwagen railcar:











Next up, the PST 1/72 scale Russian Zis-10 Tractor with trailer:







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I've already fixed the silvered decals back there, no worries.


Next is the Modelcollect 1/72 scale US Army MAN Tractor with Cruise Missile TEL:











And finally this is the ACE 1/72 scale British Salamander Mk. 6 Crash Tender:












And that is all so far for June. It's possible I'll have a few more finished before months end, but at least this is it for now.


Thank you for looking in, comments are always welcome.

Nice work Mark!

A cracking selection of builds Mark. I really do like that collection of Radars, that's not something I've ever seen before but they make striking little models. You've done an excellent job on all of them.

I love the little Salamander Crash Tender, that's awesome!

Thank you Mike!

Thank you Stuart! Those radar trucks were from a very old company called ZZ Models that put out these small scale multimedia kits of many of the Russian radar systems used by the Soviets back in the day. I think there's at least three or four more kits of other radars including a Fan Song radar system that I want to get someday. I particularly need the Fan Song for my SA-2 SAM site I want to build.

I am thrilled with that little Salamander too, it turned out better than I expected!

Duke Maddog wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:34 pm Thank you Mike!

Thank you Stuart! Those radar trucks were from a very old company called ZZ Models that put out these small scale multimedia kits of many of the Russian radar systems used by the Soviets back in the day. I think there's at least three or four more kits of other radars including a Fan Song radar system that I want to get someday. I particularly need the Fan Song for my SA-2 SAM site I want to build.

I am thrilled with that little Salamander too, it turned out better than I expected!

The Fan Song would be interesting to see.

Only five? Sheesh. Slacker.

About all I finishte was a plate of spaghetti!

Neat stuff and well done.

Stuart, I agree; a Fan Song would be a fantastic addition!

Lyle, thank you. Yeah, I'm slacking; I gotta work on picking up the pace....

Very nice! That radar truck… is that massive radar unit all PE? And Inthought the balloon cable cutter was bad. If so, you’re a braver man than me.

Mark, I’m really liking the GLCM TEL! I wish that they made one in 1/35, but if they did, it would be YUUUUUUUUUGGGGGE!!!!

Thank you Tom! The radar truck has styrene rods for the main horizontal part and the verticals. The rest is photo etch. I then used very small stretched sprue to rig it. If you go through my Maddog Manufacturing thread, you'll see how I did that.

Thank you Carlos! I'm surprised that haven't done the GLCM truck in 1/35; after all, they did an M1070 with trailer and that is even bigger than this!