Russian soldiers in Chechnya
This photoset from English Russia shows Russian troops in less hectic moments during the Chechen conflict.
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This photoset from English Russia shows Russian troops in less hectic moments during the Chechen conflict.
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The anniversary of the siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) was recently celebrated with a huge reconstruction of the battle featuring authentic uniforms and tanks.
Wikipedia history of St. Petersburg/Leningrad
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A website dedicated to the old Ford Anglia/Pop.
via Jalopnik
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If you’re interested in modelling any American subjects then you might want to check out the Library of Congress feed on Flickr, which is filling up with documentary images, mostly from the start of the twentieth century.
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Update – October 2013 I am working my way through this list and updating, removing and adding links where possible.
This site has a list of companies that manufacture model figures. However, a lot of the links go to dead sites, so I thought I’d work my way through and produce a more up to date collection. I have merely weeded out the dead links, and occasionally chased down new addresses. I’ve also added a couple of manufacturers I’ve found in my surfing. I cannot vouch for any of these companies except for Historex-Agents, who I have successfully ordered stuff from.
Andrea Miniatures – One of the world’s premier figure manufacturers. You can get Andrea figures on Amazon.co.uk.
Armorcast – USA Fantasy and Wargame figures
Bronze Age Miniatures. 28mm and 54mm figures, mostly for gaming.
Comet Miniatures Not a manufacturer, but they have an interesting range of kits in stock.
Creative Beast. Mostly dinosaurs, but some fantasy figures.
Disturbed Earth Productions – USA Fantasy and Horror figures and Busts
Dragon Models – USA Home page of Dragon Models.
Dream Master Creations – USA Erotic resin figures
Dutkins’ Collectables – Among the many products sold by this company are figure models.
Dynasty Scale Models – Military figures and busts
Fontegris Miniatures. Spanish resin and white metal figure manufacturers.
Frontier Models – UK Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Model Specialists
Gremlins in the Garage! – USA Welcome to Gremlins in the Garage the first webzine dedicated to figure kit modeling
Ground Zero Games. Gaming miniatures and fantasy figures.
Wayne “The Dane” Hansen – Figure Kits and Sculpting Supplies
Hassle Free miniatures Gaming figures and accessories.
Hobby Search – buy direct from Japan
The House of Anime – USA Anime figures and dolls
Image Anime – USA General Anime kits and figures
Jimmy Flintstone/ Dr Flintbone Primarily manufacturers of hot rod and custom car bodies in resin, Jimmy Flintstone also produce figures to complement the vehicles. Dr. Flintbone is the more adult arm.
Kaiyodo – Japan Star wars, Godzilla (original) and Anime figures.
K’resin kits – France Anime, Comics and Movies resin and vynl kits : Alien, Batman, City hunter, Cobra, Crow, Die hard,Frankenstein, etc
Legends – We carry products (kits, accessories, reference materials, Japanese si-fi & anime) from all over the world.
MBM Models – Holland Military, Sci-Fi and Fantasy fig specialists
Menagerie Productions – USA Fantasy and ‘Paleo’ kits and figures
Micro Mark – tools for the serious modeller
Moebius Models. Licenced re-releases of old Aurora kits.
Monsters In Motion: A Sci-Fi Gallery – Welcome to Monsters In Motion, the world’s greatest gallery of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Famous Movie Personalities as finished statues and model kits for the hobbyist and collector.
New World Miniatures 1:35th and 1:16th scale military miniatures.
Paleocraft – models of extinct animals
Phebus Creations. French company producing sci-fi, fantasy, war and civilian figures in 1:43rd, 1:35th, 1:24th and larger.
Rising Sun Creations – USA Anime collectable superstore
Sideshow Inc – USA Site specializing in liscensed figurative vinyl/resin model kits and collectibles based on some of todays leading artists, including: Clive Barker, Bernie Wrightson, Tim Bradstreet, Frank Kelly Freas, Brom, and Bill Stout.
Solarwind Productions – Welcome to the fantasy figure world of Solarwind Productions.We design, develop and manufacture high quality, limited edition resin kits.
Spectral Motion Inc – This company sells some amazing horror figures!!
Styrene Studio – Excellent resin figures
Swede Creations – Manufacturer of Collectible Fantasy, Horror and Related Resin Sculptures.
Watson Sculptures and Models – Dinosaur, Ancient reptile and Prehistoric figures and models
Zotz – Mexico Glamour and Erotic figure specialists
W Britains – Military figure manufacturer
Le Cimier – France Military Figures, tools and reference books
Diecast Direct – UK Suppliers of Elite Command Diecast American Civil War, WWII, Napoleonic and Roman figures
The Dunken Company – figure casting supplies and moulds.
Miniaturas by F. M. Beneito – Spain Historical Miniature
s specialist
Elisena – Metal figures – Italy An Italian manufacturer with a lot of interesting products (figures, flats, bases etc.).
El Viejo Dragón Miniaturas – Spain Historical Figure specialists
Frontline Figures – Beautiful 54mm award winning collectible figures!!
Gene Gill Miniatures – Historical landmark miniatures are amazingly petite, with an average height of 3″ to 5″. Each replica is strictly one-of-a kind and the artist will not duplicate a piece nor will he mass-produce one.
HaT Industrie – HäT Industrie produces 1/72 and 1/32 scale soft plastic military miniatures or toy soldiers. Our goal is to produce a line of figures not produced by any of the past or present manufacturers.
Historex Agents – UK Historex Agents represents over 70 different companies, specialising in connoisseur model soldier kits and AFV conversion sets
Historical Miniatures – USA Custom made military figures for the collector
Imperial Gallery Military Model Figurines – UK Military figures through the ages
William King Military Miniatures – UK Wonderfully detailed Military figures
Kings X Toy Soldiers – Models from various toy soldier manufacturers, plus an exclusive range of Alamo figures
The Last Square – Historical Miniatures;| Military History Books; Limited Edition Art Prints; Painting Service
Metal Modeles – France Collectable model figurines
Miniature Alliance – USA Recreations of conflicts in miniature
Minutemen Toy Soldiers – USA Military figure kits and gaming specialists
Pegaso Models – Italy Manufacturers of 54mm, 75mm, and 90mm figures.
Prince August Factory Shop – Ireland Military figures for the collector, together with moulds and Chess sets
Quarter Kit – France White metal and diecast military miniatures
Saratoga Soldier Shop – USA Pewter Civil War and American revolution figures
Stockade Miniatures, Inc – USA “Soldiers of the World” figures, plus metal and plastic figures from a variety of manufacturers
S & S Models – UK 1:76 scale model figures, games and accessories
Tedtoy Miniatures Online – USA Civil War Military figure specialists
The Toy Soldier Company – The Toy Soldier Company featuring the sales of toy soldier figures, sets, books and accessories
Toy Soldiers of San Diego – USA We offer a wide variety of plastic figures from many periods to include Napoleonic, American Civil War, Alamo and World War II from a variety of manufacturers.
DragonNet – UK This page is a showcase of Dragons and other Legendary creatures. All the figures are either white metal, pewter or resin and are mounted on rock or semi- precious stone.
Hard Hero Enterprises – USA Hard Hero Enterprises offers fine limited edition sculptures in bronze, porcelain, or resin.
King & Country – Design and manufacture the most amazing (and affordable) range of toy soldiers, miniature figures,military vehicles, model aircraft and buildings in the world today! All our products are hand-made and hand-painted to the highest professional standards.
Mithril Figures – Ireland Mithril was founded in 1987 and has been dedicated since then to the creation of miniature figures, inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of Middle-earth as portrayed in his famous works “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”.
Valiant Enterprises. Figures and wargaming miniatures.
Ron Wall Miniatures – USA Ron Wall Miniatures are the very finest in collectible toy soldiers. Currently featured are the American Civil War, Custer (Custer’s Last Stand at Little Big Horn), Sioux Indian War, The Gambler and The Wild West Series. Each 54 mm, pewter figure is hand painted and made in America.
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Jalopnik has a regular feature called Down On The Street, where old cars on the streets of Alameda, an island in San Francisco bay, are photographed. It just reached its 150th vehicle. Each of these little photo essays has loads of reference, whether for particular vehicles or just weathering and realistic damage.
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I’ve got a 1:76th Ford Zephyr Zodiac Mk 1 model from Classix that may become another Small Scale Custom project. So I’m looking for reference pictures.
Zephyr Zodiac and Consul Convention 1999.
Image from the Cotswold Classic Car Club
No Zephyrs here, but some quite mad Capris and Cortinas.
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Coop has a gallery up on Flickr from a visit to one of the most famous customising companies in the world- So-Cal Speed Shop L.A. Open House, 11/3/07
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After a 14 year campaign and rebuild, there is once again a flying Vulcan bomber.
There are more pictures on this forum thread.
via Alan Bell
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Whilst I was in the states I picked up the latest edition of Lowrider magazine. As luck would have it, blogger Iowahawk dug out a copy of the first issue from 1977 and scanned it in for all to see.
via BoingBoing
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English Russia has photos from a tank museum near Moscow. Started in 1931, the collection now numbers near 300 vehicles.
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Volksrods are VWs customised in ways more often associated with hot rods and rat rods. They look like the creations of some sick but brilliant minds and are just begging to be modelled.
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Pictures of hot rods belonging to readers of Hot Rod Gazette. As a number of these are very English it may be hard to get models of them in larger scales. But I have a liking of small scale customs, so I may take inspiration.
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English Russia remains a great source of photographs for reference and inspiration.
World War 2 Photos by Dmitri Bal’termants
Military Aircraft Show in Monino. Moscow
Abandoned Trains of the Soviet Era
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A brief history of the tax disc, on a site that sells replicas.
Reproduction vintage number plates.
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Tanks from the Second World War are still being pulled out of the lakes around St. Petersburg. If I remember my history correctly, the city was resupplied across the frozen lakes during the winter phases of the siege and at times the ice broke. The site refers to it as a “BT” tank. You can get BT5 or BT7 tanks in 1:35th scale from Zvezda, or BT5, BT7 or BT2 from Unimodel in 1:72nd. A salvage operation like this would make for an interesting diorama.
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I keep getting mixed up over scales and gauges and figure scales. So here’s a list compiled from sources around the internet to refer back to.
1:285 6mm
1:220 8mm Z
1:180 10mm
1:160 11mm N
1:120 15mm TT
1:87 20mm HO
1:76 24mm OO
1:72 25mm
1:64 28mm S
1:60 30mm
1:48 37.5mm O
1:45 40mm
1:35 51.4mm
1:32 54mm I
1:30 60mm
1:25 72mm
1:24 75mm
1:22 80mm G
1:20 90mm F
1:18 100mm
1:15 120mm
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