Starship Troopers Ground Combat

Heavy support moves forward.

Air support!

Bugs take damage.

Firepower takes it's toll.

Reconnaissance robot reports the situation to headquarters.

Bugs

A swarm of bugs moves towards their human enemies.

Tanker bugs!

The brain bug.

Standard bug and flying bug.

Open fire with ground mounted machine gun.

July 4th Tank Celebration

Today is Independence Day.  During the last election I saw two tank drawing that were done in a patriotic theme.  It caused me to look around the web and I found more photos of a real tank that was painted in a patriotic flag motif.  Perhaps I will paint some Roco vehicles in flag schemes!  Maybe Captain America in a tank.  These photos are unusual in that none of these pictures are mine and all rights are reserved to the owners.

 President Trump on an Abrams tank.

Sherman Trump tank.

M60 tank painted in flag colors.

I like the little stars, that might be hard to paint.

Note the stripes go down to the hull!

Robots

Robot reconnaissance is essential to cover a large area of the planet.

Surface to orbit communication dish.

Heavy artillery manned and ready.

General robot walking away.

Bugs are coming!

Troopers

Prepare the heavy weapons.

Get the armored personnel carriers ready.

They will provide heavy weapons support for the troops.

Command shuttle is standing by.

Air ground support craft.

Bugs

Over the years I have compiled my own science fiction universe.  I have taken components of various comic books, books, television shows, and movies and melded them together.  All four Irwin Allen TV series, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Batman TV series, Starship Troopers, Star Trek, original series, Stargate, movie.  I have modified some of these to make them a universe that is consistent and cohesive.  I also include many comic books from about 1940 to about 1975.  I use figures and vehicles from many other shows, but not in there original context.

Reconnaissance robot on patrol.

 Looking for bugs.

 Found one.

 There is never just one.

Environmental control robot advises the unit commander on the bug discovery.

Spacemen

 A completed spaceman.  The flamethrower is glued on upside down to disguise it's origin.  The wire is an antenna.

Spaceman finds human.

These 1/72nd scale cheap figures were very plain, making them good for conversions.

I plan to use them for 1950's style space adventures.

These figures will be painted soon.

Spacemen

A small wire bit from Joanns.

A resin cast flame thrower.

Cheapo Chinese copy of an Airfix US Marine.  His head has been replaced with a map pin.

The flamethrower and wire get glued to the back of the soldier.

I use rubber cement called Goo sold at model railroad stores.

Bits and Pieces

I got a couple 100mm AT Guns from Tracks, they were used and probably 30 years old.

They are long out of production but I needed them to complete my battery of them.  I glue them together with 5 Minute Epoxy.  I also glue them to a sheet styrene base.

Working on my gas station I used a few Batmobiles to measure the size for cars to drive around the pumps.

Gas station will be a part of my US Army base.

Panzer III Roco

I got a few Panzer III tanks that need some work.

Used Roco can be cheaper than the new stuff, I buy it all the time.

These were missing hatches, had damaged guns, and were missing some of the spare road wheels from the fenders.

I have built up a few spare parts and I was able to fix these three tanks.

Extra hatch from the spares bin.

T34 Conversion

Another Roco ARV conversion.

Sometimes the Russian built a box over the opening, not unlike many German ARVs.

I use a few bits of sheet styrene for the box.

Then I put another small, removable piece of sheet styrene and put tools and supplies on it.

Dismounted it makes up a small machine shop.

Band saw or drill press from a model railroad store.

Soviet Jeep with Roco Kubelwagen.

Side view.