Rudel's Kanonenvogel update

Have just finished adding more details to the painting of Rudel's Ju87G Stuka which I'd posted a while back. I did some modification to the plane's tail and changed the tanks in the background from T-34/76 to T-34/85. Posted here are images of the updated painting.

Tiger II of Schwere Panzerabteilung 505

Have been working on this Tiger II profile drawing last week. This is a Tiger II from the Schwere Panzerabteilung 505 with their unique marking of a charging knight on horseback. The heavy tank battalion was formed in January 1943 and fought at Kursk, refitted with Tiger II in 1944 and continue fighting at the Eastern front. The battalion's top scorers included Wilhelm Knauth with 68 tank kills and Heinz Mausberg with 50+ tank kills.

Hans-Ulrich Rudel's Ju87 G tank buster

Finally I'd worked more on the Rudel's "Kanonenvogel" ( Cannonbird ) stuka for the last several days and able to post some preview images here. The plane is a Ju87G Stuka which was equipped with 2 Flak 18 37mm cannons and is mainly for tank buster role. Although the Ju87Gs were the least maneuverable of all the JU87 variants but they were used extensively on the Eastern Front and proved to be very effective tank killers. Stalin had placed a prize of 100,000 ruble for downing Rudel but no Russian pilot was able to claim the prize. More details will be added and will post more images here soon......

Russian Cossacks

Posted today is one of my boxart projects for wargamming figures. It depicts a team of Terek Cossacks raiding a German supply depot. To me, the cossacks has always been an interesting subject matter ( same as the Polish cavalry ) especially they are a dramatic contrast to the weapons and machines used in that period.