Display Bases and Dioramas

Pictured here is a set of four 1:32 scale wood-like frame edges that are designed to attach to each of the four display base sides of a medium sized armored fighting vehicle. Each frame edge clicks into place in a matter of seconds. Comes with three different etched metallic name plates that can be applied to the forward facing frame edge that helps to describe the vignette. Comes in blackwood.

Pictured here is a set of four 1:32 scale wood-like frame edges that are designed to attach to each of the four display base sides of a medium sized armored fighting vehicle. Each frame edge clicks into place in a matter of seconds. Comes with three different etched metallic name plates that can be applied to the forward facing frame edge that helps to describe the vignette. Comes in blackwood.

Pictured here is a set of four 1:32 scale wood-like frame edges that are designed to attach to each of the four display base sides of a medium sized armored fighting vehicle. Each frame edge clicks into place in a matter of seconds. Comes with three different etched metallic name plates that can be applied to the forward facing frame edge that helps to describe the vignette. Comes in blackwood.

The Battle for Caen (June to August 1944) is the name given to fighting between the British Second Army and the German Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity during the larger Battle of Normandy. The battles followed Operation Neptune, the Allied landings on the French coast on 6 June 1944 (D-Day).

The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. It was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on June 6th, 1944. Allied troops, mainly American, isolated and captured the fortified port, which was considered vital to the campaign in Western Europe, in a hard-fought, month-long campaign.

Built by Volkswagen, the simple yet reliable Kubelwagen ("bucket car") was the German equivalent of the American Jeep. This nimble four-seater, based on Ferdinand Porsche's original "People's Car" design of the 1930's, used the same rear-mounted, aircooled engine to drive the rear wheels.

The GPA did see important use with US forces during the landing on Sicily on September 9th, 1943, but most of the vehicles ended up being passed to the Russian Army under the Lend-Lease scheme.

First deployed during the end of WWII and then again in the Korean War, the Maxom quadruple .50 caliber AA machine gun mount was called "Meat Chopper" because of its impressive firepower when used against human wave attacks.

The German Sturmgeschutz was one of the most successful armored fighting vehicles of the Second World War. It arose from an original concept of the pre-war panzer divisions, whereby a special vehicle for infantry support work was planned.

In January 1943, a new Tiger tank was ordered by the Waffenamt, this time with a turret large enough to mount the fearsome 8.8cm L/71 gun. Besides improving its tank killing capabilities, the new Tiger was also intended to be more survivable on the battlefield.

The M2 Bradley is the US Army's first mechanized infantry combat vehicle. The first production models appeared in 1981 (at the height of the Cold War), and they were soon being produced at the rate of 600 per year.

Development of the American M60 series of tanks began in 1956 following a decision to create an improved version of the M48 'Patton' tank. Built by General Dynamics, the M60 entered service in 1960, but was quickly superceded by the A1 to A3 versions.