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Missing Links What's New Archive

 

December 31, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics CD 2005 Sherman Sandbag Set, Custom Dioramics CD 2008 M4A3 Sherman Hedgerow device #1 and Custom Dioramics CD 2009 M4A3 Sherman Hedgerow device #2.
December 30, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics CD 6029 Utility Brackets - Europe WWII, Custom Dioramics CD 6031 Utility Pole - Europe WWII, Custom Dioramics CD 6033 Urban Street Accessories, Custom Dioramics CD 6036 German Field Provisions #1, Custom Dioramics CD 6037 German Field Provisions #2, and Custom Dioramics CD 6038 Ruined Building Triangle Floors/Ceilings.
December 29, 2001 Added the following reviews:Custom Dioramics CD4020 US Machine Gunner Battle of the Bulge, Warriors 35413 Panzer Grenadiers, Warriors 35414 "Defenders of the Reich", Warriors 35415 SS Infantryman with Panzerfaust, Warriors 35416 Wehrmacht Tanker with Pipe and Italeri 6389 US Marines M4 Sherman.
December 25, 2001 Merry Christmas from Missing Links!

Santa Zaloga returns with yet another fantastic model.  Steve presents 7 images of his Sherman M4A3E2 "Jumbo" which features a scratchbuilt turret.  Thanks Steve!
December 24, 2001 It was the night before Christmas and all through ML, not a creature was stirring...except for a mouse sized StuG?  Rob Fraser returns with 6 images of his "hard to believe it's 1/76 scale" StuG III Ausf G built by kitbashing the Matchbox and Airfix kits.  Thanks Rob!
December 19, 2001 Bob Oehler returns with 6 images of his Steyr Kommandeurwagen.  Fans of nice tight camo airbrushing will enjoy this display.  Thanks Bob.
December 16, 2001 Added the following reviews: Warriors 35409 Sd. Kfz 234/1 or 250/9 SS Crew, Warriors 35410 Fallschirmjager (Semovente SPG) Crew, Warriors 35411 Afrika Korp Tanker - Seated, Custom Dioramics CD 4018 US Recon Team WWII, Custom Dioramics CD 4019 US Sniper WWII and 999-S 120mm German Engineer Eastern Front 1943.
December 15, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Eduard 34001 Panther G Barrel and Eduard 34002 T72 Barrel.
December 12, 2001 Dinesh Ned returns with 7 images of his Otto Carius Tiger I Mid Production.  Thanks Dinesh!
December 9, 2001 Added a review of Italeri 6384 LVT-(A)-1.
December 6, 2001 You wanted Tweaks Lists?  You got 'em!  The series of helpful modelling primers continues as Darren Gawle steps up to the plate with the Panther Ausf. G Tweaks List.  Thanks Darren!
December 4, 2001 Marijn Van Gils returns with 22 images of his breathtaking Godverdomme! diorama.  Anyone lucky enough to have seen this Gold medal winning entry at Euromilitaire 2001 will now get to see it in greater detail thanks to these images.  For those of us seeing it for the first time...I think "spectacular" is the first word that comes to mind.
December 2, 2001 Added the following reviews: MA Mori MRP-01 KV-1s, KV-85, SU-152 late type standard wheels and MA Mori MRP-04 Bow Machine Gun and Horn for KV series.
November 27, 2001 Following the highly successful launch of our first "Tweaks List" on the Tiger II, we're happy to publish our second in the series which covers in 10 pages of great detail the Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer".  Thanks to James Blackwell and Dan Oldfield for their work on this one.  Please note that these pdf files are rather large and make take awhile to download on slower connections...but they are well worth the wait.  Enjoy!
November 26, 2001 Lester Plaskitt returns with 6 images of his subtly weathered Panther Ausf. G Steelwheel as featured in a recent Military Modelling article.  Added the following reviews:Warriors MW021 Tigers in Tunisia Dry Transfers, Warriors MW022 Tigers in Italy Dry Transfers and Warriors MW023 Tigers in Normandy Dry Transfers.
November 25, 2001 Sam Dwyer reviews Academy #1392 Achilles M10 17pdr.
November 24, 2001 Added the following reviews: Custom Dioramics CD 6028 European Store Interior, Custom Dioramics CD 6032 Hardwood Floor Section and Custom Dioramics CD 7009 Stalingrad Factory Ruin #2.
November 23, 2001 Added the following reviews: Warriors 35403: US Tanker with bazooka, Warriors 35404: SS 250/1 Neu Crew #1, Warriors 35405: SS 250/1 Neu Crew #2, Warriors 35406: Marder III Crew, Warriors 35408: Italian Semovente Crew, Custom Dioramics CD 4015 "Chow Time" 2 US GIs, Custom Dioramics CD 4016 The Victor - GI Holding Flag and Custom Dioramics CD 4017 US Infantry Wounded.
November 20, 2001 Added the following reviews: Aber 35100 Marder III Basic Set, Aber 35101 Marder III Additional (Fenders) Set, MA Mori MGP-01 sPzAbt 503 Tiger I Turret Bin,MA Mori MGP-02 Tiger II Final Version Gun Mantlet & Rear Turret Hatch, MA Mori MGP-05 Panther Drive Sprockets, Armour Track Model TK-01 BMP 1/2, Armour Track Model TK-02 US T-156 Rubber Block Track, Armour Track Model TK-03 US T-158 Rubber Track, Armour Track Model TK-05 Soviet Model 1946 580mm Track (T54/55) and Armour Track Model TK-07 US T-72E1 Steel Track WWII (Chaffee).
November 18, 2001 Steve Zaloga returns with 4 images of his British Airborne Jeep.
November 14, 2001 Added a new vignette from Chris Mrosko entitled Defenders of the Reich.
November 13, 2001 Belgian modeller Mario Eens makes his Missing Links debut with 20 images of his fabulous Tiger II Production Turret.  Welcome aboard Mario.
November 12, 2001 Added a review of the  Precision Brass Barrels Tiger I Kwk 36 8.8cm L/56.  Simply outstanding, this product has to be seen to be believed.
November 11, 2001 Welcome to the new look of Missing Links Website.  The previous home page design was archaic, and although simple and easy to use, was not up to par stylistically with even the ugliest pages on the web today.  Therefore, a new fresher look was designed while still retaining the familiar "feel" of the site you all know...and hopefully love!  None of this would have been possible without the assistance of the following people:  Dan Oldfield for his graphics and layout expertise, Dana Nield and Darrel Miller for their html technical support and James Blackwell for his keen eye and sense of stylistic balance.

There are a number of new and exciting features on this latest version of ML and a good number of even more exciting changes planned for the near future.  We'll keep you posted as these improvements take place, but for now here are the highlights of the current changes:

- The old front page, although easy to navigate was simply too "long" and required an unnecessary amount of scrolling to navigate.  Therefore, in order to avoid any potential carpel tunnel syndrome lawsuits, the new page is designed to fit on a 800 x 600 screen.  This decision was based on the large number of visitors who use laptops or 15" screens so might seem a little small to those with 19" screens and 1024 x 768 or higher resolutions.  As things progress we will be taking a look at our user base and adjust the screen size upwards if need be to get rid of a slightly "crowded" look that 800 x 600 gives you.  Navigation is now very simple: just go to the left side of the screen to access different sections of the site.  In addition, other pages now have a new bottom navigation bar which mirrors the front page one.  Missing links is now an exclamation free zone:  Due to a number of incidents where visitors under certain medication would incur seizures when seeing too many exclamation marks on the front page, we have now removed this feature.

- You may have noticed that Missing Links is now featuring vendor banners on it's front page.  Numerous vendors had been requesting banner space on our front page for the last 2 years and we have finally made this option open to them.  We have offered this space to a number of high profile organisations in our industry who have forged a reputation for good service and quality products.  We have selected a broad cross section in the industry ranging from magazine publishers to aftermarket manufacturers to specialty armour stores to larger retailers.  Many of you are already familiar with these vendors, please visit them and find out what's new at their respective websites.  Also new is a section of the site called The Vendors Room.  This section allows Vendors to display a banner and some informational text about their company and is open to any vendors who are interested in participating.

- Miguel "MIG" Jimenez debuts the new Rarities World section of Missing Links Website:  Many ML visitors are familiar with this Spaniard's revolutionary finishing techniques and now you can learn from MIG himself.  Two new sections have been added: The Wonderful Rain Marks World and Put a Filter in Your Life. 

- The Missing Links Discussion Groups have their own section which allows the front page to be cleaner.  Missing Links Discussion Groups Main Page is simply a portal to access any of the 17 DGs and 1 chat room on this site. 

- You may noticed that we have added a new DG called Missing Links Modelling Challenge.  Some visitors might remember the Leopard 2A5 and Steyr 1500 building projects entitled "Operation Leopard Colony" and "Operation Bum Steyr" from last year.  There is no better way for modellers to have a few laughs, enjoy themselves and learn new things than during one of these "group builds".  There is no greater satisfaction than a friendly pat on the back or email saying "That is a great model, excellent work.  BTW, how did you..." from one of your peers.  Medals and awards seem trivial compared to interacting with friends and receiving a positive word from fellow modellers.  Group builds between 5 or 10 people are easy to manage, however with over 7500 vistors per day, this is a little too much for us to upload to the image galleries!  Therefore, we have decided to open a new discussion group which will allow all ML visitors to participate in a global "group build".  Specific subjects will be chosen on a bi-monthly basis and all modellers are welcome to upload any construction, progress, finished photos of that particular subject matter and share them with the rest of the ML visitors.  So for the next 2 months...take those kits out of your attic, ask questions, strut your stuff and join in on the fun and ...start building:  SHERMAN OR SHERMAN VARIANTS.

- One of our long term projects on Missing links was to harness the incredible knowledge base of our discussion groups to create "Tweaks Lists".  A Tweaks List is simply a resource which analyses model kits and determines what modifications can be made to make them more accurate.  How far you want to go is determined by the modeller, the information is there waiting to be used.  James Blackwell and Dan Oldfield have been instrumental in finally getting this pet project of our off the ground.  The first installment in the Missing Links Tweaks List series is the Tiger II and is compiled from information posted on our discussion groups by James Blackwell and Lawrence Goh.  These lists will appear in the Think Tank as they are published.  As with everything else on Missing links website, these Tweaks Lists are free for download by all visitors.  The Tweaks Lists are in an adobe Acrobat format which makes them both attractive on screen and easy to print.  If you don't have Acrobat, simply follow the link and download a free version of Acrobat Reader.  We invite any ML visitor who has any information, corrections or who is interested in helping with the Tweaks Lists to contact us and we'd be grateful for any assistance in compiling this powerful modelling tool.

Again, I would like to stress that the strength of this website is it's contributors.  I am amazed on a daily basis by the wealth of knowledge contributed on these pages by our visitors.  Missing Links is simply the blank canvas, you are the artists.  Thanks very much to all visitors for your positive feedback and input in the past, take a look around, kick up your feet and enjoy the new Missing Links Website.

November 11th is remembrance day here in Canada, let's all take a moment of silence and reflect on the sacrifices of veterans everywhere.

Andrew Dextras - Missing links Webmaster
October 22, 2001 Added the following reviews: Karaya Panther Tow Cables, MBI Hetzer Jagdpanzer 38 and Modeler’s Special Edition Guide to the Kubelwagen.
October 21, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics CD4014 US Infantry Battle of the Bulge, Custom Dioramics CD4013 US MP Red Ball Express, Warriors 35398 Freedom Fighter Chechnya, Warriors 35399 German Winter Pair, Warriors 35400 Marder III Crew (Winter), Warriors 35401 SS Panzergrenadier and Warriors 54018 A10 Pilot (Seated).
October 18, 2001 Nick Cortese makes his return with 10 images of his winter washed Marder III.  Thanks Nick!
October 13, 2001 The Stockholm Slammer returns!  Mirko Bayerl is back with 26 images of his spectacular Sdkfz 250/8 Neu.  Thanks Mirk!
October 11, 2001 Steve Zaloga continues to devour styrene at a breakneck pace and returns with 5 images of his beautiful M8 Greyhound.  For those of you at the TWENOT show this weekend, this model will be on display there.  Thanks Steve.
October 10, 2001 This weekend marks the 25th anniversary model show for the Dutch modelling association TWENOT.  We'd like to congratulate TWENOT and wish them continued success in the future.  Dutch modeller (and TWENOT webmaster) Rob Plas makes his ML gallery debut with 22 images of his stunning destroyed vehicle diorama entitled "Guess we were lucky yesterday sir".  Thanks Rob!
October 7, 2001 Mike Neal joins the ever growing army of ML contributors with his debut gallery entry featuring 11 images of his very nice Tiger I Mid Production s.Pz.Abt 506.  Thanks Mike!
October 6, 2001 Added 31 images of Bob Oehler's excellent Sdkfz 7/2 with scratchbuilt trailer to the gallery.
October 2, 2001 Added Antonio Martin's excellent M26 Pershing to the gallery.
October 1, 2001 Added a review of JJF's Grenadiers!.
September 29, 2001 Modern armour guru Gilles Peiffer returns with 11 images of his superb Centauro.  Merci beaucoup Gilles!
September 20, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Warriors MW014 US M-6 3" Gun Conversion, Custom Dioramics CD 2001 Sherman Detail Set, Custom Dioramics CD 2002 Sherman Periscopes, Custom Dioramics CD 2003 US .50 cal MG and Custom Dioramics CD 2004 US .30 cal MG.
September 18, 2001 Added 6 images of Rudy Meir's fabulous Jagdpanther (Late Version) to the gallery.  Thanks Rudy!
September 16, 2001 Added a review of Hong Kong Creation Workshop CK3502 Stridsvagn 122 (Strv 122).
September 12, 2001 Missing Links will not be updated today.  After yesterday's horrific and tragic events I'd like to express on behalf of the ML staff my condolences and sympathy to the entire American people and especially to those ML'ers in New York and Washington DC who were subjected to this horrible attack and to those MLers serving as policemen, firefighters, medical personnel and Armed Forces personnel who are assisting those caught in this horrifying nightmare.  Our prayers are with you.
September 9, 2001 Steve Zaloga contunues his conquest of all things modern Russian with 4 images of his ZSU-57 in Syrian service.  Thanks Steve!
September 7, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics CD 4010 US Tank Mechanic, Custom Dioramics CD 4012 US HQ Personnel #2, Warriors 35388 Italian Infantry, Warriors 35389 British Desert Rat Tankers, Warriors 35390 Sdkfz 234/1 or 250/9 Winter Crew, Warriors 35391 Modern Russian Infantry (Chechnya), Warriors 35393 Italian Bersaglieri Sergente, Warriors 35394 Marder III Crew - Wehrmacht, Warriors 35395 British Mechanic - Western Desert, Warriors 35396 Sdkfz 234/1 or 250/9 Crew and Warriors 54017 USAF A10 Pilot (1/32).
September 5, 2001 French modeller JP "Mudmonster" Uhring likes his tanks dirty.  Filthy dirty.  So dirty that they have some of the best mud and dirt weathering effects I've seen.  5 images of JP's T28 have been added in his debut gallery entry.  Thanks JP!
September 4, 2001 Jim Carswell emerges from his igloo in the frozen Canadian hinterland and makes his ML debut with a fantastic M113 (Canadian - UN Service) with some great subtle weathering and nice scratchbuilt figures.  Thanks Jim!
September 1, 2001 One of the most forgotten tools in the modeller's arsenal is the airbrush.  Many people seem content to spend piles of money on kits but yet don't want to buy the right equipment, this is a shame as a $200.00 resin kit can be easily ruined by a $35.00 airbrush.  In this update I do a review of the complete Tamiya High Grade Airbrush Line.  There have been many questions on the discussion groups regarding this line of airbrush, this review should help answer many of these questions. 
August 27, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Archer Transfers AR35134 Tiger battalion insignias (sPZAbt 506), Archer Transfers AR35135 Tiger battalion insignias (sPZAbt 505, 503 & 509), Archer Transfers AR35136 Tiger battalion insignias (sPZAbt 507,510, 501, 505 and 502), Archer Transfers AR35145 US 6th A.D. M4A3E8 Sherman transfers, Archer Transfers AR35146 US 6th A.D. M4A3E8 Sherman transfers and Archer Transfers AR35147 US 6th A.D. M4(105) Sherman transfers.
August 26, 2001 La Bomba returns!  Miguel Jimenez is back with 11 images of his Tamiya Marder III in a heavily weathered desert scheme!  Thanks MIG!
August 25, 2001 Missing Links goes Dutch!  With the cooperation of the Dutch Modelling Organization TWENOT and Rob Plas Missing Links is proud to announce the Missing Links-TWENOT Dutch Language Discussion Group.  We would like to welcome all of our Dutch speaking visitors from around the world and especially Rob Plas for making this possible.  Groeten!
August 7, 2001 The Panzer Tracts team returns with another Panzerfacts article!  This time Jentz and Doyle comment on Facts about German Camouflage Paint in World War II.  Thanks guys!
August 6, 2001 Added 6 images of Tom Cockle's nicely detailed Sturmhaubitze Ausf. G.  Thanks Tom!
August 1, 2001 Steve Zaloga returns and continues his 12 step program of building every Skif kit in existence.  This time Steve does a brilliant job of superdetailing and painting a Strela-10M3 (SA-13 Gopher).  Thanks Steve!
July 27, 2001 Is Alex Clark the undisputed heavyweight champion of Tiny Town?    You be the judge...11 images of Alex's spectacular 1/72 scale Panzerhaubitze 2000 have been added to the gallery.
July 24, 2001 Added the following review:  JJ Fedorowicz Combat History of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 508.
July 21, 2001 One of the great things about the internet is the ease of access to information from every corner of the globe and the ability to make new modelling acquaintances from far off lands.  As with out Japanese language and Spanish language discussion groups, Missing Links realises that although English is a very common language, there are many modellers out there who would like to participate but are unsure of their English skills.  In order to facilitate this exchange of information and create a sense of global commmunity here on ML, we have launch in conjunction with the premier French language AFV modelling magazine Steel Masters a new French language discussion group hosted by French weathering maestro Gilles Peiffer.  Let's make a big effort to welcome our Francophone friends and make them feel at home on ML.

Nous sommes tres fiers chez Missing Links a vous announcer notre nouveau forum de discussion Francophone en conjonction avec la revue Steel Masters.  Gilles Peiffer sera le moderateur pour ce forum.  Nous vous remercions en avance pour votre participation dans notre nouveau forum.
July 17, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics CD1122 European Train Station Intact, Custom Dioramics CD1123 European Train Station (ruined), Custom Dioramics CD1125 European Train Station Signal Tower, Custom Dioramics CD6026 Train Station Interior Detail Set, Custom Dioramics CD6027 Train Station Exterior Detail Set, Custom Dioramics CD6030 European Train Station Platform and Custom Dioramics CD7005 Train Station Polyfoam Base.
July 9, 2001 Luciano "El Miniatura Maniaco Loco" Rodriguez returns with 13 images of his spectacular 1/72 SpPz 2 Luchs.  Yes you heard right, it's 1/72...incredible.  Thanks Lou!
July 7, 2001 Tamiya's airbrushing guru Bob Oehler returns with 13 images of his intricately painted Mobelwagen.  Thanks Bob!
July 4, 2001 The Vikings are invading Missing Links!!  Mirko "Mjöllnir" Bayerl takes a break from building big cats and returns with 18 images of his Sdkfz 250/9 Neu.  Thanks Mirko!
July 1, 2001 Gunnar Jansson returns with 8 images of his Panther Ausf. G.  Thanks Gunnar!
June 30, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Warriors 35383 British 8th Army Pair, Warriors 35384 Desert Rat and Warriors 35386 Waffen SS Sd.Kfz. 250/9 Crew.
June 26, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics CD 6034 Sidewalk Pedestal Clock, TechStar TC1029 European Spearpoint Wrought Iron Window Grates, TechStar TC1030 European Ornate Window Grates, Warriors MW012 Marder III photo etch set, Warriors MW013 Sdkfz 139 Marder III Damaged Road Wheels, Wydawnictwo #73 – Marder III and Vehicles of the Polish Armed Forces – Eastern Front 1943-45 – Camouflage and Markings Vol. 1.
June 20, 2001 Added the following reviews:  How to Build Tamiya's Steel Wheeled Tiger I, Aber 35112 "Hetzer" Early, Aber 35113 "Hetzer" Late and Aber 35114 "Hetzer" Fenders.
June 19, 2001 OOOWWWGGGHHHH!!!!!  and double OOWWGGHHHH!!!!!  What the hell, more exclamation marks...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Pedro "El Mega-Loco Demonio" Andrada returns with 24 images of what has to be one of the most insane scratchbuilt models I've ever seen.  Feast your eyes on the images of Pedro's Vomag 8,8cm and prepare to be stunned, the workmanship and complexity is simply astounding.  There is either tequila in that Spanish water or these guys are all escapees from an insane asylum.  Crazy stuff.  What's next Mr. Andrada?
June 18, 2001 Lester Plaskitt returns with 4 images of his brilliant knocked out Centaur.  Thanks Lester!
June 4, 2001 Notorious modern armour maniac Gilles Peiffer returns with 8 images of his Strv122.  This conversion is the master for the upcoming Hong Kong Creations kit.  Thanks Gilles!
June 2, 2001 Dinesh Ned "Flanders"  returns with yet another spectacular model.  This time the Singapore Slammer serves up 9 images of his M36B1 in the gallery...oh what the hell, this one deserves extra exclamation marks...!!!!!!!!  Look out MIG and Mirko, someone's in your rear view mirror.....
June 1, 2001 Rhodes Williams presents a new diorama/vignette article entitled Three Brothers.  A great 4 page read for anyone interested in learning how to created a visually fascinating scene using 3 figures and some great groundwork.  Thanks Rhodes!
May 28, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Warriors MW011 M109/A1/A2 Lower Fighting Compartment, Custom Dioramics CD5024 German/Italian propaganda posters WWII, Custom Dioramics CD5025 Russian propaganda posters WWII and Custom Dioramics CD-6025 European Bathroom (with fixtures).
May 27, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Osprey Modelling Manual No. 14 – M4 Sherman, Osprey Modelling Manual No. 13 – Tiger, Custom Dioramics CD1121 Ruined Street Corner/Courtyard, Custom Dioramics CD 6024 European Concrete Road Sign Frames and Posts, Custom Dioramics CD 7002 WWII Flak 20/37 Emplacement Bunker, Warriors 35377 Ruined Sections, Custom Dioramics CD5021 Road Signs Battle of the Bulge, Custom Dioramics CD 5026 French/Benelux Propaganda Posters WWII and Custom Dioramics CD 5027 German Propaganda Posters WWII.
May 25, 2001 Missing Links would like to welcome yet another member of our growing team of contributors.  Belgian modeller Rudi Meir makes his ML debut with 6 images of his very nice M-20 Armoured Utility Car.  Welcome to to ML Rudi!
May 24, 2001 "La Bomba" returns with another assault on Tiny Town!  Miguel Jimenez presents 7 images of this Sdkfz 250/8 (1/48 scale).  Thanks MIG!
May 20, 2001 After much delay the 2nd Annual Missing Links Online Contest will be officially launched on June 1, 2001 and last until December 31, 2001.  The wait will have been worth it however as the list of prizes (which is still growing) is better than last year with the Grand Prize being a Tamiya Superfine HG airbrush.  Also, Aber has designed a special trophy to be awarded to the most extensive and out of control use of Aber PE sets on a model.  Please visit the contest page here : Missing Links 2nd Annual Online Contest and be sure to read the rules regarding contest submissions.  If you have any questions, you may post them on the Missing Links 2nd Annual Online Contest Discussion Group.  Good luck!
May 18, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics CD4008 Mail Call Part 2, Custom Dioramics CD4009 SS Tankers, Custom Dioramics CD4011 Headquarters Personnel Pt 1, Warriors 35379 US Officer with Walkie Talkie, Warriors 35380 SS Grenadier Firing a Signal Flare, Warriors 35381 SS Tank Riders Set No 1 and Warriors 35382 SS Tank Riders Set No 2.
May 14, 2001 Try this:  take a look at the 9 images of Alex Clark's M1A1 Abrams.  It's 1/72 scale.  Take a cold 15 minute shower.  Look at the pictures again.  Still 1/72 scale...you're not imagining things.  What else can I say but OOOWWWGGGHHH.  Unbelievable.
May 9, 2001 Added a review of Tamiya 35247 German Field Kitchen Scenery.
May 6, 2001 The Vikings are back!!  Nordic model marauder Gunnar "Tokig Panzer Djävulen" Jansson returns with 14 images of his awe inspiring Jagdpanther - II/Pz.Jg Reg. 130 "Lehr". Wow.
May 5, 2001 Missing Links would like to welcome Lester Plaskitt to it's team of contributors.  Lester's first gallery entry is 5 images of his very nicely weathered Churchill AVRE.  Welcome aboard Lester!
April 25, 2001 It's a Armoured Brigade Models Grant double whammy on ML!!  First, Steve Zaloga presents 3 images of his exquisite Grant I in desert markings.   Second, 11 images of my M3 Medium (Grant) (Australian Service) have been uploaded.
April 21, 2001 Added the following reviews: Nuts and Bolts #14 - Nashorn, Tamiya 36202 1/16th scale Kubelwagen Afrika Korps, Custom Dioramics CD4006 "Mail Call", Warriors 35373 Russian Tank Riders, Custom Dioramics CD4007 "Women Riding", Warriors 35374 British Desert Rats, Warriors 35375 Waffen SS Soldier and Warriors 35376 Panzer Trooper.
April 19, 2001 Bob Oehler premiers the first completed Tamiya Marder III in the ML gallery with 22 images of this superb model.  Thanks Bob!
April 14, 2001 Added the following new reviews:  Tamiya 35248 Marder III and JJ Fedorowicz - Funklenkpanzer.  The Funklenkpanzer review includes 16 sample images.
April 12, 2001 Quick!!!  Someone has just stolen MIG's DNA!!!  Some like it wild, but here at Missing Links we like it Wilder.  Adam Wilder to be exact.  Adam serves up 14 images of his ultra-realistic E100 in the ML gallery.  Welcome aboard Adam!
April 11, 2001 The Spanish Invasion continues..will the flood of awesome talent from España ever end???  Pedro Andrada makes his ML debut with 13 images of his spectacular scratchbuilt M52.  Thanks Pedro!
April 10, 2001 Another one for the "I can't believe it's not 1/35" file.  Alex Clark has submitted 4 new photos of his Challenger I Mk 3.  Impressive stuff indeed.
April 8, 2001 Added 2 new book reviews:Wydawnictwo Polish Shermans Volume 1 and StuG in Action - Armageddon Publishing.
April 4, 2001 Oh oh...residents of tiny town beware...Gulliver has arrived!!!  Miguel "La Bomba" Jimenez takes the world of Braille Scale by storm with 5 images of his 1/76 scale Vickers Light Tank (Polish service 1937).  I can't believe this isn't 1/35.  I'm at a loss for superlatives, but just to keep the fans of my writing style happy, I'll invent a new one just for them -   ooowwwggghhh.
April 3, 2001 Steve Zaloga returns with 4 images of his Belgian 1940 Vickers Utility B Tractor w/47mm Gun.  Thanks Steve!
April 1 ,2001 Added a review of the K59 Marder II D Turret Replacement Detail Set.  
   
March 29, 2001 Lord of the Softskins Jorge Lopez returns with 5 images of his small scale Ford V3000 (1/48).  Thanks Jorge!
March 22, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Panzer Tracts 6 - Schwere Panzerkampfwagen DW to E100 including the Tigers, Dreaded Threat - The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37 in the anti-tank role,  Aber 350A68 Hand Tools, Sovereign 2000 #V011 Austin K5 truck, Aber 35082 Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (V)  and an interesting new magazine from Poland called Militaria i Fakty Magazine.
March 21, 2001 Following some great suggestions from some Missing Links readers,  a new discussion group has been created whose focus is to allow modellers to display their latest projects using "in progress" photos as a sort of "virtual workbench".  AFV modellers can now get quick feedback  from their fellow modellers and share some construction and finishing techniques.  The new discussion group is named Constructive Comments.  Please feel free to post images of your latest project and share your modelling experiences with the rest of us.  Please remember to read the image posting instructions located at the top of the discussion group main page.  Again, many thanks to all the Missing Links readers who have contributed so many great ideas on how to improve this site.
March 19, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Techmod Tiger I late decals, Warriors MW009 - German 7.5cm Infantry Gun, Ultracast NW Europe Canadian Armour Decals, Ultracast #35030 British heads WWII (with Officers Service Caps) , RHPS WE-210 "Double I" M3/M4 workable track set and Ultracast #135013 1gallon oil cans - British WWII.
March 18, 2001 With his usual keen analytical eye, Peter Brown gives ML readers the scoop on Trumpeter T-54/55 Series Kits.  Also added the following reviews: Custom Dioramics CD-4005 Two Welders (with equipment), Warriors 35360 Wehrmacht Infantry Riding StuG - Set No. 1,  Warriors 35367 Wehrmacht Infantry Riding StuG - Set No. 2 , Warriors 35370 US Tanker - Relaxed Pose and Warriors 35371 British Paratroopers Arnhem 1944.
March 16, 2001 Added the following reviews:Friulmodel ATL-63 Merkava Mk 1/2, Friulmodel ATL-60 Churchill, Friulmodel ATL-61 Sdkfz 251 Final Pattern, Warriors MW008 Dodge WC51/52 Canvas Roof, Custom Dioramics CD 1119 German Gasthof part 1, Custom Dioramics CD 1120 German Gasthof part 2, Custom Dioramics CD5019 Normandy Road Signs WWII, Custom Dioramics CD5022 US & German Military Signs WWII, Custom Dioramics CD6022 European Gas Pump and Custom Dioramics CD 6023 Office Furniture. 
March 15, 2001 Tamiya's resident armour guru Bob Oehler returns with 10 images of his striking Famo.  Thnaks Bob!
March 11, 2001 La Bomba is back!!  The ever prolific Miguel "MIG" Jimenez presents another installment in his "how to" series in the Rarites World section of ML.  This time MIG asks Does your Model Need a Wash?.  Very informative and well worth printing out for future reference.  Mucho gracias MIG!
March 9, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Ultracast 35031 Canadian/British Jeep Driver Europe 1943-45, Ultracast 35032 Canadian/British Tank Crewman w/Jerrycan NW Europe 1944-45, Ultracast 35033 Canadian/British Tank Crewman Europe 1943-45, Ultracast 35034 Canadian Infantryman NW Europe 1944-45, Osprey Men at Arms #347 The US Army in WWII (2) - The Mediterranean, Osprey New Vanguard #35 M26/M46 Pershing and Operation Bagration.
March 8, 2001 Added a review of the JJF book The Combat History of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, included in the review are 11 sample images.
March 5, 2001 Missing Links is proud to welcome Euromiltaire Best of Show Winner Marijn Van Gils as our new Missing Links Diorama discussion group host.  Many of you know Marijn from his spectacular "Last Round" diorama, now you can get to know him on a personal level by interacting with Marijn and the diorama enthusiasts on the new Diorama Discussion Group.  Thanks for joining the team Marijn!

I had been looking for ways to spice up the Back to Basics discussion group and get rid of the beginner stigma associated with this group.  The group has been re-named "Trick and Tips with Terry Ashley" and is now geared towards all general model building & finishing techniques.  Terry is an extremely accomplished modeller who builds in almost every possible genre, so I think he's the man for the job to share all sorts of techniques that crossover between modelling styles and genres.  Thanks for the help Terry!
March 3, 2001 Modellers who are planning on attending the AMPS 2001 convention will want to check out our AMPS 2001 Events/Announcement Page for important information on how to obtain your Missing Links name badges (so you can identify the ML readers you've been chatting with on the DGs for the last 2 years!) and other ML related events going on during the AMPS weekend, including "A Stroll In the Park with Thomas L. Jentz".  Join Tom for a tour of Aberdeen Proving Ground for a real "hands on" 2 hour question and answer session on German WWII AFVs.  This ML sponsored event is free of charge and is a great opportunity to exchange information and ask questions while taking a close look at the variety of German WWII AFVs assembled at APG.

Dinesh "The Singapore Slammer" Ned makes a return to Missing Links with 6 images of his spectacular Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (A).  Thanks Dinesh!
March 2, 2001 While most of us are still waiting for our Eastern Express BA-6 kits to arrive at the local hobby store, lightning fast Steve Zaloga has already finished it weeks ago!  Steve produces one of his masterpieces yet again and presents 4 images of his BA-6 (Spanish Republican) against an interesting scenic background.  Thanks Steve!
February 28, 2001 Another ML exclusive!!  With over 30 years of AFV research experience, the team of Tom Jentz and Hilary Doyle are setting the record straight on the Tiger I with their latest Panzerfacts update : Creating an Accurate Tiger I Model .  This comprehensive list of ALL modifications made to the Tiger I during it's production run will help Missing Links readers interested in modelling this famous tank to create as accurate a model as possible.  With the amount of AFV misinformation that is rampant on the internet, Panzerfacts at Missing Links should be your first stop in the quest for accuracy.  Thanks guys!
February 27, 2001 The East Coast Terror is back!!  Mark Bannerman continues to churn out figure painting articles faster than my Evil little fingers can turn them into html!  This time Mark continues his series on painting faces in 1/35 with Painting 1/35 Scale Heads Using Oils "The Bannerman Way" Part 2.  Much more to come in the near future from Mark so stayed tuned for many more helpful articles.  Thanks Mark!
February 26, 2001 Missing Links is proud to add yet another new contributor to it's team of modellers.  Marc Day makes his Missing Links gallery debut with 9 images of his very nicely painted Schwimmwagen.  Thanks Marc!
February 25, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Custom Dioramics WWII US Tank Crew No. 1, Warriors 35364 SS Tankers Normandy, Warriors 35365 SS Pair (Late War), Warriors 35366 American Soldier 1942-45 and Warriors 35368 Panzer Troops Late War .
February 20, 2001 The list of ML contributors continues to grow at voracious rate as they are sucked into the Missing Links tractor beam.  It's a really good feeling to see this site's popularity continue to grow exponentially with no decline in both quality and quantity of material.  A website is only as good as the strength of it's submissions, many thanks to all of our contributors for continuing to provide such a impressive standard of material and to all of our visitors for the high level of discourse on the discussion groups.  Here are 2 more talented modellers who have just joined the ML team:  Spanish modeller Diego " El Hombre Loco" Quijano makes his ML debut with 4 images of his beautifully weathered KV-1, could there be a new MIG on the frontier?  British modeller Graham Tetley makes his triumphant ML debut with 8 images of his superb IDF Centurian Ben Gurion.  Thanks alot guys for joining the the dark side.  Added the following reviews:  Warriors MW007 - M109 A1/A3 detail and accessory set, Custom Dioramics CD6020 Musical Instruments, Custom Dioramics CD6021 City Square Fountain, Custom Dioramics CD1118 Shop Interior/Archway Ruin and Custom Dioramics CD7001 Canal Dyke Diorama (France WWII).
February 19, 2001 Due to the overwhelming demand from English speaking modellers who would like an insight into the arcane "black magic" that Miguel "MIG" Jimenez uses to create his masterpieces, MIG has been kind enough, with the help of Luciano and Alvaro Rodriguez of CMT, to translate a series of Rarities World "How-to" articles into English exclusively for Missing Links website.  The first installment in this great series is Chipped Painted Fever  where we all get a chance to learn the techniques behind MIG's stunning results.  Thanks for sharing these techniques with us MIG!
February 18, 2001 Yet another Missing Links exclusive!  Missing Links would like to welcome Euromilitaire 2000 Best of Show winner Marijn Van Gils to it's army of contributors.  Marijn's first ML contribution is 29 images of his Bergepanther Ausf. D used in his spectacular Euro 2000 Best of Show winning "Last Round" diorama.  Look for more great gallery items from Marijn in the near future.  Thanks Marijn and welcome aboard!!
February 16, 2001 Missing Links is very proud to introduce French modeller Fabien Descamps to it's ever growing team of contributors.  Fabien's 1st gallery entry are 12 images of his wonderfully weathered Sdkfz 263.  Merci beaucoup Fabien!!
February 15, 2001 Added Antonio Martin's very nice Tiger II Production Turret to the ML gallery.  11 images are included in Antonio's gallery entry.  Thanks Antonio!
February 14, 2001 Added the following reviews:  Sovereign 2000 #S2KV007 Sdkfz 247 and Panzertaktik - JJ Fedorowicz Publishing (9 sample images included).
February 8, 2001 Dan Mouritzsen joins the Missing Links research team with a stunning debut research article covering German Mine Clearing in Denmark 1945-47.  This excellent piece includes 23 never before seen images of a variety of German equipment in a mine clearing role.  Thanks Dan, fantastic stuff!  Added a review of this much anticipated kit:  Eastern Express #35127 BA-6 Armoured Car
February 4, 2001 Miguel Jimenez continues to create masterpiece after masterpiece.  The mighty Spaniard presents 22 images of his brilliant Panther Ausf. G which has fallen into a river.  In my opinion, this has to be MIG's best work yet...who knows what the future holds for "La Bomba"?  Very scary.  Thanks MIG!
February 3, 2001 As with any website, the success of Missing Links can be measured by the credibility of it's contributors.  The ML team can can count amongst it's members some of the best modellers and AFV historians on the planet, a fact that brings great pride to the administration of this website.  This tradition continues at Missing Links with our latest addition to the ML team .

In the field of German WWII AFV research there are 2 names which stand above the rest for accuracy and integrity in research:  Jentz and Doyle.  Missing Links Website is extremely proud to announce a new section of our website entitled PANZERFACTS with Thomas L. Jentz and Hilary L. Doyle.  With each installment, the team of Jentz and Doyle will provide Missing Links readers with groundbreaking new information, insight into their 30 years of AFV research and  the debunking of myths and fallacies that shroud German WWII AFVs.  So without further ado, I'd like to welcome Tom and Hilary to Missing Links and on behalf of the readership, we are all looking forward to further installments of PANZERFACTS.
February 2, 2001 Jorge Lopez returns to the ML gallery with 6 images of his Panzer III Ausf. M.   Added the following reviews: Warriors #35358 SS Tankers, Warriors #35359 SS Wounded, Warriors #35361 American Tank Officer and Warriors #35362 SS Pair 1943-45.
January 29, 2001 Added the following reviews: Panzer's Tactics: Painting and Weathering Military Vehicles Volume One: World War Two, Warriors MW006 M109A2 SP Howitzer Turret Interior, Custom Dioramics 5012 French Business Signs WWII, Custom Dioramics 5013 German Commercial Signs WWII, Custom Dioramics 6016 European Kiosk (large), Custom Dioramics 6017 European Kiosk (small), Custom Dioramics 6018 Machine Shop Equipment and Custom Dioramics 6019 Military Provisions.
January 25, 2001 One of the benefits of the internet is that it allows people from many different cultures to communicate and exchange information in an easy to use setting.  Unfortunately for many people who are not comfortable enough with the English language, this means that they may feel shy or intimidated to communicate with other ML visitors in the standard discussion groups. 

The success of our Japanese language discussion group convinced me that another important bridge across the language barrier was needed.  Today Missing Links is taking yet another step to allow visitors from different cultures the opportunity to exchange ideas in their native tongue and for English speaking ML visitors to perhaps try their hand at communicating in a language other than English and make some new friends from other countries. 

A large number of Missing Links readers have suggested that since Spanish is the 3rd most spoken language on the planet that the time was due for a Spanish language discussion group.  Missing Links is extremely proud to have well known Spanish uber-modeller Miguel Jimenez "MIG" host the Missing Links/Rarities World Spanish Language Discussion Group.  So on behalf of the entire Missing Links staff I'd like to welcome MIG to the team and welcome all of our Spanish visitors to this new discussion group.  Bienvenido a Missing Links!
January 23, 2001 Jean Baptiste Verlhac returns with a weathering tour de force entiled Eastern Front Encounter (Spring 1943).  22 images of this stunning gallery entry have been added.    Modellers wishing to simulate knocked out vehicles should take note of the unltra-realistic weathering of the T34 in this diorama.
January 22, 2001 If Steve Zaloga were to bring every model he has built in the last year to AMPS 2001, he'd need a 40ft trailer.  Steve continues to build at a rate that would kill mere mortals and presents 4 images of his Italian M11/39.  Thanks Steve!
January 19, 2001 The body count keeps rising - Missing Links is proud to introduce yet another addition to it's ever growing team of top notch contributors: well known IDF expert Mark Hazzard makes his ML debut with 6 images of his very impressive Dodge 3/4 ton Weapons Carrier (Israeli Service) in the ML gallery.  Welcome to the team Mark!
January 18, 2001 A treat for modern armour fans: Chris Mrosko presents 3 images of his award winning Japanese Type 74 MBT in a winter setting.  Thanks Chris!
January 16, 2001 The Mighty MIG is back!!  La Bomba returns with 6 images of his Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer" (Polish Service).  MIG fans will have more to cheer about very soon as there will be some special MIG features here on ML in the coming days.  Stay tuned!
January 13, 2001 Added 5 images of Bob Oehler's gorgeous Schwimmwagen Typ 128 in the gallery.  Thanks Bob!
January 12, 2001 Pascal Roquigny makes his first appearance and joins the team of bad, bad men from Missing Links.  Pascal's debut gallery entry includes 5 images of simply the nicest Famo I have yet seen.   Beautiful weathering Pascal, welcome to the team.
January 11, 2001 Missing Links is pleased to welcome yet another addition to our ever growing army of contributors!!  Jose A. Velazquez makes his debut appearance in the ML gallery with 5 images of his absolutely fantastic, beautifully weathered BMP-2 in Chechnya.  Welcome to the team Jose!!
January 9, 2001 Chris Mrosko always manages to find the pictures of the wildest vehicles.  Case in point:  3 images of  a Serbian T55/M18 Hellcat Hybrid that many of you have been asking about on the Modern Discussion Group.   Thanks Chris!  And just in case some of you think that webmasters don't build any models, I added 6 images of my Tiger II July 1945 to the gallery.
January 6, 2001 Steve Zaloga returns to Missing Links with yet another fantastic model.  This time Steve presents 3 images of his M5 13 ton High Speed Tractor.   Thanks Steve!
January 5, 2001 Just in time for the Alan SIG 33 release Gray Creager comes to the rescuse of Missing links readers with 17 details shots of the 15cm SIG 33.   This will be essential to anyone intending to detail this artillery piece.   Mark Bannerman continues his unrelenting quest to paint everything in sight with his latest article:  Painting Black/African Faces.  Thanks to all our contributors and visitors for keeping up the high level of contributions and intelligent, polite discourse to this site!
January 3, 2001 Added the following reviews: Warriors MW-004 US M3 75mm Half Track Conversion, Warriors MW-005 M10 Accessory Set, Custom Dioramics CD1116 PaK 40 Bunker #1 and Legends and Lore #LL046 120mm Reichmarshall Goering.
January 1, 2001 Well, it's a new year and we have a new discussion group!   At the request of several Missing Links readers who feel that the somewhat techinical nature of some of our current discussion groups may be a bit intimidating to newcomers in the hobby, I have created a new Beginners Modelling Discussion Group.   I would encourage anyone who has felt a bit shy to post basic modelling questions to begin asking these questions in this group.  I also strongly suggest that each and every experienced ML reader visit this group from time to time and help out those who are new to the hobby and make them feel at home at Missing Links Website.  Happy New Year!
December 29, 2000 Another Think Tank update, this time courtesy of Tomasz Basarabowicz who this time provides us with 5 images of German AFVs in the Mediterranean.  Nice Famo pics, thanks Tomasz!
December 28, 2000 By popular demand I have added Mark Bannerman's revolutionary article on Painting Shadows with Oil Pencils to the figures article section.  Added the following reviews: Warriors #35353 Panzer IV or Panther Crew, Warriors #35354 US Soldier Painting, Warriors #35355 Waffen SS Grenadier Russia 1943 and Warriors #35356 German Tankers Loading Ammo .
December 27, 2000 The Missing Links Think Tank gets a much needed update with 38 images of The War in Finland graciously provided by Ville Kosonen which includes not only excellent armour images, but some great uniform references for figure modellers.  Thanks Ville!
December 21, 2000 "Il Diablo" says "Feliz Navidad"!!   Joaquín García Gázquez returns with 12 images of his beautifully weathered Wespe in the ML gallery.
December 20, 2000 Infamous Canuck treadhead Don Dingwall makes his debut at Evil Empire Inc. with an interesting Batus paint scheme in his Building Aran Models' Ferret Mk. 2/3 article.  Toni Canfora presents 16 images of his very nice Sdkfz 250/1 Neu which some of you may have seen at Euromilitaire.

Please note that at the request of several Missing Links readers that we now have a "guestbook" which will allow you to tell a bit more about yourselves and find modellers with similar interests from around the world.  The Guestbook link is located on the main page just below the search function box.  Thanks to all our readers for their helpful suggestions.
December 15, 2000 Bob Oehler makes his Missing Links gallery debut with 4 images of his Schwimmwagen.   Chris Mrosko continues his quest to build unique and unusual modern vehicles with 2 images of his Somali Technical.  Thanks guys!
December 14, 2000 The official results for the Missing Links 1st Annual Contest are now online.  Organising the announcement of the results took longer than I had expected, but Bob Oehler from Tamiya generously arranged for a special prize for Missing Links Staff Choice for Best of Show, so I think the wait was worth it!  Thanks Bob!   On behalf of the staff I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest, congratulations to all our winners and a big thanks to all our sponsors without whom this contest would never have been possible.  Voting was extremely close in many categories as the average number of 1576 people who voted in each category would attest.   It's time to start building and writing for the NEXT Missing Links online contest beginning in January 2001!

Please click here to see the contest entries and final results, along with the all important sponsors list.  I will be contacting the winners via email shortly to arrange distribution of prizes.  Thanks everyone!
December 13, 2000 Ahh..Paris in the spring....quaint cafes, la Tour D'Eiffel, young mademoiselles, Gilles Peiffer building modern armour.....wait a minute....

French modeller of Steelmasters fame Gille Peiffer launches his modern armour assault on Missing Links!!  Gilles' first gallery contribution is his very realistic MTLB with ZU23/2 (Chechenya 2000).  Six images accompany Gilles' gallery entry.  Bienvenue a l'équipe Missing Links Gilles!!
December 9, 2000 The contest voting for best of show is now closed.  I will be tabulating everything shortly and prepare an official announcement.   Many thanks to all our entrants for making this contest such a success.  If anyone feels that they were subject to an undervote, please contact the Missing Links legal department via Cranford Smith.

Steve Zaloga continues to build models of the M3/M5 light tank family like an unstoppable juggernaut that cannot be reasoned with!  This time Steve puts an interesting Photoshop twist to his model of an M5 Stuart.  Thanks Steve!
December 2, 2000 Added the following reviews:  Accurate Armour C61 Stuart III/M3A1, Accurate Armour A59 Cromwell Tank Engine Bay, Aber 35075 Sdkfz 250/9 Neu 2cm Recon, Aber 35096 5cm Pak 38, Wehrmacht Heer Camouflage Colours 1939-1945, Eduard Express Masks, Osprey Order of Battle #8 & 9 The Ardennes Offensive, South African Colours and Markings, Eastern Express SU-152, Steel Fortress T28 & Land Battleship T35 books, AFV Club #35S06 M115 8in Howitzer, Italeri #379 LVT-4 and Osprey Warrior #26 - US Paratrooper 1941-45.
November 30, 2000 OPERATION BUM STEYR has been launched!!! It' a Steyr invasion on Missing Links with 6 Tamiya Steyr models uploaded to the gallery!!  Nick Cortese's Missing Links debut Steyr Kommandeurwagen, Mic Bradshaw's Steyr Kommandeurwagen, Ian Kaiser's Steyr Kommandeurwagen, Andrew Dextras' Steyr Kommandeurwagen, James Blackwell's Steyr Kommandeurwagen and Eric Mac Intyre's Steyr 1500 A/01.  Many thanks to all who have participated in OPERATION BUM STEYR!!
November 26, 2000 Added Jens Kronvold Frederiksen's Sdkfz 251 "Stuka Zu Fuss" to the gallery.
November 23, 2000 After great deliberation the Missing Links staff have determined that the contest entries were of such a high calibre that making a decision in many of the categories was extremely difficult and would be unfair to many of the participants who did such a great job on the articles. 

Therefore we have no choice but to let you, the Missing Links readership, decide the results of the contest by conducting a vote.  In each category you can only vote once (note to people from Florida: this means only one vote per category) at which point the top 3 vote-getters per category will take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. 

This voting period will end Thurday November 30 (note to Florida residents:  this means it ends November 30, 2000) at which point we will tabulate the votes for each first place winner, create one last poll and let the readership decide the "best of show".  Our apologies to all the contest participants for the delay, but we feel this is the most democratic and fair way to proceed with this contest.

Please go here and place your votes:  Missing Links Contest Page.
November 21, 2000 Ikea.  Volvo.  Abba.  Bayerl.  The Swedish Global Domination Plan continues with 4 images of Gunnar Jansson's striking  Jagdpanther Final Version.   Thanks Gunnar!
November 20, 2000 The contest entires are now all uploaded to the site and the judging process has begun.  I'd like to thank all of our contest particpants for making this 1st annual online contest such a success.  Good luck to all of our particpants!

Back to business:  Missing Links would like to welcome Vince Pedulla to it's ever growing army of modelling madmen.  Vince's debut gallery entry is 11 images of his very attractive Bergepanther Ausf. G.   Welcome to the team Vince!
November 19, 2000 Added Mario Ales' second contest entry:  "Silence!" Diorama featuring the Tamiya Cromwell and Warriors Panzerjagers.
November 18, 2000 Added Matt messmer's contest entry:  Converting Academy’s Mid Tiger #1387 into a Mid or Late Tiger with an Accurate Interior
November 14, 2000 Added Stephen Brezinski's second contest entry: The 88 mm Flak 36 in 1/72 .  I also corrected an error in JP Morgan's Accurizing and Converting VM's Valentine to a Canadian Valentine Mk VII in Soviet Use article which truncated the majority of the article text.
November 12, 2000 Added Mathew Malogorski's contest entry:  Superdetailing the GIAT "LeClerc" Main Battle Tank.
November 11, 2000 Added Göran Åhlström's contest entry: Confessions of a Shermanoholic - Detailing and Correcting Italeri’s Sherman M4A1.
November 9, 2000 Added Antonio Martin Tello's second contest entry:  Building a Porsche Jagdtiger.
November 5, 2000 With the tremendous amount of talented AFV modellers from Japan, it's always been a goal of mine to have a discussion group in Japanese so that Japanese modellers could stop by and discuss happenings in the AFV world.  With the help of some AFV modellers from Japan, I'd like to introduce the Missing Links Japanese Language AFV Modelling Discussion Group hosted by Yasutsugu Mori.  This discussion group requires that you can read Japanese, but this translation site may help those of us who can't.  Welcome to Missing Links!
November 4, 2000 Added Rhodes Williams' contest entry: The Last Panther in Pomerania.  Users on slow connections be warned that this article has 109 images and lots of text.
November 2, 2000 Added JP Morgan's 2nd contest entry: Accurizing and Converting VM's Valentine to a Canadian Valentine Mk VII in Soviet Use.
October 31, 2000 Added Jari Lievonen's contest entry:  Painting Models - Evolution or Revolution?.
October 26, 2000 I will be uploading the next batch of the contest entries starting this weekend.  However in the meantime you can feast you eyes on Chris Mrosko's latest creation, 5 images of his Stug III Ausf. G Early.  Thanks Chris!
October 24, 2000 A short break from the barrage of contest entries:  Steve Zaloga serves up a spicy little number:  P40 (PzKpfw 737i).   Look for this model to appear in a future issue of Military Modelling Magazine.   Thanks Steve!
October 23, 2000 Added Adam Wilder's contest entry:  Painting and Weathering.
October 22, 2000 Added Chris Leeman's contest entry:  Building and Detailing Alan's Flammpanzer IID.
October 21, 2000 Added Jeff Brooks' contest entry:  M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo
October 20, 2000 Added Stephen Brezinki's contest entry:  Molding for the Masses: A Beginner’s Experience in Gravity and Centrifugal Resin-Casting Small Model Parts..
October 18, 2000 Added Mario Ales' contest entry:  Dragon T34/85 model 1944.
October 17, 2000 Added Mike Millette's contest entry: Backdating Tamiya's M48A3 to an M48A1
October 15, 2000 Added Fabrizio Micheli's contest entry: 1945:  Approaching the End.

Added the following reviews:  Peter Brown's review of Russian Armoured Cars 1930-2000, and Italeri #378 LAV-25 Motor Carrier, John Prigent's review of Russian Armoured Cars 1930-2000 and Azimut #35334 155mm M12, Frank de Sisto reviews Mr. Churchill's Tank, Eduard #35319 M109A6 Paladin, Eduard #35325 BM-13 Katyusha, Eduard #35328 T-80 MBT, Eduard #35329 T-72M2 w/ERA, Eduard #35336 URAL-4320 , Tamiya #89562 Tiger I Ausf. E with crew, Eduard #35323 Sdkfz 232 (8 rad), Eduard #35308 Pak 38 5cm, Eduard #35304 Demag D7 (with Flak 38), Eduard #35330 Flakpanzer Kugelblitz, Andrew Dextras reviews Aber 35071 Upper Hull for Panzerjager I,  Militaria in Detail #4 Jagdpanther,  The Tankograd Gazette ,IS ARVs - Tankograd Special #1, Aber 35A63 Panzer I Ausf. A & B fenders, Militaria in Detail #3 M3 Grant/M4, Armada #20 T-26 part 1.   Many thanks to the ML review team!
October 14, 2000 Added Øyvind Leonsen's contest entry: A Tiger II of sPz. Abt 503.
October 13, 2000 Added Alvaro Rodriguez's contest entry:  Quad 50 Gun Trucks Online Reference Library.
October 10, 2000 Things are heating up...Graeme Davidson's contest entry:   Converting a LRDG Ford F30 30cwt.
October 9, 2000 A little break from the contest entries today, but you'll understand why when you see it.  With the high standard of modelling talent who contribute to this site it can become easy to get somewhat used to the exceptional models and research work on display.  However, once in awhile a model appears in my inbox that is truly beyond description.  Mirko Bayerl, the Swedish "God of Thunder" steps down from Asgard and presents 28 images of his Euromilitaire Gold medal winning Panther Ausf. G (IR).  Thanks Mirko for sharing your model with us.  However, anyone interested in buying my complete unbuilt model collection can contact me offline, I have now taken up collecting Pokemon action figures.
October 8, 2000 Added Kevin Kenny's contest entry: M109A6 Paladin.
October 7, 2000 Added Matt Black's figures article for the contest: How to Paint Realistic Waffen SS Camouflage Uniforms
October 6, 2000 Well known braille scale madman Alex Clark presents his contest entry: Kit bashing a 1/72 scale T-80UD.
October 5, 2000 Today's contest entry:  JP Morgan's research article Building an AVGP Grizzly - part 1.
October 4, 2000 Barry Crook's Axis WWII contest entry has been added: Sdkfz 234/2 Puma - The Italeri Kit Reincarnated.
October 3, 2000 New contest entry added tonight.  This time modern armour maniac Olaf Kievit presents a research article on The Leopard series of Main Battle Tanks.
October 2, 2000 The contest entries keep rolling in.  This time Douglas Bauer's article on Building a Small Scale BAT-M is featured.
October 1, 2000 The Missing Links 1st Annual Online Contest submission date has come and past.  Now it's time to start displaying the excellent entries we have received.  Since the quality of the articles is so high, throughout the month of October we will be uploading the contest entries one at a time to give all of our readers plenty of time to read the articles in detail and enjoy them (believe me, many of them will take a while to read as they have plenty of text and lots of images).  After the upload period is over then the Missing Links judges will vote on the entries and the winners will be announced.  Many thanks to all who have entered our contest and a big thanks again to all our sponsors.

The first entry to be posted is Antonio Martin Tello's "The Stalin Brothers".
September 30, 2000 Steve Zaloga continues his relentless pursuit of modelling every US armour model from WWII.  This time Steve presents 5 images of his heavily corrected and superdetailed M36B1.   Thanks Steve!
September 24, 2000 In an effort to continue improving upon the Missing Links website concept, I have decided to create a new discussion group which I felt would help many of the modellers out there who enjoy making dioramas.  Terry Ashley is now the emcee of the Missing Links Diorama Discussion Group.

Mark Bannerman joins the Missing Links team!!  The well known Canadian figure guru can now be found hosting the Missing Links Figures Discussion Group.  Welcome to the team Mark!
Spetember 20, 2000 Missing Links would like to welcome Jean Baptiste Verlhac to it's ever growing army of contributors.  JBV presents some excellent ultra realistic weathering with 20 images of his Jagdpanzer IV L/70.   Image #7 of the open hatch shows the best chipped paint/rust weathering I have ever seen.  Slammin' Sammy Dwyer keeps pumping out those great models, Sam presents 7 images of his Last Stand dio.  Thanks guys!
September 17, 2000 The Lord of Darkness returns with yet another of his atmospheric dioramas.  Ian Hill shows us what aircraft models are useful for with 7 images of his fabulous Stormbird dio.  Thanks Ian!
September 16, 2000 Missing Links would like to welcome Mike Bedard to it's team of contributors.  Mike presents 4 images of his Type 95 Ha-Go in the gallery.   Welcome aboard Mike!
September 6, 2000 The Mighty Duo from Spain are back!!  Miguel Jimenez presents 13 images of his Wiesel Mk 20A1 while Jorge Lopez displays 8 images of his Famo.  Graeme Davidson shares his Operation Granby Scorpion in the gallery.   Thanks guys!
September 1, 2000 Please note that I mistakenly forgot to add Paul Gillan's Leopard 2A5 in yesterday's Leopard Colony upload.  Sorry Paul! 

Added 2 new reviews:  AJ Press Tank Power Panther volume 4 and Wydawnictwo 4th Panzer Division 4 volume set (#87,97,102& 112).
August 31, 2000 Invasion of the Leopards!!  No less than 8 Leopard 2A5s have been added to the gallery:  Shane Abdoo's Leopard 2A5, Jon Bailey's Leopard 2A5, James Blackwell had to build 2 of them Leopard 2A5 (x2), Andrew Dextras' Leopard 2A5, Slammin' Sam Dwyer's Leopard 2A5, Michael Bradshaw's Leopard 2A5, Paul Gillan's Leopard 2A5 and finally Eric Mac Intyre's Leopard 2A5.  Thanks to everyone who participated in Operation Leopard Colony, with a special thanks to Brett Green for his help.
August 26, 2000 More small scale madness!!  Alex Clark returns with 4 images of his superb Challenger I Mk 3.  Alex has also provided some updated images of his T-80 UD.  John Prigent reviews 2 new books on WWII Russian AFVs: Steel Fortress T28 & Land Battleship T35 books.  Thanks guys!
August 24, 2000 Jens Kronvold Frederiksen returns and presents 9 images of his beautifully painted Flammpanzer 38.  Thanks Jens!
August 21, 2000 Small scale dio-meister Justo Mira Paya returns with an absolutely stunning small scale diorama entitled Souvenirs of Normandy.   6 images of this "I can't believe it's not 1/35" diorama are included in this gallery entry.  The Spanish armour monsters from Rarities World make their Missing Links review debut with a review of Euromodelismo Tanks in Russia (I).  Thanks guys!
August 17, 2000 The Panzer-Maestro returns!!  James Blackwell steps out of the Cone of Silence and shares 6 images of his breathtaking vignette of 120mm Michael Wittmann (with Cromwell) with the Missing Links readership.  John Prigent must have waited in line all night to pick up the first copy of the eagerly anticipated Nuts and Bolts #13 Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind & Ostwind. Mrosko Mojo Month conitnues with Chris' TPz 1 Fuchs.   Thanks guys!
August 10, 2000 Mrosko Mojo Month keeps rolling with Chris' 2-1/2 ton Jimmy.   Addeed 2 new Aber reviews:  Aber 35070 Gun Shield for Panzerjager I (late) and Aber 35074 Sd. Kfz. 250/8 Neu "Stummel".
August 9, 2000 More Mrosko madness with Chris' Kubelwagen.
August 8, 2000 Mrosko Mojo Month keeps moving along with Chris' M88A1.
August 7, 2000 Canadian figure guru Mark Bannerman goes for the throat with 7, yes count 'em, 7 very helpful new figure articles:Painting Asian Faces, Painting Figures - Adding Details, Painting an Italian Tank Commander Figure, Painting Light Coloured Clothing, Painting an Italian Tank Officer Figure , Painting a British Dispatcher Figure and Painting Whites.   Mrosko Mojo Month keeps on rolling with 2 images of Chris' Panhard VBL.  Thanks to Mark and Chris for making this update possible!
August 4, 2000 More Mrosko Madness:  T28 in Finnish Service.
August 3, 2000 Mrosko Mojo Month rolls along with 2 images of Chris' Steyr 1500A/01.
August 2, 2000 Mrosko Mojo Month continues with Chris' Cromwell Mk. IV.
August 1, 2000 Oh behave....yeah baby....yeah!  It's "Mrosko Mojo Month" on Missing Links!  Missing Links would like to welcome Chris "Panzer" Mrosko to it's team of contributors.  Chris has been kind enough to share some images of his great models with us and all through the month of August we will be featuring them on a regular basis.  First up, 4 images of Chris' M26 Dragon Wagon have been added to the gallery.  Thanks to Chris for joining the Missing Links team.
July 28, 2000 Important announcement concerning the Missing Links 1st Annual Online Contest - due to requests from a large number of visitors, we are extending the contest deadline until September 30, 2000.  Anyone who has already submitted an article for the contest may revise and re-submit their articles for the September 30th deadline if they wish.  Please see the rules here.

Back to business:   The Z-Man is back for the attack!  Steve Zaloga returns with 4 images of his Carrier SP 40mm Bofors on Morris C9/B Lorry.  We'd like to welcome Gunnar Jansson to out team of contributors.  Gunnar presents 2 images of his Tiger II Production Turret.   Those 2 crazy reviewmen are back - Third Group #35017 Sherman #1, Third Group #35018 Sherman #2, Wydawnictwo Militaria #115 M10/M36, IS ARVs - Tankograd Special #1 and Armes Militaria #36 "L'ete 1943(2) Objectif Messine".  Thanks to all our contributors for making this update possible.
July 24, 2000 Missing Links would like to welcome a new contributor to it's ever growing army of madmen.  Bernd Zaeske makes his debut with 30 images of 2 absolutely mind boggling YPR-765 variants.  I have never seen so many tie downs in my life.  Added the following reviews:  Ultracast # 35027 Canadian/Commonwealth Tank Crew Normandy 1944, Ultracast # 35028 British Heads WWII Tank Crew #3, Ultracast # 35029 Canadian/British Tank Commander Normandy 1944 and Accurate Armour C12 VT-34 ARV.  
July 19, 2000 It's the Clash of the Review Titans!!  The ML review team of Frank De Sisto, Peter Brown and John Prigent have gone off the deep end and contributed the following reviews:  Eduard #35300 M10 (AFV Club), Model Valley #003 M12 Engine Set for Academy M12, Model Valley #004 M12 Transmission Set for Academy M12, Tanks! Video Series part 2, Model Valley #001 M1A1 Engine Set, Model Valley #005 Gun Truck for AFV Club M35, Wings and Wheels #6 Israeli Armour in Detail, Beulah MT7 AFV Techniques Video , Accurate Armour & Cromwell Matadors, Beulah MT6 Armoured Cars Video, Beulah MT8 Tanks by Train Video and last but not least  Concord #7027 British Tanks of WWII part 1.  Thanks to our team of madmen for putting these together!   Dinesh Ned returns to the Missing Links gallery with 7 images of his very nice Jagdpanzer SU85(r).   Thanks Dinesh!
July 14, 2000 Okay, okay, so I'm only 1/8th Spanish.  Added 18 images of Andrew Dextras'  IS-3 model 1946.  Thanks to Luciano, MIG and Carlos for all their contributions this week.
July 13, 2000 Are the Spaniards really trying to conquer the AFV modelling world?  Miguel Jimenez continues the attack with 8 images of his Panther Ausf. A.
July 12, 2000 CDV continues the Spanish onslaught with 5 images of his wonderfully detailed Schwimmwagen.
July 11, 2000 The Spanish Invasion continues with 6 images of Luciano Rodriguez's fabulous Jagdpanther.
July 10, 2000 It's "Loco Espanol" week on Missing Links!   This week we will be featuring models from some of Spain's top AFV modellers.   We begin the Spanish Invasion with Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo and his M4A3 Calliope.
July 8, 2000 Missing Links Website is happy to welcome 2 new contributors to our ever growing team:  Yann Jouault shares 20 images of his atmospheric 1/15 scale diorama entitled Swan Song with us.   Modern armour maniac Olaf Kievit makes his debut with 2 very comprehensive new reviews: Panzershop #3503 T-55AM2 and Panzershop #3513 BTR-60PB.  Frank De Sisto continues on his barbaric quest to collect every brass PE set on the planet: Eduard 35296 Renault FT-17 and Eduard 35287 Sdkfz 9 Famo.  Many thanks to all our contributors.
June 29, 2000 Steve Zaloga continues along his remorseless path to build every model in existence...in record time of course!  This time the Master returns with 5 images of his Matilda Mark II.  Thanks Steve!
June 27, 2000 La Bomba is back!  The Mighty MIG returns with 7 images of his awesome T34/122! Be on the lookout for a full construction article of this model and Jorge Lopez's spectacular scratchbuilt Faun LK5 in the Military Modelling AFV Modelling Special volume 30 issue #8 published on July 7, 2000.  Bravo gentlemen!  Added 2 new reviews:  Aber 35068 Panzerjager I 4.7cm PaK and Squadron Signal #6081 Panzerkampfwagen IV.
June 24, 2000 The Flying Finn is back!  Mika Hakkinen?  No...it's Jari Lievonen with 3 images of his Sd. Kfz. 138/1 Ausf. M "Grille " in the Missing Links gallery!  Added a new book review: Zimmerit Press Panzer 38(t) Variants and new video review: Achtung Panzer! German Tanks at War 1939-45 CD-Rom.
June 23, 2000 The Lord of Lilliput is back!!  Micro-scale uber-modeller Rob Fraser returns with 14 images of his awe inspiring small scale Opel Blitz Workshop.   A full construction article on this heavily converted model can be found in Military Modelling vol. 30 issue #6.  Missing Links website is proud to welcome American modeller Frank De Sisto as part of our website team.  Frank kicks off his "tour of duty" with 2 new reviews:  Royal Models #220 Sd. Kfz. 250/1 "Neu" and Royal Models #223 Sd. Kfz. 250/9 "Neu".  Thanks to Rob and Frank for making this update possible!
June 21, 2000 The Norwegian Armour Maestro returns with another stunning German WWII AFV.  14 images of Øyvind Leonsen's absolutely gorgeous Tiger II Porsche Turret are featured in today's update.  Thanks Øyvind!
June 19, 2000 Added the following reviews:  Armoured Brigade Models Late Production High Bustle Firefly Turret w/Oval Loader's Hatch ABM #012, Armoured Brigade Models Late Production High Bustle 75mm Sherman Turret ABM #013, Wydawnictwo #65 Marder II, Wydawnictwo 4th Panzer Division Trilogy (#87,97&102), Wydawnictwo #94 Sturmgeschutz IV and Wydawnictwo #109 Panzer II Ausf L "Luchs" & Sdkfz 140/1 Aufklarungspanzer 38(t).
June 11, 2000 Due to the high interest level in the Egyptian T34/122 (or T-122) that has been shown on the Missing Links discussion groups, Scottish modeller Donald Campbell has kindly contributed 14 references images of the Egyptian T34/122 reference images to the Missing Links Think Tank.  These images will prove very handy to anyone planning on building this unique vehcile.  Peter Brown continues his unrelenting quest to read everything that has ever been published on AFVs and reviews 2 new books:  Exprint Lend Lease Tanks 1941-1945 and The British Army - A Pocket Guide 2000-2001.  Eric Mac Intyre logs on and reviews Aber 35A69 1/35 German Helmet liners,chinstraps & decals.  Thanks to all of our contributors!
June 4, 2000 Craig Buchanan emerges from his igloo and presents 5 images of his Tiger II Porsche Turret.   Thanks Craig!
June 2, 2000 Barry Beaudry returns to the Missing Links gallery with 5 images of his beautiful T-122.   Peter Brown reviews Wydawnictwo Militaria #108 M3 Lee/Grant and Matthew Malogorski evaluates Elite Models #3505 Pzh 155mm M109A3GEA1 Conversion.  Thanks for contributing to Missing Links!
June 1, 2000 John Tapsell returns to the Missing Links gallery with 10 images of his scratchbuilt 2 pdr Anti Tank Gun.  Thanks John!
May 30, 2000 Tom Cockle returns with 12 images of his Panzer IV Ausf. G in an Eastern Front winter setting.  Missing Links Website would like to welcome Colin Loo to our team of contributors.  Colin's first gallery entry is 4 images of his Desert Storm M2A2 Bradley.   Thanks guys!
May 26, 2000 Our favorite news correspondant Floris Lok returns with 21 spectacular images of Israel's Pull-out from Lebanon 2000.  Thanks Floris!
May 25, 2000 Finnish modeller Jari Lievonen returns with yet more spectacular images of his German WWII armour models.  In this update Jari shares 8 images of his Hetzer SIG 33 with Missing Links readers.  Peter Brown takes a break from his Evil global domination plan to buy every book on the planet and reviews some new plastic kits: Eastern Express KV-1S, KV-8 & KV-85 and Eastern Express GAZ-66 with AA Gun ZU-23-2.  Thanks guys!
May 19, 2000 Missing Links website would like to welcome Michael Bradshaw to it's team of contributors.  Michael's first gallery entry is 3 images of Dragon's 120mm Unterscharfuhrer - Wiking Division Hungary 1945.  Welcome aboard Michael!
May 18, 2000 The Spanish Terror is back!!  The Mighty MIG returns with a spectacular T55 Dozer (Czech Army) in the ML gallery.  Thanks MIG!
May 17, 2000 Missing Links website would like to welcome Xavier Lena to our team of contributors.  Xavier's first Missing Links gallery entry features 12 images of his outstanding steel wheel Panther Ausf. G.   Thanks Xavier!
May 16, 2000 The Z-Man is back!!  Steve Zaloga brings out the big guns and presents 4 images of his awesome Academy M12 GMC.  Look for a full construction article in an upcoming Military Modelling Magazine issue.  Thanks Steve!
May 14, 2000 Missing Links would like to welcome Spanish modeller Justo Mira Paya to our contribution team.  Justo's stunning 1/72 scale diorama entitled Berlin 1945 is featured in the gallery with 3 large images.  Added the following reviews: modern armour fanatic Matthew Malogorski examines Darlington #21 YPR 765 in Dutch Service and John Prigent gets his hands on Hobby Fan M10 Interior Conversion.
May 7, 2000 Jari Lievonen returns with 12 images of his Mobelwagen in the Missing Links gallery.  3 new reviews added:  Matthew Malogorski reviews Accurate Armour C58 Warrior Infantry Command Vehicle, Stephen brezinski reviews LEVA Productions #72-B-06 1/72 SU-152 and Mark Bannerman reviews Miniature Alliance WZ3501 Commonwealth Figure.  Many thanks to today's contributors!
May 5, 2000 Tomasz Basarabowicz returns with 28 images of The German Army on the Eastern Front in the Missing Links Think Tank.
May 1, 2000 Added 13 images of Andrew Dextras' Japanese Type 3 Medium Tank "Chi-Nu" to the gallery.  Added the following reviews:  RHPS T48 M4 Sherman Track Set, Friulmodel ATL-52 Panzer II Ausf. D Early tracks, Pegaz #6 German Armoured Cars 1921-1945 volume 2 and Sd kfz 251 in Polish Museums.
April 30, 2000 Added 3 new gallery entries:  The Mighty MIG keeps pumping out those models, this time mIG shares 6 images of his Panzer III Ausf. J in a snow covered setting, Pat Johnson also returns with his Stug III Ausf. B and Rick Bennett makes his first appearance in the ML gallery with 4 images of his Ontos.  Peter Brown reviews a new book covering Anti-Tank Weapons from all eras.  Here's a big thanks to today's contributors!
April 26, 2000 Added 3 new reviews: RHPS T54E1 M4 Sherman Track Set , Friulmodel ATL-50 Sdkfz 250 track set and Aber 35073 Sdkfz 250/1 "NEU".
April 24, 2000 Out from the frozen Canadian tundra known only as Pembroke, Ontario comes Craig Buchanan with 6 images of his beautifully finished Horch 4x4 type 1a with 20mm Flak 38.  John Prigent reviews the brand new Skybow WC57 Dodge Command Car.   Thanks to Craig and John for today's update!
April 22, 2000 Mirko Bayerl returns to the Missing Links gallery, this time Mirko presents his 120mm SS. Panzer Grenadier (Norwegian Volunteer) figure.
April 21, 2000 Added Donald Campbell's Tiger I Ausf. E Mid Version to the gallery, 4 images have been included.
April 20, 2000 Where have the Johnsons been hiding??  Canadian modelling brothers Pat and Mike Johnson have awakened from their winter hibernation and are starting to crank out those models!  Pat presents 5 images of his Panzer I Ausf. B while Mike shares 3 images of his T34/85 (Egyptian Service).  Thanks to Graeme Davidson for taking these photographs and to both Pat and Mike for contributing to the Missing Links gallery!
April 19, 2000 Spanish uber-modeller Jorge Lopez returns to the Missing Links gallery with 5 images of his Ti-67 (South Lebanese Army).   Added the following product reviews: Armoured Brigade Models #ABM010 Tiger Mid Production Turret and Armoured Brigade Models #ABM011 FAMO recovery Spade Conversion.
April 18, 2000 The big guns have been busy!  First Steve Zaloga kicks off the week with his awesome M26 Pershing and now Miguel Jimenez shares 4 images of his ultra-realistic T34/85 (Armenian Service) with us.  Peter brown reviews a great new book on modern Canadian armour entitled Canadians in Bosnia - A Study of Canadian AFVs in NATO Service in Bosnia and John Prigent gives us an overview of what to expect from Academy's M12 155mm GMC.   Many thanks to all our contributors for such a great start to this week on Missing Links!
April 17, 2000 Steve Zaloga returns with yet another masterpiece.  This time Steve shares 6 images of his M26 Pershing with us in the Missing Links gallery.  For those of you who are still wondering how Steve builds all these superb models in such a short space of time, it was revealed during his AMPS seminar that he does indeed own a time machine.
April 5, 2000 Missing Links Website has reached 200,000 hits!!  Many thanks to all our contributors and visitors for allowing us to reach this magic number!

Jagdtiger double whammy!  First, MIG returns with 14 images of his Jagdtiger in a different sort of factory fresh paint scheme.  Second, 49 Jagdtiger Reference Images have been added to the Think Tank courtesy of Thomas Anderson, Gray Creager and Rich Sullivan.

Many new prizes have been added to the 1st Annual Missing Links Online Contest page over the last week or two, so make sure you check out the new items up for grab!
April 3, 2000 Floris Lok comes through for Missing Links Website once again!!  27 new images of this spectacular series of Russian armour in Grozny have been added in Modern Russian AFVs in Action - Chechnya 2000 part 4.  Missing Links would like to welcome Mark Fergel to it's growing list of contributors.  Mark shares his T34/76 Mod. 1943 with us - 4 images in the gallery.  Many thanks to Floris and Mark for their contributions to Missing Links Website.
March 30, 2000 Ron Puttee returns to the Missing Links gallery!!  Ron's Merkava Mk. II is featured in the gallery with 12 images of this superb model.  Thanks Ron!
March 28, 2000 Missing Links Website would like to welcome 3 new model gallery contributors to our team:  Kenneth Yeo with his Marder II Ausf. D, Val Beuno with his Stug III Ausf. B and Jens Kronvold Frederiksen with his amazing scratchbuilt Sdkfz 221.  Peter Brown reviews a new book: 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade in Italy and Steve Zaloga is keeping busy with a book review of a 1200 page monster on Soviet Artillery entitled Entsiklopediya Otchesyvennoy Artillerii.  Many thanks to all of today's contributors!
March 25, 2000 Missng Links website would like to welcome Swedish modeller Toni Canfora to it's team of contributors.  Toni's first gallery entry is 12 images of his superdetailed Sdkfz 234/2 Puma in the gallery.  Added 2 new reviews: Tamiya #89555 Centurion Mk III and Takahashi Modelling #07 Sturmgeschutz Crew.
March 22, 2000 Missing Links is Finnished!  No, no, we're not closing down, we've just added some really interesting material on Finnish AFVs.  First, Tomasz Basarabowicz reaches into his enourmous reference image collection with 21 unpublished images of Finnish Armour in Action.  Stunning diorama ideas in this batch.  Next, we have 4 reference images of the T50 Light tank (Applique Armour) - Finnish Service courtesy of Paul Owen.  Last but not least, 4 reviews from Tony Leung:   Wiking Decal #6 & 7, JS Models #JS15 T-34/76 Equipment set, JS Models #JS04 T-34 Laminate Model 1943 turret and Suomalaiset Panssarivaunut 1918-1997 (The Finnish Armoured Vehicles).  Many thanks too all our contributors for supporting Missing Links!
March 19, 2000 Added Frederico Kereki's M-47 (Jordanian service) and Jeff herne's IS-2 to the gallery.
March 15, 2000 It's Missing Links Website's 1st Anniversary!!!!   On behalf of the Missing Links Website staff, Eric and I would like to thank all of our visitors and contributors for making the last year so exciting, we all really appreciate your support and encouragement.  Enough small talk...onto the good stuff!  

Miguel Jimenez has dropped a 100 megaton nuclear device on Missing Links!!   The Master of Destruction has prepared a piece de resistance specifically for Missing Link's 1st Anniversary.  19 images of MIG's demolished Panzer IV Ausf. J have been added to the Missing Links gallery.  Make sure that you are sitting down when you click on the hyperlink above, you have never seen anything like this before.

Missing Links is also happy to announce that we now have an online Chat Room.   Feel free to kick back, put your feet up and chat online woth your fellow AFV modellers.  We have a number of very interesting special features coming very shortly, so keep your eyes on the what's new section for further information.  Please follow the same rules of etiquette as on the discussion groups.  You will have to create a Network54 login account before you login for the first time, this is a very quick process, simply follow the prompts.  Missing Links Online AFV Modelling Chat Room.
March 14, 2000 Missing Links has reached 175,000 hits!!!  Many thanks to all our visitors and contributors who have helped us to reach this important plateau.  Spanish wunderkind Jorge Lopez continues to deplete world supplies of plastic sheet and returns to the Missing Links gallery with 5 images of his scratchbuilt Steyr 1500 LF8 Firetruck.  Thanks Jorge!
March 13, 2000 Tom Cockle returns to the Missing Links gallery with 12 images of his Panzer III Ausf. N.   Tony Leung reviews the Tank Workshop #0014 T23 Sherman turret - Oval Hatch.  Thanks guys!
March 10, 2000 The Mighty MIG is back for the attack!  The Spanish terror presents 5 images of his SAM-2 Guideline in the gallery.  Peter Brown continues to deplete global paper reserves with yet another book review, this time Peter examines Searching for Perfection - An Encyclopedia of US Army T-Series Vehicle Development 1925-1958.  Many thanks to our contributors!
March 9, 2000 Missing Links website would like to welcome Scottish modeller Donald Campbell to the ML gallery.  Donald's superdetailed Nashorn is featured with 13 images in the gallery.  Tony Leung reviews Concord # 7503 Russia's Main Battle Tank T-80U.  Thanks guys!
March 6, 2000 Steve Zaloga returns to the Missing Links gallery and continues to build at a pace which would kill mortal men.  This time Steve builds Eastern Express' new KV-1S kit.  4 images of this spectacular model have been included in the Missing Links gallery.  Look for a full construction article of this eagerly awaited kit in an upcoming issue of Military Modelling Magazine.  Peter Brown is also working at a breakneack pace, adding yet more reference books to the "Mountain of Madness" in his workroom.  This time Peter reviews Ferret: the FV700 series in British Army Service and the new Accurate Armour KT124 Ferret Mk 5.  Many thanks to Steve and Peter for making today's update possible.
March 5, 2000 A real treat in the Think Tank in today's update.  Tomasz Basarabowicz reaches into his bottomless drawer of unpublished reference photos and provides Missing Links with 7 images of knocked out German Armour in Italy.   Some really atmospheric images here folks, great ideas for diorama builders.   Also, we'd like to welcome Ed Bernardo to Missing Links with his first Think Tank entry showcasing 4 rare images of Bulgarian Armour in action.  Many thanks to Tomasz and Ed for sharing these images with us.   Also, you may have noticed the ML survey at the top of this page.  We'll be conducting these informal surveys from time to time and publishing the results in our discussion groups so that manufacturers and publishers know what sort of products Missing Links readers would like to see.
March 2, 2000 Yet more good news for participants in the Missing Links Website 1st Annual Online Contest - AirConnection has donated 2 sets of Aber photo etch for the Tamiya Famo to the Grand Prize as well as 2 sets of Aber photo etch for Shermans and one Miltaria Sherman book to the Allied WWII category.  Again, a big thanks to all our sponsors as we are planning on expanding the contest to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes for each category.

The Scandinavians have landed!  We would like to welcome Norwegian modeller Øyvind Leonsen to the Missing Links gallery.  Øyvind's gallery entry is 6 impressive images of his Tiger I Ausf. E Late Version.   Also, Swedish modeller Thorleif Olsson provides us with some images of the Swedish EPBV 3022 in the very eyecatching Swedish hardedge camouflage scheme.  Thanks to Øyvind and Thorleif for joining our group of contributors!
March 1, 2000 Award winning Spanish modeller Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo is back in the gallery with 3 images of his Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind.   It must be all that sunshine that causes everyone from Spain to become a master modeller.  Also added 2 new reviews:  Pegaz # 5 German Armoured Cars 1921-1945 Part 1 and Accurate Armour B35001 T34/85 Zis-S-53 85mm Turned Barrel.
February 29, 2000 Good news for participants in the Missing Links Website 1st Annual Online Contest - Archer Fine Transfers have donated a $50.00 gift certificate towards any of their products!  The Grand Prize is now the Tamiya Famo and a $50.00 gift certificate from Archer Fine Transfers.  Many thanks to Woody Vondracek of Archer for his support of Missing Links Website.

Added the following reviews: Militaria #99 M4 Sherman vol II and Tank Workshop M4A2 Sherman Conversions.  We'd also like to welcome Brian George to Missing Links with his diorama entitled "Hedgerow Hell".   Last but not least, Gray Creager's 10 images of the Ferret Mk. 2/3 have been added to the Think Tank.
February 28, 2000 Missing Links Website's 1st anniversary is fast approaching and to thank all of our visitors and contributors who have made our first year such a success, we are holding our First Annual Online Contest in conjunction with Military Modelling Magazine.  What can you win?  Well, how about a Tamiya Famo as the grand prize!  There are 5 categories: Axis WWII, Allied WWII, Modern, Small Scale and Figures, with prizes from great manufacturers such as Tamiya, Anvil Miniatures, Accurate Armour, Armoured Brigade Models, Milicast and Warriors.  Each category winner also receives a free one year subscription to Military Modelling Magazine!  All you have to do is submit a construction or research article on AFV or military figure modelling to enter.   Start building and writing!  Click here for more details as well as the rules and regulations.  Please read these carefully in order to maximise your chances of winning.  Good luck!   Any comments or questions regarding the contest can be posted on the Missing Links Website 1st Annual Online Contest Discussion Group.

Added 2 new book reviews from Tony Leung: H&C's German Soldiers of WWII and 6 June 1944, Soldiers in Normandy.  Mising Links is pleased to welcome 2 new gallery contributors:  Mario Cuniberti with his M4 High Speed Tractor and 155mm Long Tom and Jeff Herne with his 1/72 scale Panther Ausf. A.   Also added Ulf Andersson's diorama entitled Pet Cemetary.  Many thanks to all of contributors for making Missing Links Website possible.

February 24, 2000 Dinesh Ned is back with 9 images of his Jagdpanther in the gallery.   John Prigent reviews Anvil Miniatures AM35B01 Jagdtiger Barrel.  Thanks guys!
February 23, 2000 Missing Links website has reached 150,000 hits!!  Many thanks to all our visitors and contributors who have made this possible.   Missing Links website would like to welcome Dinesh Ned to our ever growing list of gallery contributors.  In today's update, Dinesh shares 6 images of his Panzer III Ausf. N with us.  Also added a review of Italeri #371 Demag D7 Sdkfz 10/5 2cm Flak 38 from John Prigent.
February 22, 2000 One of the most difficult parts of our hobby is painting realistic figures to go along with our AFV models.  A well painted figure will add that "Je ne sais quoi" to a well finished AFV model and impart a sense of scale to the finished product.  Mark Bannerman has graciously prepared a step by step article which will follow each step involved in painting a 1/35 scale figure head.   This is a continuously evolving article which will be updated as Mark progresses further into the steps involved with painting his figure.  The article is entitled Painting 1/35 Scale Heads Using Oils "The Bannerman Way" and contains a large image for each step of the process.  We will be annoucning each update in this article in the what's new index.  Highly recommended for anyone interested in adding that final touch to their models.  Many thanks to Mark for taking the time out of his schedule to prepare this article for Missing Links website.
February 21, 2000 Two new gallery entries have been added:  Dan Rowbottom continues to buy styrene in 4' x 8' sheets - 6 images of Dan's scratchbuilt T-23.   Jorge Lopez returns with 3 images of his Ford GPA.  Thanks guys!
February 19, 2000 Floris Lok has again come through for Missing Links and continues with the very popular series of Think Tank entries on modern Russian armour.   In today's update, 19 absolutely stunning images from Grozny have been added to the Think Tank in Modern Russian AFVs in Action - Chechnya 2000 part 3.  Also, we'd like to welcome Ulf Andersson to the Missing Links gallery with 5 images of his M4A3 Sherman HVSS.   Many thanks to Floris and Ulf!
February 18, 2000 A real treat for German WWII Armour modellers in today's update:  Tom Cockle returns with 19 images of his Tiger I Ausf. E Early Version in the gallery.  Recently on Panzertalk there has been some discussion of late war German Kampfgruppe Schulze and the equipment they used.  David E. Brown has been kind enough to share The End of Kampfgruppe Schulze Images from April 1945.  Although the images are a little scratched up, they nonetheless show some interesting details, particularly Tiger I "F13", a late steelwheel hull with an early turret...complete with zimmerit!   Enjoy!
February 17, 2000 Steve Zaloga is building at Warp 9 again!!  Added Steve's latest project: Italian 47/32 Anti Tank Gun with paratroopers to the Missing Links gallery.  Look for a full construction article in an upcoming issue of Military Modelling.  Also, a very interesting addition to the Think Tank from Tomasz Basarabowicz for all those interested in obscure armour topics, 9 unpublished images of Japanese AFVs in action 1930's.  Painting figures, especially their faces is an art form on it's own, well known figure modeller Mark Bannerman returns with the first of a series of step by step articles on painting faces. In this installment, Mark gives us a basic rundown of what techniques are involved in successfully painting a 1/35 scale figure head in Painting 1/35 scale heads in 8 steps.  Last but not least, Peter Brown keeps adding to his "Wall of Doom" reference collection and reviews Steve Zaloga's latest Concord Publications book US Half Tracks in Combat 1941-1945 for us.  Thanks to all our contributors for making this large update possible!
February 16, 2000 Many new items added to the website:  Miguel Jimenez creates another ultra-realistic model based upon a well known photograph with his KV-2 used by the Germans to defend the Krupp plant in 1945.  Also added 4 new Braille Scale entires in the gallery:  Stephen Brezinski's KV-1 and Tiger I Ausf. E, Matt Bittner's Sdkfz 265 Panzer I Command Tank and Bjorn Backlund's Skoda 35(t).  A new Think Tank entry has been added courtesy of Tomasz Basarabowicz, this time Tomasz shares us his GAZ AA Reference Images with us.  Last but not least, John Prigent reviews Chesapeake Model Designs #28 Stug G Early Conversion and I review AJ Press Tank Power Panther volume 3 .  Many thanks to all of contributors!
February 15, 2000 Mark Bannerman is on a rampage!  Added Mark's first Missing Links figure painting article entitled Painting a German SS Eichenlaubmuster (Oak Leaf Pattern) and 2 gallery entries: Stuart "Honey" and Sdkfz 263.   Also a real treat for small scale modellers as Stephen Brezinski shows us how it's done in Modelling the PST IS-2 Stalin Tank.  Thanks guys!
February 14, 2000 Ron Puttee has been a very busy man.  Here's the proof: 18 images of Ron's Dragon Wagon with Sherman M4A3 HVSS have been added to the gallery.  Thanks Ron!
February 12, 2000 Missing Links would like to welcome 3 new gallery contributors:  Mark Bannerman with his Kfz 13 "Adler" & Sdkfz 231 (6 rad), Adam Wilder with his T50 Light Tank and Nick Balmer with his Lanchester Armoured Car.   Also added Peter Brown's article on the Morris Light Recce Car Mk I.  Many thanks to all our contributors!
February 11, 2000 The Mighty MIG strikes again!!  Miguel Jimenez returns to the Missing Links gallery with a vengeance.  In today's update MIG shares his M-978 Hemtt Oshkosh fuel tanker with us.  The fuel stains on this incredible model are so realistic that you can almost smell the fumes.  Also, Peter Brown provides us with another well researched review, this time the AFV Club British CVR(T) FV101 Scorpion gets the once over by Peter.  Thanks guys!
February 10, 2000 Blackwell is back!!  James Blackwell returns to the Missing Links gallery with 5 images of his Zis 5V truck & Zis 3 76.2mm A/T gun.  Working at speeds which would shame most top fuel dragsters, James cranked out these models, including figures, in a mere 4 days.  Very scary...    We'd like to welcome Stefano De Paolis from Italy to the Missing Links gallery with his diorama entitled "Jabos".   Added the following new reviews: Royal Models US Army/Tank Equipment and Squadron Signal Walk Around M4 Sherman.
February 9, 2000 Missing Links has a new look! You may have noticed the new front page design by now.  We have included all major website functions in a "Command Centre" for easy access with the discussion groups in their own table below this.  We had found from user feedback that the old front page was getting very cluttered and much too busy. This new format maintains all the features of the old one but with a much tidier format.  Tom Cockle strikes again with his Sdkfz 222 with interior detailing.  13 images of this highly detailed model have been added to the Missing Links gallery.  The Think Tank continues to expand, this time with M7 Priest Reference Images from Claudio Cioffi.  These images were formerly located on Gray's AFV page.  Enjoy!
February 8, 2000 We continue the theme of modern Russian armour in Grozny with Modern Russian AFVs in Action - Chechnya 2000 part 2.  As stated below in part 1, well worth a look at even if you don't happen to be interested in modern armour, simply fabulous weathering examples.  Missing Links would like to welcome Dan Rowbottom to our group of contributors.  In today's gallery entry, Dan has scratchbuilt a T29 Heavy Tank.  11 images of this very impressive model have been added to the gallery, Dan must be a shareholder in Evergreen, lots of white plastic on this one!  John Prigent has completed building the DML Pak 38 5 cm A/T gun and shares his experiences building this latest release from DML.  Many thanks to all Missing Links contributors for allowing us to offer such a large variety of AFV related material to our readers.  We have also added a new feature on our front page which we call the "preview pane".  This allows Missing Links readers to quickly scan if there has been any new gallery items, articles or other "graphic" additions to the website contents. Each subject has a small thumbnail which can be clicked on to enlarge it.  We hope you will find this feature to be convenient.
February 6, 2000 More unpublished images from the inexhaustible archives of Tomasz Basarabowicz.  This time Tomasz shares with us very rare images of the Skoda 305mm model 1911 Heavy Mortar in the Think Tank.  As always, thanks to Tomasz for sharing his archives with Missing links readers.
February 5, 2000 A real treat for modern armour fans in this update.   Missing Links has obtained a large collection of images taken during the the current conflict in Chechnya.  Part 1 of Modern Russian AFVs in Action - Chechnya 2000, begins with 20 images in the Think Tank.  These crisp, full colour images are not only valuable for modern Russian armour fans, but also for figure painters and as a valuable "real life" weathering guide for all AFV modellers, regardless of which era you prefer.  Enjoy!
February 4, 2000 Added 3 new book reviews from John Prigent: Tuskers - An Armor Battalion in the Gulf War, Darlington Productions Panzerkampfwagen VI P (Sdkfz 181) and the long awaited Nuts and Bolts vol. 12 - Schwere Zugkraftwagen 18ton and Variants - FAMO "Bulle" (Sd. Kfz. 9)
February 2, 2000 Missing Links would like to welcome Tom Cockle to the model gallery.  Tom's first contribution is 15 images of a Tiger II Porsche Turret in a scenic setting.  Be on the lookout for more models from Tom in the near future.
February 1, 2000 One of the most distinctive aspects of James Backwell's models is that they are almost always based on a specific vehicle and timesetting.  In this update, James shares his arcane "Tiger secrets" with Missing Links readers and demonstrates in a step by step manner the incredible amount of detail that goes into one of his creations, including very detailed information on converting figures.  Sd.Kfz. 267/268 Befhelswagen Tiger I - Mid Production from s.Pz.Abt. 507 is the first, but hopefully not the last of these articles from James.  Many thanks to James for sharing his secrets with Missing Links!
January 31, 2000 While the majority of the planet is wondering when the AFV Club M10 will become available in their area, Steve Zaloga has already built, painted and placed the model in a scenic setting!  6 photos of Steve's stunning M10 Tank Destroyer have been added to the gallery.  Look for a full construction article in a future issue of Military Modelling.  Thanks Steve!
January 30, 2000 Inspired by the recent addition to the Think Tank of unpublished images of   the Covenanter Tank in Polish service, Peter Brown has created yet another "magnum opus" research article.  This time Peter dissects the this relatively obscure vehicle in The Covenanter Tank in Detail.  I would suggest that you print out this article to read it as it is quite large.  Added the following models by Barry Beaudry to the gallery:  Merkava Mark 3, 120mm Russian Officer, 120mm Russian Tanker, 120mm SS Grenadier and 120mm US Infantry.   Thanks to Peter and Barry for contributing to Missing Links.
January 26, 2000 Missing Links is sad to announce that Gray's AFV page will no longer be on the web.  For those who don't know, Gray Creager started one of the first and certainly the most comprehensive AFV reference image page on the internet.   Unfortunately, due to time considerations, Gray is no longer able to maintain this page.  Missing Links has made arrangements with Gray and his contributors to move the content of Gray's AFV Page over to the Missing Links Think Tank.  We will be gradually integrating the contents of Gray's AFV page into the Think Tank.  In this update, we are pleased to present 14 images of a Sherman M4A1 (W) 76mm submitted by Claudio Cioffi.  Many thanks to Gray for making this arrangement (and all his hard work over the years!) and to those contributors who were generous enough to share their images with the Missing Links readership.
January 25, 2000 Eagle-eyed Missing Links reader Val Bueno made the astute observation that Missing Links website did not have a "Lynx" in the Think Tank reference image section.  Well, Val has corrected this situation and has graciously shared with us 25 Panzer II Ausf. L "Luchs" Reference Images.  These pictures should prove invaluable when building the ICM or Techmod kits.  Thanks  Val!
January 23, 2000 It's double whammy time at Missing Links!!  Thanks to Dutch modeller Theo Naus, we are pleased to present a double feature on the M88A1 Recovery Vehicle.  First, Theo presents a construction article using AFV Club's excellent M88A1 kit along with MR Model's interior set.  Next, Theo shares 34 reference images of the M88A1 with us in the Think Tank.  Thanks Theo for your contribution to Missing Links!
January 21, 2000 Added the following gallery entries: Frederico Kereki's ISU-152 and Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo's M10 Tank Destroyer.  Added 2 new book reviews by Peter Brown: Russian Tanks and Armoured Vehicles 1917-1945 and Russian Tanks and Armoured Vehicles 1946 to the Present.
January 18, 2000 Peter Brown and Tomasz Basarabowicz have both pointed out that 2 of the vehicles in yesterday's Covenanter in Polish service Think Tank entry (images #7&9) are actually Crusader Mark IIs.  Added Frederico Kereki's M4A3E8 Sherman to the gallery. Thanks guys.
January 17, 2000 Due to the amount of positive feedback we have received for the new discussion group format, we have switched over the news groups to this new server.   The old groups will remain online for a period of time so you can go back and save any information you wish to keep for future use.  We have added a link on the front page so you can access the old groups.  In today's update, Missing Links continues to expand upon our Think Tank reference photos section by adding some unpublished images of the Covenanter in Polish service from Missing Links reader Tomasz Basarabowicz.  Thanks Tomasz!
January 16, 2000 We'd like to welcome Ben Jakobsen to Missing Links website.   Ben is the gentleman who creates the masters for many of Jaguar's and Warrior's kits, as well as other companies.  In today's update, Ben presents his Tiger I Ausf. E Early Version which was created in 1987 using the old Tamiya kit.  Ben scratchbuilt a new hull, among other many other parts, for the vehicle which totals over 2000 parts.   Thanks Ben for contributing to Missing Links!
January 15, 2000 Added in-box reviews of some eagerly awaited AFV Club kits: AFV Club #35024 M10 Tank Destroyer and AFV Club Sherman family suspension accessories.
January 14, 2000 Wondering what to do with all those Tamiya Centaur/Cromwell kits piled up in your kit closet?  How about a Greek Centaur in postwar service with a turret mounted .50 cal Browning?  Well, Angelos Sanopoulos and Christos Kalfopoulo have come to the recuse of Missing Links readers.  They have  provided Missing Links with unpublished images of the Centaur in postwar Greek service reference photos  for use on our website.  Very interesting and would make a very unique model.  Also added a very detailed construction article by Matthew Malogorski on Superdetailing the DML T80 with ERA.  Photographs will be added to this article in the near future, but just in case one of you is building it at the moment and cannot wait for the images, it will prove very handy when building this model.  Many thanks to Angelos, Christos and Matthew!
January 13, 2000 Due to the recent Y2K problems our discussion server was experiencing and the ocassional intermitent service outage, we have been investigating new discussion group servers.  We believe that we have found one which is as easy to use as the previous ones, but with some interesting new features as well.  Therefore we have decided to perform a "beta" test using the PanzerTalk discussion group as the test group for this new format.  The main page PanzerTalk URL will now point to this new format.  The URL :  New PanzerTalk Discussion Group.  These new discussion groups have a number of interesting features that may interest many users:  a
"display all messages" button, which allows you to display all messages and replies on a current page onto one single page which will allow for easy archiving, and a "send response to my email" option which will automatically send the response to your message to your email address in case you wish to keep the answer in your inbox (very handy for some of James' 5000 word posts).  The old group will still remain online for an undetermined period as we test out the new group and gather user feedback, so you have plenty of time to copy any older messages that you wish to keep for reference.   The other discussion groups will remain as is for the time being until we gather enough user feedback to make a decision.  Please feel free to use this new discusion group and comment on it's features.  Thanks in advance for your support.
January 12, 2000 In anticipation of the new Dragon 1/35 kit, or for those who wish to detail the 1/9 scale release, Val Bueno has been kind enough to share 25 reference images of the Sd.kfz 2 Kettenkraftrad at the Saumur museum with Missing Links website.  Here is the direct link to the Sd.kfz 2 Kettenkraftrad Reference Images.  Thanks Val!
January 10, 2000 Added a review of the Maquette #3562 FAI-M Russian Armoured Car by Peter Brown.
January 8, 2000 For those of you who have been wanting to build the new Skif 2s1 Gvozdika kit but have been lacking references, Finnish modeller Antti Tuurala has come to the rescue of Missing Links readers with very handy reference article on the 2S1 Gvozdika in Finnish Service.  Antti has also been kind enough to provide painting instructions with his article.  Added two new reviews from Ian Sadler on the Wings and Wheels in detail series WWP #9 Steyr 1500A in detail and WWP #10 Wireless for Wehrmacht in detail.  Thanks to both Antti and Ian for contributing to Missing Links.
January 7, 2000 Added the following 4 new reviews of Warriors figure sets: Warriors #35260 Japanese Tank Crew, Summer Dress, Warriors #35267 Universal Mechanics, Warriors #35270 USMC Tank Crew WWII and Warriors #35282 Waffen SS Mobelwagen Crew.
January 6, 2000 Tomasz Basarabowicz has been kind enough to share images from his private image collection with Missing Links website and it's readers.  Our first installment is entitled "KV-1 in action" and features 12 unpublished images of this vehicle on the Eastern Front.   Please note that these images are copyrighted and if you know of any unauthorised use of the images, please advise Missing Links or Tomasz ASAP.  Many thanks to Tomasz for his generosity.
January 4, 2000 Well, even after yesterday's discussion group server problems, Missing Links website had it's most successful day yet, shattering our previous one day hit total and bringing our total hits to over 110,000.  Many thanks to all our visitors and thanks again for your patience and understanding as we sorted this problem out.  Miguel Jimenez is back in the gallery with his URAL 4320.  Enjoy!
January 3, 2000 Steve Zaloga's New Year's gift to Missing Links' readers ends with his M3A3 with PaK 40 (Yugoslav).  Many thanks to Steve for sharing his models with us once again.  You may have noticed some intermitent problems with our discussion groups.   The problems have been solved by the service provider ensuring that we can continue providing Missing Links readers with discussion groups without having to solicit money from our users.  Thank you for your patience.
January 2, 2000 How does Steve Zaloga build so many top notch models at such a supersonic pace?  Well, we don't know his secret, but 2 images of Steve's Somua S35 have been added to the gallery.  Stay tuned for more of Steve Zaloga's models tomorrow on Missing Links.
January 1, 2000 Happy New Year to all Missing Links readers!!   Missing Links kicks off the new millenium with a bang:  Steve Zaloga's T3 Christie Medium tank with 6 images of this spectacular model in the gallery!!  In addition, a new feature has been added to the Think Tank :  we are in the process of adding reference images to accompany the vehicle reference lists located in the Think Tank.  Our first contribution comes in the form of 10 images of a T34/76 model 1941 graciously provided by Daesung Harmms.  Thanks Daesung!  Here's the direct link to the T34 Reference Image page.  If you have any reference images you would like to share with the Missing Links readers, please email us at submissions@missing-lynx.com for more information.
December 31, 1999 Added the following armoured car models from JP Morgan to the gallery:  AEC Mk II Armoured Car, Humber Mk. I Armoured Car and Marmon Herington Mk II Armoured Car.  Added the following new reviews: Skytrex British Small Scale Unit Signs and Arm of Service Markings and Australian Fire Support Vehicles (which will come in very handy when building the new AFV Club M113 FSV).   We'd like to take this this opportunity to thank all of our visitors and contributors for logging onto Missing Links website over the past year.  Many thanks!
December 30, 1999 Added the following reviews by Cookie Sewell:  DML #6120 US Infantry 2nd Armoured Division (Normandy 1944) and DML #6118 5cm Pak38 w/Fallschirmjager.  Thanks Cookie.
December 27, 1999 Added the following reviews of Archer Fine Transfers products:   Archer Fine Transfers #35034 WWII Czech Turret Markings, Archer Fine Transfers #35026 Afrika Korps Symbols, Archer Fine Transfers #35038/35059 German WWII Turret Numbers and Letters and Archer Fine Transfers #35039 German WWII Turret Numbers Thin Lettering Style.  Archer Fine Transers can be found on the web at :  Archer Fine Transfers Website.
December 25, 1999 How do you say Merry Christmas in Russian?  Very simple:   James Blackwell's amazing ISU-122 in the Missing Links gallery.  10 images of this spectacular model have been included in this gallery entry.  We at Missing Links would like to wish a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers.
December 20, 1999

Missing Links would like to introduce Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo to our gallery.  Carlos has contributed 4 images of his heavily converted Sdkfz 138/1 Grille Ausf. H to the Missing Links gallery.  Thanks Carlos and welcome aboard.
December 19, 1999 Missing Links would like to welcome Albert Labrador to our gallery.  Albert has sent us some images of two of his models: Sdkfz 234/4 and Tiger II Production Turret.   Thanks Albert for contributing to Missing Links.
December 18, 1999 Added the following reviews:  (book review)  Iron Fist of the RKKA and Elephant Model Accessories.
December 17, 1999 Missing Links has reached 100,000 hits!!!  Many thanks to all our visitors and contributors for making this possible!  Today's update features Jorge Lopez going completely out of control as he scratchbuilds a White 666 truck, Rogers 20t trailer and D7 Bulldozer!!  7 images of this awe-inspiring model have been added to the gallery.
December 16, 1999 Ron Puttee's Panzer IV Ausf. G is featured in the gallery.  8 images of Ron's model are included.
December 15, 1999 MIG is back again with his M88 in Egyptian Service.   Thanks Miguel!
December 14, 1999 Added Joaquín García Gázquez's Cromwell Mk IV in Polish Service to the gallery.
December 13, 1999 The Z man is back!  Steve Zaloga returns to Missing Links with another fabulous model.  This time Steve shares his M13/40 (Italian) with us in the gallery.  Thanks Steve!
December 12, 1999 Added Antonio Martin Tello's Panzer I Ausf. F to the gallery.  Thanks Antonio!
December 11, 1999 Rob Fraser returns to the small scale gallery with his M5A1 Stuart.
December 10, 1999 Jorge Lopez continues to expand his collection of wheeled vehicles.  This time his Bussing Nag 4.5 ton is featured in the Missing Links gallery.
December 9, 1999 Miguel Jimenez strikes again!  MIG's BRDM-2 in Iraqi Service has been added to the gallery.
December 8, 1999 Added the following models to the gallery from Luke Pitt: BMW with sidecar and Kubelwagen.   Both of these models were built in 1990 and were made using some of Show Modelling's first PE sets.
December 7, 1999 Added 3 modern armour reviews:  AFV Club 35S-03 Waffentrager "Wiesel"MK20A1, German Wheeled Fighting Vehicles and Antar: The FV1200 series in British Army Service.
December 6, 1999 Added Ron Puttee's 15th Panzer divison DAK Panzer IV Ausf. F1 to the gallery.
December 5, 1999 Added the following gallery entries:  JP Morgan's scratcbuilt Sherman BARV and Gunnar Jansson's scratchbuilt 120mm German Paratrooper Monte Cassino 1944.
December 4, 1999 Added 2 of Daniel Mitchell's scratchbuilt modern AFVs to the gallery:  M103A1 Heavy Tank and T28 Heavy Tank.
December 3, 1999 Added a short construction article by Matthew Malogorski on Detailing the Tamiya West German Marder 1.  Thanks Matthew.
December 2, 1999 Added 8 images of John Tapsell's Panzer IV Ausf. E to the gallery.  This model has been heavily converted from the Tamiya Ausf. J kit.   John runs the Armoured Engineer website which is well worth a visit.  Thanks John.
December 1, 1999 Added a review of the MAC #87013 MaMAZ-4310 Heavy Military Truck to the small scale reviews section.
November 30, 1999 We end the month of November with one of James Blackwell's latest models.  19 images of James' Tiger I Ausf. E Mid Production Version of s.Pz.Abt.507, Tarnapol, Mid June 1944 have been added to the gallery.  Missing Links has been updated every day in November, many thanks to all our contributors.
November 29, 1999 We kick off the week with Miguel Jimenez's M48 (Israeli service). 6 images have been added in the gallery.
November 28, 1999 Added the following gallery items: Danny Raadtgever's Marder I, Joaquín García Gázquez's Tiger I Ausf. E Early Version, Andrew Dextras' Steyr 1500 and Eric Mac Intyre's IS-3.  Also added a link in the online model contests section to Johnny Pedersen's What's on the Worktop? bi-monthly online scale model contest.
November 27, 1999 Added 4 new reviews: Armada #6: Camouflage of German Technology 1941-1945 , Italeri #367 M925 Shelter Truck, Tanks in Chechnya and Toko #123 GAZ-AAA.
November 26, 1999 James Blackwell takes a break from making panzers and presents 11 photos of his IS-3 for us to peruse in the gallery.  Also added a review of Roco Minitanks M-667 Lance Missile Carrier
November 25, 1999 Jorge Lopez is at it again!  If Jorge can't find a kit of the vehicle he wants to model, he scratchbuilds it.  This time Jorge goes over the top with a scratchbuilt Faun LK5 German railway engineers vehicle.  7 images have been added to the gallery.   Also added a review of the Accurate Armour C44 Centaur AA MK. II to the reviews section.
November 24, 1999 Beetlemania strikes Missing Links!  Added 8 images of James Blackwell's VW Typ. 87E to the gallery.  Added a review of Accurate Armour C11 Stuart M3A3.
November 23, 1999 Added Miguel Jimenez's diorama entitled M4A1 Sherman - France 1985 to the gallery.
November 22, 1999 Blackwell is back!  Added 12 images of James Blackwell's ultra realistic Stug III Ausf. G Early in a winter setting to the gallery.
November 21, 1999 Added JP Morgan's superdetailed Valentine Mk. VII to the gallery.  This gallery entry includes 5 photos including construction images and a list of modifications performed on the VM kit.
November 20, 1999 Added JP Morgan's 17 pdr Mk.2 Anti Tank Gun "Pheasant" to the gallery and a review of Pioneer - The Scammel in British Army Service.  Thanks to JP for the model and to Peter Brown for the book review.
November 19, 1999 Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end....added Ron Puttee's Panzerjager IB to the gallery.  Thanks Ron for sharing your models with us this week.
November 18, 1999 Yet more silly Puttee: M50 Sherman in the gallery.
November 17, 1999 More from Ron Puttee: "Pulling Out" - Paris 1944 diorama in the gallery.
November 16, 1999 Puttee week continues with Ron's Panzer III Ausf. N in the gallery.
November 15, 1999 It's Mr. Puttee week on Missing Links!  No, not a new product from Gunze Sangyo, but award winning modeller Ron Puttee with some of his beautiful AFV models and dioramas.  Today we feature Ron's Challenger 1 Mk. 3 in desert colours.  Stay tuned for more fun with Puttee tomorrow!
November 14, 1999 Added Miguel Jimenez's 1/72 Panzer II and Miguel Jimenez/Jorge Lopez's Bedford Truck to the gallery.  Added the following reviews:  Commander - The Scammel Commander in British Army Service, The T34 Tank, Roco Minitanks PZH2000 155 SPG and Michael Dobiesz Turned Barrels.
November 13, 1999 Missing Links is proud to introduce "The Kuusankoski Krusher" : Tomi Mynttinen.  Tomi is a 17 year old modeller from Finland who has built an impressive array of award winning models since he began building models a mere 2 years ago.  14 of Tomi's models have been added to the Missing Links gallery: T26 model 1933 in Finnish Service, Finnish Tank Commander, Finnish Tank Driver, US G.I., Mercedes Benz 701, IS-2 (Berlin 1945), SU-100, Ardennes 1944, Final Days - Germany 1945, David and Goliath - Karelian Isthmus 1939, Defenders of Normandy, Red Devils, Souvenir Hunter and "We'll Make it Work".   Many thanks to Tomi for sharing his models with us.
November 12, 1999 Added Jorge Lopez's amazing scratchbuilt FWD-COE truck to the gallery.
November 11, 1999 Today it is Remembrance Day in Canada and out of respect to those who have fought so valiantly, we will restrict our update today to a link to the Canadian War Museum.
November 10, 1999 Added 8 new reviews:  DML #1623 SS-Schutz, Kampfgruppe Hansen 1944, DML #6117 Sd. Kfz. 250/1 le Spw Alte, Marder III and Grille book review, Conqueror book review, (small scale) Extratech #72002 ZIL 157 truck , Extratech #72003 M4A1 Sherman, Extratech #72004 Jagdpanther and Extratech #72006 Panther A, D & G.
November 9, 1999 The Mighty MIG is back!  Added Miguel Jimenez's ultra-realistic T62 BDD to the gallery.
November 8, 1999 Added the following small scale reviews by Tomasz Basarabowicz:  Matchbox/Revell 1/76 Panzer III Ausf. L and a comparison of the Matchbox T34 model 1942 & Fujimi T34 model 1941.  thanks Tomasz!
November 7, 1999 Added the following reviews:  Royal Models #023 Microdetails for DML MLRS, Eduard 35054 Sheridan and For King and Country - British Airborne Uniforms, Insignia & Equipment in World War II.
November 6, 1999 Added John Prigent's review of the Skif 2S1 Gvozdika.
November 5, 1999 Added James Blackwell's Stug III Ausf. G Late Version to the gallery.  The gallery entry includes 10 images of this very realistic looking model.  Thanks James.
November 4, 1999 Australian modeller Chris Leeman is back with 4 more fantastic models.  These images are quite large but are well worth the download:  Steyr RSO w/Pak 40, Sturmtiger, Hummel and Sdkfz 232.  Many thanks Chris for contributing to Missing Links!
November 3, 1999 We'd like to welcome Rob Plas as a contributor to Missing Links.  Rob has prepared a very informative article on Painting Large Scale Figures.  Thanks Rob for sharing your techniques with us!  Rob also runs the Dutch TWENOT website which is a great source for reference photos.
November 2, 1999 Missing Links has reached 75,000 hits!!  Many thanks to everyone who has visited the site.  Added the following reviews:  Osprey New Vanguard #33 M3 & M5 Stuart Light Tank, Arsenal's BRDM-1, The Small Shop "Hold and Fold" Photo Etch handling System and Ian Hanratty gives us a small scale review of 3 Extratech products.
November 1, 1999 Added 6 new gallery entries:  Larry Goh's Stug III Ausf G Early, Craig Buchanan's Tiger I Ausf. E Early, Glenn Bartolotti's pair of Sdkfz 234/1, Jari Leivonen's Steyr 1500A in Finnish markings, Tony Hammes' Sdkfz. 252 and Luke Pitt's Light Tank Mark VIB.  Thanks to everyone for sending in their photos!
October 27, 1999 The Spaniards are back!  Added 4 models from Miguel Jimenez: Panzer 35(t) in Romanian Service, T34/85 in Croatian Service, M48 Patton in Vietnam and 1/72 Jagdpanther.  Many thanks to Miguel and also to the Rodriguez brothers for helping us showcase some of Spain's best models.
October 23, 1999 Added Robert Lu's Mid Production Tiger I to the gallery.  Robert has included some construction notes and 10 images.
October 21, 1999 Added Tony Hammes scratchbuilt M15A1 GMC.
October 19, 1999 Added 5 new reviews by Cookie Sewell:  Revell (GmbH) #03037 Haubitze 203mm M110A2, ICM #35381 Soviet BM-21 "Grad", ICM #35072 "Barbarossa"1941 / ICM #35131 "Battle of Kursk" 1943, ICM #35141 Soviet 100mm BS-3 and Armada Veritkal #5 Camouflage of the Tanks of the Red Army 1930-1945.
October 11, 1999 Added Terry Ashley's great construction article on the AFV Club M113A1 FSV.  Thanks Terry!
October 10, 1999 Added 3 modern AFV reviews: Eduard #35070 MLRS, Challenger Squadron and Warrior Company books.
October 6, 1999 Added an article on Painting Winter Finishes on Vehicles by Chris Leeman.
October 3, 1999 Added reviews of Accurate Armour C43 Crusader AA Mk III Conversion and Archer Fine Transfers 35047 German WWII License Plates.
September 30, 1999 Microscopic madness!!  Added Alex Clark's small scale T80 UD to the gallery.  Your eyes are not playing tricks on you...yes, it's 1/72.  Time for your medication Alex.
September 29, 1999 Added reviews of Ultracast's Bare Heads Sets #35021 & 35022 and Ultracast's Unmounted Wheel Sets for Panther A/G, Cromwell and Centaur.
September 28, 1999 Added reviews of Maquette's Valentine XI and Revell's 1/72 Leopard 1A5 to the reviews section.
September 25, 1999 Added Brett Green's Cromwell VI and Centaur RMSG to the gallery.  Thanks Brett.
September 22, 1999 The Superswede has landed.  Be afraid...be very afraid.  Added Mirko Bayerl's awe-inspiring Panzer IV Ausf. J, Panther Ausf. G and Tiger II Production Turret to the gallery.  Many thanks to Mirko for sharing these great models with Missing Links.
September 19, 1999 Added the following reviews : New Vanguard # 29: German Armoured Cars and Reconnaissance Half Tracks, #30: Amtracs, #31: The M47 and M48 Patton Tanks, #32: The Long Range Desert Group, Osprey Order of Battle #4 & 5 : Ardennes - The Northern Sector and Chronos Video's 2 part Fallschrimjaeger video series.
September 16, 1999 Added Eric Mac Intyre's Sherman V to the gallery.
September 11, 1999 Added Andrew Dextras' Sherman IB to the gallery.
September 7, 1999 Sneak attack from the East Coast!  Added 8 models from New Brunswick modeller Pat Johnston in the gallery:  Tiger I Early, Tiger I Mid, Panther Ausf. G Late, Panther II, Stug III Ausf. G Early, Stug III Ausf. G Late, Panzer IV Ausf. J and Panzer III Ausf. G.   Many thanks to Pat for sharing his models with us and an extra thanks to Graeme Davidson for taking the photographs.
September 6, 1999 Added Juan Luis Macone's very realistic Opel Blitz to the gallery.
September 1, 1999 Missing Links has reached 50000 hits!!   Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to and visited our site.  Added Bob Collignon's spectacular Sturmtiger to the gallery.
August 28, 1999 Added Ron Puttee's spectacular "Piston Amazed" diorama to the gallery. Many thanks to Ron for sharing this award winning dio with us.
August 25, 1999 Added Sam Dwyer's vignette Blowing the Bridge to the gallery.
August 23, 1999 Added Cookie Sewell's review of Italeri #297 (Zvezda) ZIS-5 and Ian Hanratty's review of the small scale Revell Marder 1A3.
August 22, 1999 Added 8 models by Barry Beaudry in the gallery:   CharD2, Mark I, Sturmtiger, Kettenkraftrad, MLRS, Weisel I Mk 20, M3 GMC and M4 18t high speed tractor.   Many thanks to Barry for contributing to Missing Links.
August 19, 1999 Added John Prigent's review of Nuts and Bolts #11: Panzer 35(t).
August 18, 1999 Added Luke Pitt's Tiger I Late Version and Craig Buchanan's SS Trooper to the gallery.
August 16, 1999 Added a new search feature to the Missing Links main page.  You can now search the site by using any keywords you are looking for.   The search engine is located just above the AMPS banner on the main page.   Added Gene Forsythe's Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz to the gallery.
August 14, 1999 Added Glenn Bartolotti's Iraqi T72 and Stephen Brezinski's small scale 88mm Flak 36 to the gallery.
August 13, 1999 Added 4 new reviews : DML#3026 PLA Hong Kong Garrison, Armada BT series part 2, M-K Armored Collection 3-99 - T-34 (76mm) Medium Tank and a video review of MT4 Beach Recovery - MT5 Armoured Vehicle Recovery.
August 9, 1999 Added Andrew Dextras' Tiger I Ausf. E s.Pz. Abt. 502 Russia 1943 to the gallery.  Added John Prigent's review of Ultracast's Armour Decals.
August 6, 1999 All good things must come to an end.   Blackwell Week's final entry : Building the Wasp's Nest - Russia Spring 1944, a diorama featuring the Wespe seen on day 1 of Blackwell Week.   Many thanks to James for sharing his models with us. When asked about more model photos, James had this to say: "I'll be back...".  Stay tuned.
August 5, 1999 The madness of King James:  James Blackwell's Sdkfz 250/5 Neu , 16 photos in the gallery.  Missing Links has reached the 40000 hit mark!!   Many thanks to all the contributors and visitors who have made this possible.
August 4, 1999 The Aussie onslaught continues:  36 pictures of James Blackwell's  E-100 added to the gallery.  Is there no stopping James Blackwell?
August 3, 1999 The Thunder from Down Under continues:   James Blackwell's Jagdtiger.   24 pictures in the gallery.
August 2, 1999 More lunacy from the Panzermeister:  (11 photos) added James Blackwell's Panther Ausf. G to the gallery.  Added Cookie Sewell's review of DML #6101 Borgward B IV Ausf. A to the reviews section.
August 1, 1999 This week is James Blackwell week on Missing Links.  Tune in each day to see what madness has emerged from the workbench of the Aussie terror.  First installement:  (8 photos) added James Blackwell's Wespe to the gallery.
July 28, 1999 Added 3 models from Garth Schofield:  Jagdpanther, Tiger II Porsche Turret and wounded SS Officer.   Thanks Garth!
July 27, 1999 Added 2 book reviews from Cookie Sewell:  Squadron US Self-Propelled Guns in Action and Armada series # 7, 9 & 14.
July 26, 1999 Added 3 models from Craig Buchanan in the gallery:  Jagdpanther, Jeep and Panzer IV Ausf. D.
July 24, 1999 Added Peter Brown's book review of The Sherman Tank to the reviews section.
July 22, 1999 Added 2 figures from Les Berryman to the gallery: 200mm German Paratrooper Ukraine 1943 and 120mm German Infantry Ardennes.  Added the following reviews : Tamiya # 35237 Mobelwagen 3.7cm Flak (in box), Washington Armor Productions' T26E3 Pershing Mantlet, T34/85 & T54/55/59 Smoke Canisters,  and BMP Corrected Wheels and Cromwell Models Centaur Dozer.
July 20, 1999 Added Bob Collignon's award winning diorama entitled "For the Motherland - Into East Prussia" to the gallery.  As good as the photographs are, this piece must be seen in person to truly appreciate the attention to detail involved.  Many thanks to Bob for his contribution to Missing Links.
July 19, 1999 Added Peter Brown's review of Japanese Army Handbook 1939-1945 to the reviews section.
July 18, 1999 Added 8 models from Sam Dwyer: Tiger II, Wespe, Stug III Ausf. G Late, Jagdpanther, Jagdtiger, Stug III Ausf. G Early, Panzer IV Ausf. J and Sdkfz. 251/3 Ausf D to the gallery.  Many thanks to Sam for his contribution to Missing Links website.
July 17, 1999 Added Ian Hanratty's 1/76 scale Centaur Dozer to the small scale gallery.
July 12, 1999 Some more great small scale armour has been added to the gallery.  Paolo Lavagnino's M60A1 Blazer and T-80 BV.
July 9, 1999 Added Chris Wauchop's Tiger II and Hummel to the gallery.
July 8, 1999 Missing Links has reached the 30,000 hit plateau.  Thanks again to everyone who has visited us!  Added James Blackwell's book review of Jagdtiger, The Most Powerful Armoured Fighting Vehicle of World War II Vols. 1&2 to the reviews section.
July 5, 1999 Added 9 models from Paul Roberts in the gallery.  Many of Paul's models are heavily modified or scratchbuilt.  Small scale: Jagdpanzer IV L/70, Ferret, Warrior.  1/35th : M2A1, M3E2, Light Tank Mark IIB, Otter, Skink.  1/48 sci-fi: Slammer.   Many thanks to Paul for sharing his models with us. 
July 4, 1999 Added Cookie Sewell's review of Archer Fine Transfers Soviet WWII Markings set to the reviews section.
June 30, 1999 Added Alex Clark's 1/72 Panther Ausf. G and T-80 BV to the small scale gallery.
June 29, 1999 Added the next installment in the Think Tank:  The T34 File.  This file is by no means complete, so if you have any references to add please let A.J. Carrington know.  Thanks to A.J. for compiling this file.
June 28, 1999 Everything you ever wanted to know about the Matilda Mk. I but were afraid to ask...added Peter Brown's extensive build/research article on the Matilda Mk. I A11 Infantry Tank to the articles section.
June 26, 1999 Added Terry Ashley's detailed build article on Tamiya #35234 M20 Armoured Utility Car to the articles section.
June 25, 1999 Added Peter Brown's reviews of Modeller's Guide to the Sherman and video reviews of Panzer Marsch! and Die Artellierie to the reviews section.
June 24, 1999 Added John Prigent's review of Aber Photo Etch set   #35032 Sherman M4, M4A1, M4A3 to the reviews section.
June 20, 1999 What's dark green and bigger than everything else at Missing Links?  No it's not Godzilla, it's Steve Tegner's incredible scratchbuilt 1/12 Churchill Mk. VII.  This model has to be seen to be believed.  Many thanks to Steve for letting us display this monster in the gallery.
June 16, 1999 Added Antonio Martin Tello's superb tour-de-force article on the Tamiya M25 Dragon Wagon complete with Dragon's Panther Ausf. G to the articles section.  Many thanks to Antonio for his contributions to Missing Links and Señor Blackwell for helping with the translation.  Please visit Antonio's site PanzerNet for more great models from Antonio and other top Spanish modellers.
June 15, 1999 Added John Prigent's reviews of the Aber Sturmtiger detail sets : #35043 Exterior and #35047 Interior to the reviews section.
June 14, 1999 Added Sam Dwyer's T34/85 to the gallery.
June 13, 1999 Added Ian Hill's "Cross of Iron" diorama to the gallery.  Added Peter Brown's reviews of The British Soldier in Northwest Europe 1944-45 - Volume 1: Uniforms, Insignia and Equipment - Volume 2: Organisation, Armament and Vehicles and Cookie Sewell's review of Sovetskaya Voyennaya Moshch': Ot Stalina Do Gorbacheva (Soviet Military Power: From Stalin to Gorbachev) to the reviews section.
June 10, 1999 Added Peter Brown's review of the Modelcraft Canada Centurion Mk. 3 to the reviews section.   There has been a great deal of confusion about the origins of this kit and Peter helps set the record straight.
June 6, 1999 June 6, 1999 is Z-Day:  Steve Zaloga has landed on the beaches of Missing Links.  27 of Steve's superlative models have been added to the following galleries:  Other Axis WWII, Other Allies WWII, Modern, Britain WWII, Germany WWII, USA WWII, Russia WWII and Other AFVs.  Many thanks to Steve for taking the time to contribute to Missing Links.
June 5, 1999 Added Terry Ashley's article Building Tamiya's #35235 s.gl.Pkw Steyr Typ 1500A/01 Kommandeurwagen to the articles section and Bob Lessel's review of Chesapeake Models Design's July 1945 Tiger II conversion in the reviews section..
June 2, 1999 Missing Links has reached the 20,000 hit mark!   Many thanks to all the contributors and readers who have made this possible.   Added Ron Puttee's M1A1 Abrams and Rob Fraser's Israeli Sherman to the gallery.
May 29, 1999 The Invasion from Spain continues!  Added Luciano Rodriguez's T62 BDD, M1 Abrams, ZSU 23-4 Shilka, Panther Ausf. A and Rodrigo Navarro's M4A4 Sherman Firefly in the gallery.
May 28 , 1999 The Spanish Invasion has begun!  Added 6 items from Spanish modeller Miguel Jimenez:  Bedford Truck, Churchill, Panzer III (Burnt Out), Stug III Diorama, Panzer IV Diorama and T69 to the gallery.   Miguel will be publishing a book on model AFVs in the next year called Rarities.   Please click here for information on this upcoming title.  More models from Spain to follow shortly.
May 27, 1999 Added the RAM/SEXTON File to the Think Tank.  Many thanks to Paul Roberts for compiling the resources on these two intriguing, but rarely documented vehicles.
May 26, 1999 Added Ian Hill's absolutely stunning After the Battle - Ardennes 1968 diorama featuring a derelict Tiger I in the gallery. 
May 24, 1999 Added 2 photos to John Gray's Correcting Italeri's Panther Ausf. A article.
May 23, 1999 Added a review of Israeli Military Vehicles - The First 50 Years 1948-1998 by Peter Brown in the reviews section.
May 22, 1999 Added Bob Collignon's scratchbuilt Panzerjager IB to the gallery.
May 19, 1999 After considerable demand from Missing Links readers, we have added Brett Green's  Hyperscale article on Photographing Your Models to the articles section.  Many thanks to Brett for allowing us to reproduce this article.  Terry Ashley is building at a breakneck pace as usual... while the paint is still wet on his Tamiya M20, he has already started and reviewed the new Tamiya s.gl. Pkw Steyr Typ 1500A/01 Kommandeurwagen.
May 17, 1999 Added 2 new reviews by Cookie Sewell:  Tamiya's M20 Armoured Utility Car and Toko's Gaz-AA truck to the reviews section.
May 16, 1999 Updated Terry Ashley's Churchill AVRE Bridgelayer in the gallery.
May 15, 1999 Added our page of links to other interesting sites on the internet.  This page is still under construction and will be updated regularly.
May 14, 1999 Added 8 reviews to the reviews section: DML #9008 Stug III Ausf. B, DML #9026 Panzer II Ausf. C, Tamiya #35197 Stug III Ausf. G Early, Italeri #217 Panzer IV Ausf. F1/F2/G, Spearheading D-Day: American Special Units in Normandy, an Overview of the Chronos Die Deutschen Panzer series, Allied Artillery or World War II and Red Army Handbook 1939-45.
May 12, 1999 Added James Blackwell's Tiger I Ausf. E Late Version to the gallery.  Unlike the majority of his models, James built this kit out of the box (with the exception of Zimmerit and PE engine screens) after following a 12 step "detailers anonymous" program.
May 10, 1999 Added Peter Brown's article Daimler Armoured Car: Additional Details to the articles section.
May 8, 1999 Added Eric Mac Intyre's Daimler Mk II to the gallery.
May 7, 1999 Added Rob Fraser's Sandbagged Sherman M4A3E8 to the small scale gallery.
May 3, 1999 Added 2 items which will prove essential to anyone wishing to model accurate WWII Commonwealth figures from Peter Brown:  Late WWII British Figures Extra Details in the articles section and The World War II Tommy - British Army Uniforms, European Theatre 1939-45 in Colour Photographs in the reviews section.
May 1, 1999 Added 21 photos of Bob Collignon's Sherman Firefly VC with interior to the gallery.
April 30, 1999 Added 5 figures by Terry Ashley : 120mm Top Gun Pilot, 120mm 82nd Airborne Vietnam, 120mm US Navy Seal Vietnam, 120mm 82 Airborne Desert Shield, and 120mm German Infantryman Russia WWII in the gallery.   Also the Large Scale and 1/35th figures have been separated into 2 different sections which will make it easier to navigate.
April 29, 1999 Added Ian Hill's "Dropshorts" diorama and Graeme Davidson's IDF Halftrack to the gallery.   Added Paul Gillan's review of the Armada Soviet Jeep book and Ian Hanratty's review of the JB Models 1/76 Vickers Light Tank Mk VI to the reviews section.
April 28, 1999 The review writing juggernaut is at it again.  Added 4 reviews from Peter Brown to the reviews section:  Villers Bocage Through the Lens, Mr. Churchill's Tank, The Canadian Kangaroos in World War II and South Albertas: A Regiment at War.
April 27, 1999 Added 16 pictures and revised text to Terry Ashley's review of the AFV Club LVTP5A1 in the reviews section.
April 26, 1999 Missing Links website is pleased to announce that Peter Brown has accepted the position of Modern Discussion Group Emcee.  Many of your are already familiar with Peter's work through his thorough and well researched reviews and articles on Missing Links, Military Modelling, Boresight and many others.  Please feel free to particpate in the modern DG and enjoy your visit to Peter's group.  Missing Links is also pleased to announce that we have reached the 10000 hit mark this weekend.  Many thanks to all the ML readers for allowing us to reach this total in a very short period of time.
April 25, 1999 Added Peter Brown's comprehensive construction article on the DML Valentine and the AMPS 99 winner's list in the articles section.
April 24, 1999 Added Bob Collignon's scratchbuilt DUKW to the gallery.
April 20, 1999 Added Sam Dwyer's Panther II to the gallery.
April 19, 1999 After considerable demand from Missing Links readers, we are pleased to announce a new discussion group on Figures with Terry Ashley from PMMS as the emcee.  Please feel free to participate.  Many thanks to Terry for his help with this discussion group.   Added Cookie Sewell's review of the Allied Command Publications M25 Handbooks for those of you who are looking for additional info on the Dragon Wagon.
April 13, 1999 Added John Gray's article Correcting Italeri's Panther Ausf. A to the articles section.
April 12, 1999 Added a comprehensive article by Peter Brown called Tamiya Cromwell - Additional Details to the articles section.
April 11, 1999 Kicking off our figures section with a bang:  added 8 figures by James Blackwell and 2 figures by Ian Hill in the gallery.
April 10, 1999 Added Eric Mac Intyre's Sherman Firefly IC Hybrid to the gallery.
April 8, 1999 And now for something completely different:  3 video reviews by Peter Brown have been added to the reviews section.  Tanks and Other Armoured Fighting Vehicles by the Bovington Tank Museum, Scammel Recovery and From Remargen to the Elbe in full colour.
April 5, 1999 Added the Panther File to the Think Tank.  Special thanks to A.J. Carrington and James Blackwell for compiling this one.
April 4, 1999 Added Brian Bocchino's 32nd Infantry Division diorama in the gallery.
April 2, 1999 More small scale madness.  Added Rob Fraser's 1/76 Challenger 1 Mk. 3 Gulf War to the gallery.
April 1, 1999 Added a review of the long awaited AFV Club LVTP5A1 by Terry Ashley of PMMS to the reviews section.
March 30, 1999 A real treat for post WWII armour fans, Luciano Rodriguez Mosquera's M-901 Improved Tow Vehicle and Ron Puttee's M26A1 Pershing have been added to the gallery.
March 29, 1999 New domain name and a new look to the site.  There are plenty of new categories including figures, dioramas and small scale.  New in the gallery are a BRDM-2 in Iraqi Service by Ron Puttee and the first entry in our diorama gallery entitled "The Price of Liberation" from Bob Muckley.  The articles section features a step by step AFV weathering masterclass called Painting Panzers - The Post Shading Way by James Blackwell and a conversion of the Tamiya Panzer IV Ausf. H into a Late Ausf. J by Georg Eyerman.  Please feel free to explore the new site and bookmark the new URL.  Enjoy!
March 25, 1999 Added a review of Armoured Brigade Models Sherman Suspension w/ Horizontal Return
Roller Bracket to the reviews section
March 24, 1999 Added a review of Cromwell models ISU-152 mod 1945 and Model Graphix's Der
Deutsche Panzer und Militarfahrzeuge an der Front Bilband in the reviews section
March 23, 1999 Added a review of Canadian Armour in the Italian Campaign and Tamiya's Panzer III Ausf
L in the reviews section.
March 22, 1999 The Think Tank is now open! The first entry in the reference library is the Tiger tank series.
More to follow. Special thanks to James Blackwell for compiling this list
March 21, 1999 Added Terry Ashley's Churchill AVRE bridgelayer and M8 HMC to the gallery. Terry runs
an excellent site called the Perth Military Modelling Society
March 19, 1999 Added Eric Mac Intyre's Hessian Tape Camouflage Netting article in the articles section.
Added a link to the TWENOT Armour Model Website of the Year Contest in the contests section.
March 18, 1999 Added Rob Fraser's T34-76 in the gallery and a review of Ground Power #53 in the reviews section
March 17, 1999 Added James Blackwell's Schwere Panzerspahwagen in the gallery and a review of New
Vanguard #1 in the reviews section.
March 16, 1999 Added Rob Fraser's Hetzer and Elephant in the gallery .
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