Contributed by: Ron Puttee & Lindsay Sparkes
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken in 1996 at Holsworthy Army Base, Sydney Australia.
Centurion 169017 has an interesting history and is one of perhaps only two vehicles surviving with South Vietnam modifications in place. Subsequent to these images being taken, 169017 was relocated north to 1 Brigade in Darwin where it remains on duty as a gate guardian. Continue reading
Contributed by: Ron Puttee & Lindsay Sparkes
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken in 1996 at Puckapunyal Army Base, Victoria Australia.
Centurion 169031 “Bewildered” is another Centurion with an interesting story. She is currently the gate guardian at Puckapunyal, and was part of the first shipment of Mark 3 vehicles received by the Australian Army in 1951/52, but did not serve in South Vietnam. Continue reading
Contributed by: Ron Puttee & Lindsay Sparkes
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken in 1996 at the RAAC Memorial and Army Tank Museum, Puckapunyal Victoria, Australia.
Classroom Instructional Mountings (CIMs), as the name implies, were used for training crews in various drills under close supervision in a classroom setting. Continue reading
Kit build with enhancement by Jeff Thompson.
Text by Ron Puttee
There’s nothing like a change to maintain interest in your hobby, as long as it’s an enjoyable experience.
And Jeff Thompson is not faint of heart when it comes to tackling a variety of subjects.
But it’s not only his choices of subject which are surprising these days – his finished models are turning out to be something special too. Continue reading
The aircraft on the left of this image (facing from the front of the hangar) is an A20G Havoc #42-86786 operated by the 388th BS/312th BG and recovered by the RAAF from near Annamoin Village (New Guinea) in Sept 1984. Continue reading
Date: January 2006
This series of images was taken at the Australian War Memorial Treloar Technology Centre, Canberra ACT by Ron Puttee. Continue reading
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken at the RAAC Memorial and Army Tank Museum at Puckapunyal, Vic. Continue reading
Read on, gentle reader! Continue reading
Just Reminiscing?
– or Will Modelling Ever Be the Same Again?
Ron Puttee is our only foundation member still active in AMMS. They have a habit of running screaming into the night after meetings. That full moon’ll do it every time!
Ron is well-known both in Australia and overseas, and has helped a lot of modellers over the years. He is always generous with his time be it with advice or reference material. In many ways, a true mentor. His penchant for Western Desert themes has earned him the nickname of “Ronnel” (amongst others, but we wouldn’t want to hurt his feelings, unduly).
This is the first in a series of articles in which Ron will, in his somewhat unique (idiosyncratic?) style, share with us some of the many techniques he has learned (and learned from others) in over thirty years of modelling. In this article, Ron introduces himself and explains how he got into modelling in the first place.
Here beginneth the lesson… Continue reading