Welons Heavy Metal Scale Models

14/02/2026

M36 Jackson „Pork Chop” Battle of the Bulge 1:35 AIRFIX. …I wanted to use the 30-cal machine gun included in the AirFix parts, so I mounted it at the front of the turret on purpose. That's my vision. I hope you like the model.

13/02/2026

M 36 Jackson WIP

22/01/2026

I'm having fun painting the interior of this M36 Jackson. ❤️It's just a shame it won't be visible once the top armor is applied. 😫😫😫

08/01/2026

The latest look of my M4A1. The sandbags are no longer magnetic. Thanks for the constructive criticism. I couldn't find any photos of the "magnetic sandbags " online. The model now looks more realistic.

05/01/2026

M4 A1 unknown unit. A modified model M4 early Tamiya with some custom additions. 50 cal by Asuca 😛

19/12/2025

“Carole” was a Sherman Mark V Firefly belonging to the 13th/18th Royal Hussars Regiment of the 27th Armoured Brigade of the British Army. In its eight-month operational life, “Carole” participated in the D-Day invasion in Normandy in June 1944 and in Operation Market Garden in Holland in September 1944. It was destroyed in Germany in February 1945.

“Carole” and the 13th/18th Royal Hussars took part in the Normandy landings on Sword Beach on June 6, 1944, successfully spearheading the invasion force in support of the British 3rd Infantry Division. Sword Beach, assigned to the British Army, was the easternmost Allied landing site. All told, almost 30,000 allied troops came ashore at Sword Beach, with losses of 683 men

Once the landings were completed and secured, the British Army disbanded the 27th Armoured Brigade in July 1944, and “Carole” and the 13th/18th Royal Hussars were transferred to the 8th Armoured Brigade. During this time, “Carole” is credited with knocking out a Tiger and a Panther on August 11-12, 1944, towards the end of the Normandy campaign. As part of Operation Market Garden, “Carole” crossed the Nijmegen Bridge, a key Allied objective, on September 21, 1944. The fighting was so brutal at Nijmegen that it came to be known as “Little Omaha” and has been compared to Guam, Tarawa, and Omaha Beach.

“Carole” was destroyed on February 12, 1945, in Goch, Germany, by an 88mm round that entered through the mantle and lodged itself in the radio box at the rear of the turret. The round killed Sgt. Fred Scamp, the commander, and Trooper Wilson, a substitute gunner who was filling in for Douglas Kay, who was on leave that particular day. Kay refers to himself as the “luckiest man” in the world because of this tragic but fortuitous event.

I haven't been around for a while, but the winter time has brought me back to modeling 😊 below is my version of the Sherman Firefly Vc "Carole" in 1:35 scale (Dragon 6182) ready for departure!

19/09/2025

Mam już 2 tys. obserwujących! Dziękuję za nieustające wsparcie. Bez was wszystkich to by się nie udało. 🙏🤗🎉

17/09/2025

Work in progress. I want my Carole to look like on a landing barge heading for Normandy. It's almost ready to be painted!

15/09/2025

11/09/2025

I already have almost all the variants of American Shermans (although there are still a few interesting ones in front of me - including the USMC...) but I'm slowly moving into the British versions of Shermans:) I'm starting with Firefly "Carole"

07/09/2025

M4A1 . Tank No.32, D Company, 67th Armored Regiment , 2nd Armored Division Normandy, June 1944.

The sherman's madness continues… 😊

10/08/2025

This variant was missing from my Sherman collection: M4A3 (76) W from the 67th Armoured Regiment, 2nd Armoured Division. "Hell on Wheels". One of the first US tanks in Berlin... it's certainly not the last sherman for the collection, I still have a few projects ahead of me.