Fieseler Fi-156 Storch

Reworked GPM card model in 1:24 scale.
Removed markings of Germany Luftwaffe WWII & zoom (1:33 =>1:24)

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (stork) was a small German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II, and production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. It remains famous to this day for its excellent STOL performance, and French-built later variants are a common fixture at air shows.

Text: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieseler_Fi_156

Admiral Graf Spee

Paper waterline model ship in 1:200 scale from GPM.
Author -- Igor Cherniak

Model in exhibition of CORAL Museum.

The Admiral Graf Spee was one of the most famous German naval warships of World War II, along with the Bismarck. Her size was limited to that of a cruiser by the Treaty of Versailles, however she was as heavily armed as a battleship due to innovative weight-saving techniques employed in her construction.
She was sent to the Atlantic Ocean as a commerce raider in 1939, where she sank nine Allied merchant ships. Numerous British hunting groups were assigned to find her, with three British ships finally tracking her down in December 1939. The Battle of the River Plate ensued, during which the Graf Spee was damaged. She docked for repairs in the neutral port of Montevideo, but was forced by international law to leave within 72 hours. Faced with what he believed to be overwhelming odds, the captain scuttled his ship rather than risk the lives of his crew.

Text: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee

HMS Ajax

Detailed scratch built card model by Igor Cherniak & Alexander Blokhin in 1:200 scale.

HMS Ajax, was built by Vickers Armstrong at barrow and launched 1st march 1934 and completed 12th April 1935. HMS Ajax served in the South Atlantic 1939, taking a major role in the battle of the River Plate against the Graf Spee, going to the Mediterranean fleet 1940 - 1942, became part of Force H before going for refit in the United states 1943, returning to the Mediterranean Fleet 1943 till the end of the war. HMS Ajax was finally scrapped at Newport November 1949.