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Below you can dive into my little universe filled with metal detecting, militaria and relics, world war two- and military history, miniature modelling and relic art.
Strassenkampf. Berlin `45 1/35
"Strassenkampf. Berlin`45" A Heer officer trying to take control of a street together with a couple of SS soldiers. Scale 1/35.
Inka
Dec 11, 20191 min read
Tirpitz Memorial outside Tromsø
75 years ago today, 12.11.1944, the German battleship Tirpitz was sunk outside Tromsø in Northern Norway. 916 of its crew went down with her
Inka
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Legenda Military Archaeology Expedition Autumn 2019
Friday morning we went to a farm near Priekule where fieldgraves belonging to Division Nordland had been located. Thanks to maps and the
Inka
Oct 7, 20196 min read
Helmet Day
Got my detector out, put it together and turned it on. I tried to ground balance it but it already signalled metal
Inka
Sep 27, 20192 min read
Award & Badge Day
I found a small dumping pit which I spent an hour or so digging out. Lots of bottles came out from the sand, a pocket knife, a few bakelite
Inka
Sep 25, 20192 min read
A helmet for the price of a wasp sting
On a small rise in the forest the detector gave off a nice clear signal and I opened up the moss. The soil was sandy and easy to dig and I f
Inka
Sep 18, 20193 min read
Sturmbock Stellung Finland
the local municipality had built a small museum , and restored ca 1200 meter of the German defensive line "The Sturmbock Stellung".
Inka
Aug 20, 20191 min read
Soviet Officer, Berlin 1945 1/16
The sculpting and casting is very good so very little clean up was needed. The parts fitted perfectly together with a few tiny gaps only to
Inka
Aug 18, 20191 min read
Soviet POW camp Trondenes
Next to the 800 year old Trondenes Church outside Harstad you can visit this Red Army POW memorial.
Inka
Aug 6, 20191 min read
MKB 5/511 Batterie Theo
Outside Harstad in NorthernNorway one can visit the famous "Adolf Cannons" on the former German coastal fortification MKB5/511 Batterie Theo
Inka
Aug 6, 20191 min read
Willys MB 1943 Restoration
My friend and colleague Gary Kostka have spent the last few years restoring an old War Machine and the result is amazing.
Inka
Jul 27, 20192 min read
Find of a Lifetime
We spent some time checking signals which mostly were nails and the usual rubbish before we found a more interesting corner of the camp.
Inka
Jul 22, 20192 min read
Tromsø Tirpitz Museum
the Tromsø Tirpitz Museum. It is located a short distance from the city center, in a German built ammo bunker that belonged to a nearby
Inka
Jul 13, 20192 min read
Lord of the Flies
Here and there we saw foundations of barracks, camp roads were clearly visible and the side of the plateau the camp had stood was covered
Inka
Jul 12, 20193 min read
Legenda Military Archaeology Expedition Spring 2019
On one of the first shovel scoops we could hear the shouts : "Soldier! Bones!" This could be it. The trench was expanded and side by side we
Inka
Jun 13, 20199 min read
A Dig on the Narvik Front
A few miles outside Narvik is the village of Bjerkvik. Here was a small and quiet coastal farmer society and a big military camp in April
Inka
May 8, 20193 min read
Invasion in the North. 1940. 1/35
"Invasion in the North.1940". 1/35. The last figure I completed this weekend. Mounted on a fragment of a British navy shell fired on German
Inka
Feb 12, 20191 min read
Newspaper Kiosk 1/35
I recently completed this Newspaper Kiosk project. It is a lasercut cardboard kit made by Plus Model,
Inka
Dec 30, 20181 min read
Cups of Sorrow
I took three of the best looking cups and prepared them to become dioramas. I wanted to keep them simple but at the same time to tell
Inka
Sep 9, 20181 min read
MKB 1/512 Tromsö Süd
Marine Kusten Batterie 1/512 Tromsö Süd was established short after the German occupation of the area in 1940.
Inka
Aug 30, 20181 min read
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