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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.
Like a Relic Advent Calendar
The familiar shape of the brim of a German helmet drew a nice line in the wet sand holding it in a firm grip. I freed it from the ground
Inka
Dec 4, 20204 min read
German Foldable Field Map Table
a German foldable map table. It measure 70cm x 70cm and is ca 75cm tall. It is well made with brass edges, spikes on the legs and it has a
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Nov 15, 20201 min read
King Winter and Gold at the end of the Rainbow
We climbed the hill and to our big surprise we saw rests of buildings and earthen dug outs. Between some trees old German barbed wire
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Oct 16, 20203 min read
The Relic Gods Still Deliver
I spent most of the day in the edge of the tree line where it some 80 years ago stood a large German Heer camp. One can clearly see barrack
Inka
Oct 12, 20203 min read
From Mallnitz to Kitzbühel
We began in the bottom of a valley and our goal was a small section of the German defence system called the "Lyngen Line".
Inka
Oct 9, 20204 min read
Military Archaeology Legenda Diorama 1/35
It is in scale 1/35 and I have simply called it "Military Archaeology Legenda" and it is depicting part of the Legenda team
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Oct 7, 20201 min read
A Trip to the Mountain
Few times have I been in forests with so many signals all over as today. The soldiers here must have been very well fed as more than 90% of
Inka
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Day of the Nordfront Cross
I roamed around a bit with the detector and soon found a patch with a bunch of signals. Under the moss were a whole bunch of full K98 clips
Inka
Sep 24, 20203 min read
One M24 & Four bags of Berries
The days here North are getting shorter and the forests and mountainsides are rapidly getting dressed in yellow, red and orange, and the dig
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Sep 9, 20203 min read
6. SS-Gebirgs-Division «Nord». Karelia 1/35
"6. SS-Gebirgs-Division «Nord». Karelia" in scale 1/35.
The base is a Soviet canteen with a bullet hole, found on the old battlefields in
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Aug 20, 20201 min read
K98 Rubber Muzzle Caps
I swept the detector across it and had a strong aluminum signal. I dug it open expecting a couple of food tins to peek out from under
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Aug 18, 20202 min read
The Helmet Ditch
Finding three helmets at once was pretty awesome and they were in good condition, one of them having winter camo even
Inka
Aug 10, 20203 min read
Blueberry Hunting
We had to make a trip out to the fields of rust before the stormy weather drew in over our heads. On our previous berry trip we had located
Inka
Aug 8, 20202 min read
Out and About
At one point I felt a roundish object and after ruling out it being a rock it could only be two things, a pee pot or a helmet
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Aug 4, 20204 min read
The Guards Badge
We strolled off between the trees and soon I was busy removing soil and rocks and to try not break any of the fragile ampoules
Inka
Jul 28, 20202 min read
MKB 3/512 Lyngen
MKB (Marine Küsten Batterie) 3/512 Lyngen is situated at Spåkenes in the Lyngenfjord in Northern Norway. It was operational in February 1942
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Jun 15, 20201 min read
Two Wooden Boxes
when I worked at the garbage dump I one morning rescued a POW art wooden box from the container, and they must have been made by the same
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May 28, 20201 min read
Der Ostfeldzug. 1/16
This 1/16 figure from Andrea Miniatures had cluttered my workbench for a while but I had it completed last night, and Im fairly happy with
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Feb 2, 20201 min read
Russia 1943. 1/16
1/16 figure from Mitches Military Models, painted with acrylics and oils. It depicts a fancy Fallschirmjäger officer somewhere in Russia
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Jan 23, 20201 min read
Bjerkvik 1940. 1/16
This 1/16 scale figure from Alpine Miniatures I ve painted with acrylics and oils, and I mounted it on a mortar grenade fragment
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Jan 23, 20201 min read
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