Category Archives: The Literate War

The Pivot and the Model Pictures

Posted on March 3, 2020 by

For the past two years, 2018 and 2019, I was voted Member of the Year for a popular diecast model collectors forum, Model Hangar III. I make model photographs on a nightly basis and show the other people on the … Continue reading →

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New Pictures 2019, part 3

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

Below are four new pictures I made in April 2019. I used two sets, and models that I finished last year and the year before. BELOW: A Soviet ISU-152 drives through the ruins of Berlin, Spring 1945. BELOW:  A different … Continue reading →

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New Pictures 2019, Part 2

Posted on March 26, 2019 by

I’ve made a few new model pictures since February 26th. I had a lot of fun setting the scenes, and completing the illusion. These are my 1/72 scale models, figures and sets. No model is repeated, although the first two … Continue reading →

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New Pictures So Far This Year

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

Hi everyone, I usually save showing you my new model photographs for the end of the year. Let’s try something different. Here are my best new pictures from January and February 2019. Seven model photographs have made the cut. As … Continue reading →

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Model Dioramas 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by

Below are the dioramas I set in 2017. These pictures were made in the first 5 months of the year. After the month of May, I took a break to detail several tank models, and for the fall, I got … Continue reading →

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A New Series

Posted on December 29, 2017 by

A new series of model photographs. Below you’ll find fifty of my best model pictures, taken in a 3-month period from late September to late December 2017. These photographs are 1% of the total I shot for this project. I … Continue reading →

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Model Dioramas 2016

Posted on December 26, 2016 by

Below is a collection of my scale model photographs produced in 2016. ### ABOUT: Ara Hagopian’s third book was released in 2016: http://www.LeavesOfYouthTheBook.com    

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Memorial Day (part one)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by

MEMORIAL DAY (part one) The Literate Show commemorates a special American holiday with the first of several posts over the long weekend. Memorial Day is not about selling cars or mattresses. It’s not about cookouts or boisterous advertisements, nor is … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day (part two)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by

MEMORIAL DAY (part two) The Literate Show’s second Memorial Day installment covers the men of Torpedo Squadron Eight, who flew from the USS Hornet to attack the Japanese, poised to invade Midway Atoll, June 4th, 1942. While making their slow … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day (part three)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by

MEMORIAL DAY (part three) What follows is the 3rd installment of The Literate Show’s Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day is specific to one day. Truth be told, many Americans think of our war dead every single day of the year. … Continue reading →

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