I was 10 years old when a TV series called The Rat Patrol first aired, and I've been obsessed with the North African campaign of WWII ever since; perhaps the atoms that make up my body once resided in those that fought and died in this historic conflict. Whatever the case may be, I enjoy imagining moments that might have occurred during the course of this campaign by assembling and painting hobby kits and figures and composing them in digital sets. I began working at 172nd to hone my assembling, bashing and painting skills before proceeding to 135th, and what follows are two of my earliest efforts. 21 June 1942: Rommel seizes the port city of Tobruk and is promoted to Field Marshal shortly thereafter. 13 May 1943: Staff Sergeant Don “Wardaddy” Collier is brought up on charges for pistol whipping a senior officer of the 10th Panzer division and, following minor disciplinary action, returns to his crew mates to find that they’d named their unit ‘Fury’.
		As a modestly successful conceptual artist experienced in numerous mediums, e.g. traditional, tactile, photographic and digital, my skill sets afford me an opportunity to paint with plastic and pixels. Choose any nation above to see more of my compositions and the many kits I have in the works under each country’s Order of Battle. All comments are welcome at scottestinnett@gmail.com or you can text Scott at (619) 302-9962