Episode 24: Pat Stansell

In addition to being a fine armor modeler, Pat is a helluva funny guy, who wrote to your hosts saying he’d be eager to chat with us, after we mentioned our enduring fondness for the late, lamented magazine he edited, Military Miniatures in Review. Eager to get the story behind the sad demise of that fine mag, as well as to hear what Pat is currently up to in Delray Beach, Florida (his new publishing company can be found here), we had quite a few laughs, and thoroughly enjoyed our chat. We hope you will, too!

 A sampling of MMiR covers.

Coming soon: Pat’s new and (greatly) expanded Bible on the Sherman tank. (Photo above from the new Emfour Publishing Co. here.)

Above and below: a small sampling of Pat’s armor models, which, as he points out, almost always include a figure (or “mini-man,” in the old MMiR parlance).

After our chat with Pat, your hosts discuss the controversial term “rivet counter.” (From the Wik definition: “A person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.”