When the announcement first cam out about Xact scale models releasing T-80U, I took notice, but didn’t find the news particularly …exciting. Then came the review at Perth Military Modeling site and […]
T-80U: Construction
Mike Rinaldi Workshop video – hairspray
Here is another video from Mike’s workshop. For long time I have been struggling with the hairspray method, as I wasn’t sure how to apply it. Make the hairspray layer too thin […]
Here comes Doobi
I couldn’t resist. Two weeks ago I have decided not to wait any longer and ordered the Meng’s D9R kit from Luckymodel. Having noticed that the price difference between the regular and […]
Mike Rinaldi Workshop video – pigments
It is already few months since I have promised to bring you videos from Mike Rinaldi’s workshop in Toronto. It took a while, but here they are coming. The workshop was few […]
BMP 1: Part 5 – Chipping & more
Having everything prepared I moved to the fun part – chipping. Unlike previous attempts when I was still to some degree struggling with this technique, this time it went flawlessly and I […]
Lone survivor
Looks like another good movie on the horizon…
BMP 1: Part 4 – Camouflage
Next step was application of camouflage. There were again two usual questions I had to answer – what colour to be used and how to paint the camouflage. As for the paint, […]
BMP 1: Part 3 – Preshade and base coat
Quick post on the first painting steps. After priming the model using Tamiya’s can primer I have applied first coat of Tamiya Dark Green as a preshade instead of usual black(ish) colour, […]
To Scale
Today I found a nice short movie, that I guess is also about me (not 100% but mostly) and many other modellers out there… Unfortunately, it cannot be embedded, so check it […]
BMP 1: Part 2 – Planning the painting
When I bought this kit, one thing was clear to me that I am not going to paint this model in Russian Green, that would simply be bit boring. Somehow I immediately […]
Track trick
I am rather lazy modeller, so when it comes to tank tracks I prefer the ones which take least effort to assemble while providing good level of detail and, if relevant, correct […]
MiniArmour 