Great news came today from Nuremberg, which hosts its regular toy fair and this time it is Tamiya who surprised us. So if you have not heard it yet – yes, Tamiya’s next […]
Tamiya Somua
BTR-80: Weathering – Part 2
Got another few steps done. Added the wheels (hard to miss that…) and then spent some time playing with oils and pigments. Now comes the stage when one sits and looks at […]
Hyena Road
Rather unexpectedly, here finally comes a movie about Canadians in Afghanistan. Apparently it was announced last September, but somehow I missed it until now. Directed by Paul Gross, my expectations are going to […]
Trumpeter acquires Tristar molds
For the past year or two I was sometimes wondering what has happened to Tristar. After quite few good models, not a lot was heard from them. The last piece that I can […]
BTR-80: Weathering – Part 1
So to get bit more realistic look I have started weathering by application of filter using oil paints and then wash from AK interactive to add some dirt and grime. In […]
BTR-80: Camouflage
This was the funny part – Camouflage. Bit tedious, lot of masking, but the outcome was worth it. I used the camouflage pattern used in Chechnya from Echelons BTR-80 decal set. Since […]
BTR-80: Primer and preshading
Construction smoothly finished, the next two steps are the usual ones – primer and preshading with black(ish) colour. Really nothing special here. See previous part / See next part
T-64BV – Construction
This is another of my additions to the workbench. I bought this kit on Dec 20th, just before Christmas and wanted to see how will it go. Now it is ready for […]
Japanese Tank Colours 1937-1945
My friend Harvey Low has created very useful reference document for all fans of the Japanese armoured vehicles and Japan’s WWII military in general. Document covers number of topics – colours and camouflage of […]
Russia’s T-14 Armata Main Battle Tank
Russian army is to start receiving new main battle tank in the next year or so and here are some concept shots of this new vehicle – T-14 Armata battle tank. It […]
FV107 Scimitar walkaround
I still have few photos from the summer show in Oshawa that I have not posted yet, so here’s bit of a catch-up. This time it is a short walkaround of FV107 […]
Marmon Herrington in Model Military
Another of my models just got published – this time you can read article on my Marmon Herrington Mk. I armoured car in latest issue of Model Military magazine. I have posted some […]
MiniArmour 