Wow, in line with their previous releases, Takom has posted on their fb page colour plates for their upcoming T-55 AM and AMV releases and there is a ton of them, 13 […]
Takom’s T-55 AM & AMV colour plates
Accurate military vehicle in movie(s)
When it comes to historical accuracy of military vehicles used in movies, we (and under we I mean wide group of armour enthusiasts, modellers, military historians and similar types) rarely get satisfied. […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 7: Weathering starts…
Now starts the longest phase – weathering. With this piece the challenge is going to be balancing the fact that this was modern vehicle with only short exposure to action behind […]
Panzer IV Ausf C
One of the models I have built in the course of this year is this Panzer IV. The kit is an older one from Tristar, which is getting re-released soon under Hobby […]
Merkava 2D – Part 8: Final shots
Here are the final shots of the Merkava 2D that I have declared finished some weeks ago. I did few retouches and fixed a piece of side skirt that must have broken […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 6: Chipping
I was thinking whether to do chipping on this model and at the end decided to do just a bit of it, it was modern vehicle in action for just a short […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 5: Wash
With camo painted, all was ready for the weathering stuff. I started with light filter of oil paints (Burnt Umber) and then proceeded with my trusted AK’s wash solution. This […]
T-15 Armata IFV from Panda Hobby
In the flurry of new releases, this one from Panda Hobby I have missed somehow. And it is quite intriguing one… T-15 Armata IFV. So in addition to the T-15 MBT announced […]
Takom’s at it again… T-55 comes!
What to add? Merry Christmas to all!
Russian village photo
I have seen this photo recently posted by Mike Rinaldi on his facebook page presented as nice example of the whitewash camo. It undisputably is really good catch, however the gun in […]
Vote on MENG’s new M1 box art
Interesting idea from Meng today – for their upcoming release of M1A2 they let us vote on the box art of the model. The choice is of three options with essentially only […]
AFV’s Husky
This is one of the forthcoming releases from AFV club. Perhaps one of the most striking military vehicles you could imagine. Apparently pictures don’t show the finished product, so we will likely […]
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