Looks like another AFV is coming to see the light of the world. Ahead of the NATO summit in Wales British government is signing the contract with General Dynamics for a new […]
New British AFV – Scout SV
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BRDM-2: Painting & chipping
Here we go… some real fun…some faded Russian green and rust to go with it… See previous part / See next part
BMP-2 from Trumpeter
This long ago promised kit finally seems to be around the corner and what’s not to like. It looks it is going to be even better than their BMP-1, which was really […]
BRDM-2
Now I do have special plans for this one…. It was rather quick build, though there are places where kit designers could do better! In any case Trumpeter kit is miles ahead […]
RG-31 – We’re getting there…
So I keep on making progress with the RG-31, though sometime it is painfully slow. But it finally seems coming to a presentable shape – wheels were painted and weathered (though this […]
Ferret Scout Car walkaround
It’s been few weeks from the Oshawa AMPS show in the summer, so I will try to catch up and post all the pictures and videos I still have from this event. […]
One SCUD is not enough…
At least that’s what apparently guys in Meng models think. So in addition to the SCUD from Trumpeter we will be getting one more from Meng. The difference being in version – […]
SCUD on the way!
Just came back from exhilarating weekend of reenacting and this surprise was waiting… Well done Trumpeter!
RG-31 – Base coat
Painting phase continues… I was quite glad to finish the base coat and highlights as I could remove the masking and see the model with its interior. Must say that it starts […]
Modern Russian camo
There’s quite a few modern Russian armor kits coming to market these days so it is nice to see that there are some really attractive camouflage schemes for them. Such as this […]
RG-31 – Preshading
Here comes the painting phase, this time skipping primer and going for some preshading straight away. Now that masking was an interesting exercise… See previous part See next part […]
RG-31 – Construction finished
I think the 80-20 Pareto principle applies to modelling as well – sometimes I feel that the 20% of details take 80% of time to get done, especially as the projects progresses… […]
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