So today was the day when I put on the base coat and highlights in one go. Yesterday I was playing with the paints, trying to figure out the most realistic shade […]
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 8: Base coat, highlights, filter
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 7: Ready for painting
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M26 Pershing – Part 12: Dark chips
Yesterday I have added dark chips to the Pershing. This was actually preceded by the light overspray of all the decals with heavily thinned Khaki Drab. This step itself contributed a lot to the look of […]
M26 Pershing – Part 11: Decals, washes, highlighting and chipping
Few days ago the decals for the Pershing have arrived and I have spent past 3 evenings playing with them. It was a bit tricky, because the vehicles for which the specific marking options […]
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 6: Side skirts
I am always looking to mounting side skirts. Usually it means that the stage of never-ending alternating between the airbrush and X-acto knife is over and what is left to do is the joy of painting […]
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 5: Running gear
During the break while I am waiting for the decals for Pershing to arrive I went back to other kits sitting on my shelf to get them bit closer to the finish. […]
M26 Pershing – Part 10: Base coat and highlights
I apologize for a slower posting pace in the recent weeks, the year’s been quite busy so far and over the last few days I was applying my skills to the remodeling of my […]
Flying T-34/76
This is another contribution to the gallery of my finished models. Again, I have built the model few years ago, so I can’t really go into any details regarding the build or […]
M26 Pershing – Part 9: Back to the beginning
Happy New Year everyone. I know it’s bit too late, but since this is my first post this year, I hope you won’t mind. I’ve been absent over the past few days, […]
M26 Pershing – Part 8: Base Coat
Now this paint job was real pain. Frankly it was my mistake, as I haven’t tested the colour to be applied, which could have saved me a lot of disappointment. Looking for […]
M26 Pershing – Part 7: Primer and pre-shading
All the bits and pieces of details are added, so it’s time for some paint. As the first step I have again tried airbrushing the Vallejo primer. It went on nicely, but it […]
L6/40
L6/40 is a tiny model from Italeri, which I have built at least 3 years ago. It is one of the models that due to its small size have a lot of […]
MiniArmour 