Another great news – Meng is clearly building on the success of its Merkava 3 kit and is bringing us another one – Merkava 3 Baz with mine roller system. Israeli armour fans rejoice…
Not enough Merkavas…
Changing world of modelling magazines
I don’t now how about you, but for me modelling magazines are traditional source of inspiration and ideas. I used to “collect” them, but these days I am more picky and usually […]
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 4: Black & White
After having successfully recovered from the mini-disaster, I have proceeded with my original intention to prime the turret and wheels. This time without any mishaps. I have decided to do painting in few […]
BMP-1 coming from Trumpeter
Another announcement that I might have missed before is BMP-1 from Trumpeter. Yesterday I have checked the sprue shots released on the company’s website (see here). I am much more enthusiastic about […]
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 3: Destruction
Yesterday wasn’t of the luckiest days. After having finished a lot of details on the Abrams, I have decided to put a primer on wheels and turret. As I am using Tamiya […]
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 2: Details, details, details
I don’t know how about you, but I really don’t like the finishing construction phases when building a model. For me this is the time, when zillion tiny details have to be […]
M1A1 AIM Abrams – Part 1
Over the past few days I have put the JSU aside a bit and spent some time meditating about the base I would like to build for it. Nevertheless, I haven’t been sitting idly. I […]
New releases in 2016?
Few days ago US Army and Marines have awarded 3 contracts within their program to replace one third of their of Humvees with a new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. This vehicle should have […]
…and some more blogs
As I was recently looking for pictures of the new releases announced I have stumbled upon another few interesting blogs. I continue to be amazed and inspired by the quality and originality of […]
Blogs, blogs and some more blogs
World of the web seems to be full of inspiration for a modeller these days (what the heck did we do without internet…?). It may sometimes take time to find something interesting […]
Dieppe
Today it is 70 years since the Dieppe raid (Aug. 19, 1942), one of the bloodiest days in Canadian history. Let it be remembered.
Oil mapping and streaking – troubleshooting
In addition to my yesterday’s post on weathering Ka-Mi and responding to Aaron’s comment I thought I might add few tips and points to help deal with any problems with this technique. Some of […]
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