And this one was the news of the day today, and made me truly happy. I have got the Academy kit but will gladly donate it and build this one instead. Or […]
Takom goes to the desert
Taking a break
The past few weeks in our household were affected by the ongoing house addition/renovation, which ultimately impacted my “mancave”. So this is what my usual modelling spot looks like now and clearly […]
Torcan 2017
Here is a quick photo report from last week’s Torcan model show. The show was bit smaller than others, which I guess is in part due to the fact that it came […]
I have converted!
There are days when I ask myself, whether there is anything really new among the number of new products being brought to the market by the ever increasing number of suppliers. New […]
Takom Chieftain Mk.5 – Playing with the rust wash
Some time ago I have started playing with the weathering on the Chieftain Mk 5 kit I have built. I have spent some time with the hairspray chipping technique and […]
El Alamein Sherman – Part 3: Primer
This kit was one of my shelf queens for the past five years (as I have just figured out based on the date of my last post about it on this blog). […]
Heritagecon 2017
Here we go again, another year, another Heritagecon. And I must say bigger and better than before. I was truly impressed by the size and number of people in the hangar of […]
Tiran 4
Cool subject, Miniart’s quality, what more to ask.
Magach 3 from Dragon – shall we hope…?
When I see interesting announcement coming from Dragon, I usually have mixed feelings about it. I get excited about that new, original and cool looking kit …. and then start hoping they […]
YPR-765 PRI – More washes and pigments
Slowly this YPR is getting into shape, I have been playing with AK and MIG washes and pigments taking time to make sure I like the look and adding more effects to […]
1943 Battle of Kharkov footage
And to change the topic from the modern amour – I have seen number of photographs from the Battles of Kharkov, but still have found this footage most interesting. Video footage definitely […]
YPR-765 PRI – Washes
Over the past weeks YPR was subject to weathering, here showing the effect of first washes and oil paint effect. At this time the look is still relatively muted, I will be […]
