Next step was application of camouflage. There were again two usual questions I had to answer – what colour to be used and how to paint the camouflage. As for the paint, […]
BMP 1: Part 4 – Camouflage
BMP 1: Part 3 – Preshade and base coat
Quick post on the first painting steps. After priming the model using Tamiya’s can primer I have applied first coat of Tamiya Dark Green as a preshade instead of usual black(ish) colour, […]
To Scale
Today I found a nice short movie, that I guess is also about me (not 100% but mostly) and many other modellers out there… Unfortunately, it cannot be embedded, so check it […]
BMP 1: Part 2 – Planning the painting
When I bought this kit, one thing was clear to me that I am not going to paint this model in Russian Green, that would simply be bit boring. Somehow I immediately […]
Track trick
I am rather lazy modeller, so when it comes to tank tracks I prefer the ones which take least effort to assemble while providing good level of detail and, if relevant, correct […]
BMP 1: Part 1 – Construction
During one of my recent visits to my local hobby shop I have finally got one of their latest Trumpeter kits – BMP 1. Originally I was planning to wait for the […]
Tank Day in Oshawa – videos
So here is another première on this blog. As promised in my previous post, below you can see videos from the Saturday’s Tank Day in the Ontario Regiment Museum in Oshawa. I […]
Tank day in Oshawa
This past Saturday I have made another trip to the Ontario Regiment museum in Oshawa. It was one of their “tank days” when the museum presents their vehicles in action – driving […]
Cleaning the workbench
Over the past months I have been working on a number of models and I have now decided to put some of them finally off my desk. I find it sometimes difficult […]
Voroshilovets Artillery tractor – Part 13: Touch ups
So the last step in this build was to add bit more mud to the running gear and wheels. Previously I have used only small number of pigments, I have added more […]
FT-17 is coming!
The waiting is over… Meng broke the news today that they will be bringing FT-17 to market. The news could not be better. I was waiting for a decent kit of this […]
Stalingrad movie – set photos
Recently I have posted a news about the new movie on the Battle of Stalingrad, which is currently in the making in Russia (see the post here). Few days ago I have […]
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