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 2: Details, details, details
Keep ’em coming
There were few more good news for the modern armour fans over the past days again. First Hobby Boss announced another kit which was not really expected. Building on their series of Merkavas […]
BT-7 – Part 2: Some more weathering
Having been playing with the weathering of the JSU, I decided to touch up the BT-7 that was sitting on my desk for a while. The kit has essentially become a test […]
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 […]
JSU-122S – Part 16: Weathering
I have been making slow progress on the JSU, somehow September is not one of my most productive months in terms of modeling results… First of all, I looked at the model […]
Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch
I guess it was just a matter of time till the modelling world would take a full use of the online media. Online magazines, video tutorials, blogs, you name it. Sometimes it […]
New modelling book by Mike Rinaldi
In the flurry of the books coming to the modelling market these days there is one that I am quite eagerly waiting for, mostly because of the name of the author – Mike Rinaldi. […]
JSU-122S – Part 15: Tracks are mounted
Another milestone (or at least what I consider to be a milestone when building a model) today – I have mounted tracks on the vehicle. This time even without making any damage to […]
JSU-122S – Part 14: Tracks – weathering
After having “painted” the tracks, (see post nr. 12) they of course needed some weathering before they were to be mounted on the model. This involved few steps: I have laid the tracks with […]
JSU-122S – Part 13: Streaking and dusting
I have continued the weathering phase of the build with adding streaks on the walls of the superstructure and dust effects to the horizontal surfaces. Streaking effects were added using two techniques. […]
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 […]
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