Yesterday I have decided to make some progress on the tracks, which were sitting in my desk assembled and ready for painting for already some time (not sure if I did mention that […]
JSU-122S – Part 12: Tracks
JSU-122S – Part 11: Chipping
JSU saga continues. Over the past days I have added chipping using my usual method of localized drybrushing of mix of Black and Burnt umber from the Winsor & Newton line. I […]
New…and not so new releases
It almost seemed this summer is going to be quite time as far as the news from the armour kit producers are concerned and that I might actually have some time to […]
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.
Type 2 Ka-Mi – Part 10: Weathering and pigments
Over the past days I was also working on the Ka-Mi in parallel with the JSU, mostly adding weathering and balancing the contrast. First I have airbrushed a very thin Flat Earth […]
JSU-122S – Part 10: Finishing decals, wash, drybrushing
After I have applied decals two days ago, I added few steps to the model: 1. Gloss coat over the decals – this is to protect the decal from the subsequent painting […]
JSU-122S – Part 9: Finetuning the base colour, filter and decals
When I was looking at the JSU after a week’s break, I felt that the base colour is little too cool (too much of blue in the green shade). Intent on making […]
I’m back… again
So, after another week of camping in the Canadian (almost) wilderness (see above) and reenacting I came back on Sunday. Having cleaned my musket yesterday (you reenactors out there know what fun is […]
We will remember them…
With little attention by media, two sad news went almost unnoticed recently. Two heroes have passed away, two men unknown to many, but of great service not only to the field history, but also to the […]
JSU-122S – Part 8: Highlights
Now starts the real fun… Yesterday and today I have applied 3 coats of highlights. As a base I have used the base coat colour, but lightened it as follows: Highlight: XF-13 (J.A. Green): […]
JSU-122S – Part 7: Base coat
Writing this blog has quite a few advantages. One of them is that while before, when I have built a model, after few weeks I might have had no clue how did I paint this or […]
MiniArmour 