Painting phase continues… I was quite glad to finish the base coat and highlights as I could remove the masking and see the model with its interior. Must say that it starts […]
RG-31 – Base coat
RG-31 – Preshading
Here comes the painting phase, this time skipping primer and going for some preshading straight away. Now that masking was an interesting exercise… See previous part See next part […]
RG-31 – Construction finished
I think the 80-20 Pareto principle applies to modelling as well – sometimes I feel that the 20% of details take 80% of time to get done, especially as the projects progresses… […]
RG-31 – Interior
As much as I am usually not thrilled by adding interior to the models, this one ended up looking quite OK, though it wasn’t really easy sailing. Well, at least I can […]
Another AMX from Meng
Announcement of another version of AMX-30 is yesterday’s news, but IMHO still worth mentioning. As much as I wasn’t thrilled by the first release from Meng (though must admit in Mike Rinaldi’s […]
RG-31 – Construction
In addition to the T-62, there are few models, that I am currently spending my time on and this one is real fight. Guess you have recognized Canadian RG-31. Just a few […]
Akatsiya in Model Military
As I have hinted some time ago, my recently finished 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer is subject of my next article that just got published. If you want to learn more about the […]
SS-23 Spider from Hobby Boss
I must have truly missed this one before, so it was quite a nice surprise to learn today that Hobby Boss will shortly bring us another coll modern russian vehicle – SS-23 […]
New goodies coming from Trumpeter
Trumpeter has just published on their facebook page photos of two models that are under development and seem to be quite advanced. Both are based on the MT-LB vehicle, which is so […]
Blast from the past – JagdTiger
Now, this is a real piece of my modelling history. This is perhaps my first real model (there were few attempts before, but I wouldn’t count them) and first diorama that I […]
Char 2C – Part 3: Painting and decals
Char 2C is another piece I have been working on recently. As much as construction was straightforward, painting is more of a pain. The colour to be used is actually bit of […]
Object 279 – Part 3: Modulation and highlights
Not waiting for long, I have added another paint layer – modulation and highlights. The paint mix used was based on the base colour Tamiya Nato Green and was lightened with White […]
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