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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
JSU-122S – Part 6: Preshading
Next step in my standard painting process is preshading. I use dark color for this, as in this case mix of Tamiya Flat Black and Flat Brown in the ratio of 3:1. […]
Stug III G
Another addition to the gallery of my models. This is Stug III G early version from Dragon. Again, I have built the model already some time ago. The kit was mostly built […]
Video tutorials on the web
One of the most useful ways of how to learn new techniques and see other modellers at work these days are video tutorials. There is already quite a few of DVDs out […]
JSU-122S – Part 5: Primer
I always considered priming the model a bit of a milestone. Building phase is mostly finished and I can move on the real fun – painting, weathering,… The same goes for the […]
JSU vs. Ferdinand
Over the past few days, JSU was mostly sitting on my desk and for most of the time I had feeling this must have been heck of a vehicle, rather outsized compared to the […]
JSU-152 – Part 4: Construction (cont’d)
JSU Reborn On Saturday I paid visit to Dave’s Hornet Hobbies as he was celebrating 10 years of the store by having a BBQ for his clients. Offering some great deals on […]
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