The flurry of good news seem not to be coming to an end so far this year. This one came rather quietly, in spite of it being released three days ago, I only read about it this […]
Merkava IIID coming in March
ACV Dorchester
I have started to build the Dorchester from SKP, here are few photos after spending few hours with the kit. It’s by far not finished, basically I have put together the main […]
Dorchester has arrived
Today I have picked up the package from SKP (it took only a week to have it shipped from Czech republic to Canada) and was eager to see how the content will […]
Here comes: the Sexton
Now ladies and gentlemen, this is a big one! On the Nuremberg toy show, Dragon has announced another kit and Canadian armor fans can rejoice, because what should be coming has never […]
Trumpeter BTR-60PB – first impressions
Trumpeter has recently released another of their modern Russian armor kits – BTR-60PB. I was quite pleased when it was first announced and grabbed one when it has finally appeared on the […]
Panzer IV Afrika Korps
This is one of my really early models. I can’t even remember exactly when I have built it, but it must be at least 5 years. Given my level of experience at that time, the result […]
Voroshilovets Artillery tractor – Part 4
Highlights After applying the base coat I needed to the lighten the overall color of the tractor and also wanted to created some vertical gradation of the green shades on the vehicle. To achieve […]
Voroshilovets Artillery tractor – Part 3
Base Coat While I was looking for the right shade of Russian green for the base coat I put my hands on the latest Model Military Magazine, which features build article by Mike Rinaldi […]
Oh, those Russian artillery tractors again…
…and in relation to my recent post on the forthcoming Russian artillery tractor kits – Trumpeter has today released more pictures of their S-65. So finally some more details, including sprue shots. You […]
One Dorchester, Two Dorchesters,…
It was just few days ago, that SKP have announced release of AEC Dorchester on January 25. Since one Dorchester is apparently not enough, AFV Club has today announced that its version […]
Voroshilovets Artillery tractor – Part 2
Having been working mostly on other things, I made some small progress on the Voroshilovets. Since I am not using the canvas provided in the kit, I had to fill the gap […]
Tractors are coming…
I seem to be getting a fan of Russian WWII artillery tractors. I find beauty in their lack of polish or sophisticated design, these being replaced by their utilitarian look of the […]
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