The past few weeks of my modelling work has been rather frustrating. I was working on the Panther, but after two attempts at the camo painting, none of which I liked, I […]
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AMX 30B2 in Abrams Squad Special
If you have been following my AMX 30B2 build, you may have noticed on the Abrams Squad internet or facebook site that the model is going to be featured in the forthcoming […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 9: Finish
I was quite over the past weeks and the reason was quite simple – I was asked to finish AMX on a short notice, so I have spent the past few […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 8: Tracks
As usually, when I am building the model, I was also now eager to put on the tracks. It usually takes a discipline as finishing tracks takes some time. Since I […]
AMX-13 from Takom
To tease us again, Takom has released pictures of build up versions of their coming AMX-13 and it seems that the kits are going to live up to the expectations…
AMX 30B2 – Part 7: Weathering starts…
Now starts the longest phase – weathering. With this piece the challenge is going to be balancing the fact that this was modern vehicle with only short exposure to action behind […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 6: Chipping
I was thinking whether to do chipping on this model and at the end decided to do just a bit of it, it was modern vehicle in action for just a short […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 5: Wash
With camo painted, all was ready for the weathering stuff. I started with light filter of oil paints (Burnt Umber) and then proceeded with my trusted AK’s wash solution. This […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 4: Camo
Now comes the fun part. It has been some time I have painted modern vehicle in camo, so I quite enjoyed this part. It is perhaps one of the riskier stages […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 3: Base coat
Next step in painting was of course base coat. I decided to go with Buff colour as it seemed good representation of the desert sand. Added also highlights by adding white […]
AMX 30B2 – Part 2: Primer and preshading
AMX is another piece I keep on working these days and its coming out quite nice. This shows the model after application of primer and preshading with Tamiya Nato Black, my first […]
AMX boxart
Takom today again showed that they know how to do the boxart. Pictures like this make want to buy all three versions of the kit!
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