This kit was one of my shelf queens for the past five years (as I have just figured out based on the date of my last post about it on this blog). […]
El Alamein Sherman – Part 3: Primer
BMPT-72 Terminator II on the way
If there is a group of modellers that definitely have no right to complain about lack of models and subjects being offered by model companies these days, than those are definitely modern […]
Trumpeter never sleeps
…or so it seems. Trumpeter released this photo of their new master tests some day ago on the facebook and they are cool. I don’t even know what the names of these […]
My BTR-80 in 360 degree view
Few days ago I got inspired by AK interactive as they have introduced new feature on their site – 360 views of armour models. Based on my experience that many of the fancy […]
BTR-80: Weathering – Part 3
BTR has now been sitting on my bench for quite a bit now. The more I looked at it, the more I felt it is still bit too clean, so […]
Adam’s Armour
So it seems that the world of modelling publications is soon getting another attractive addition. AFV has recently announced release of two publications produced in cooperation with well known modeller Adam […]
British Armour
Here is a collection of nice shots of modern British armour that I have collected from the facebook page of British Army (check it out here). Most (if not all) of them […]
BTR-80: Weathering – Part 2
Got another few steps done. Added the wheels (hard to miss that…) and then spent some time playing with oils and pigments. Now comes the stage when one sits and looks at […]
BTR-80: Weathering – Part 1
So to get bit more realistic look I have started weathering by application of filter using oil paints and then wash from AK interactive to add some dirt and grime. In […]
BTR-80: Camouflage
This was the funny part – Camouflage. Bit tedious, lot of masking, but the outcome was worth it. I used the camouflage pattern used in Chechnya from Echelons BTR-80 decal set. Since […]
BTR-80: Primer and preshading
Construction smoothly finished, the next two steps are the usual ones – primer and preshading with black(ish) colour. Really nothing special here. See previous part / See next part
Aaaand some more Russian armour from Trumpeter
It seems Trumpeter really doesn’t sleep. Their Scud is just about to hit the shelves, when I just saw two more interesting pieces apparently in a stage (hopefully) close to being released, […]
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