The second of my Christmas projects is this machine. The mouthful name of this tank basically means that it is small command tank based on the Panzer I chassis. The kit is […]
Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 1: Construction
Pz.IV Ausf.H – Part 7: Tracks
With the weathering on the bottom part of the hull mostly done, it was time to mount the tracks. These were already painted from the “previous” life of his model, so I […]
Pz.IV Ausf.H – Part 6: Lower hull
The next step was dealing with the lower hull, specifically weathering hull sides. Unlike Panthers & Tigers, where you can’t see anything from this part of the vehicle due to the size […]
Pz.IV Ausf.H – Part 5: Filter & Wash
Before I move on to the next step in this build, I wanted to add few ideas about the look of this vehicles and the effect from the chipping stage. Though I […]
Pz.IV Ausf.H – Part 4: Chipping
Everything ready for chipping I exchanged the airbrush for a paintbrush and clear water and went on a few day’s chipping spree… Again, as I have already mentioned, I greatly benefited from […]
Pz.IV Ausf.H – Part 3: Hairspray & Base coat
After applying the red primer paint layer I proceeded to the next steps – the first one was application of hairspray. I have followed Mike Rinaldi’s technique as described in his book […]
Pz.IV Ausf.H – Part 2: First coat
Encouraged by the success with stripping the paint on the Panzer, I was quite looking forward to making some further progress on this model. I took the opportunity of having this model […]
Back from the Dead – Pz.IV Ausf.H
Just to avoid any misunderstanding at the beginning – the title of this post is not to be connected with the lack of the posts on this page over the last days. […]
Unsere Mutter, Unsere Vater
I guess I am bit picky when it comes to the war movies, so there is ony handful of those I really believe are really worth watching. With the exceptions of well-known two […]
Ford G917T – Part 9: Pigments
It’s been few days from my latest post on the Ford build and most of the time I have been playing with the pigments, adding mud and dust. Before I have actually […]
Ford G917T – Part 8: Streaking
After painting the scratches and chips, the next step to add was streaking. For this I became a fan of AK’s product – streaking grime for grey vehicles (AK 069) was the one […]
Ford G917T – Part 7: Dark chipping
So, having survived yesterday my first Krav Maga training after 6 months break, here comes another post… After the light chips are done comes the second part of chipping – dark ones, imitating […]
