Merkava – MiniArmour

And after 1 comes 2

By miniarmour on November 21, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Surprise, surprise. I loved the old Academy Merkava 2 kit (you can find it here), when I have built it long time ago, this one should be sweet!

Merkava 1 from Takom!!! Times two

By miniarmour on July 28, 2017 • ( 4 Comments )

YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!

Merkava 2D in the Abrams Squad

By miniarmour on June 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Latest issue of the Abrams squad magazine is featuring (among number of other amazing models) my Merkava 2D. If you enjoyed my story of this build on my blog (you can find […]

Merkava 2D – Part 8: Final shots

By miniarmour on December 26, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Here are the final shots of the Merkava 2D that I have declared finished some weeks ago. I did few retouches and fixed a piece of side skirt that must have broken […]

Merkava 2D – Part 7: Seems we’re getting there!

By miniarmour on October 21, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

So finally it really seems we are getting to the finish line. I have been adding final details on the model and adding some more weathering, just to add bit more contrast. […]

Merkava 2D – Part 6: More weathering…

By miniarmour on August 12, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

I have made some slow progress with Merkava over the past few days. I played more with the washes and pigments. It’s down to details now, going through all the surface and […]

Merkava 2D – Part 5: Wash

By miniarmour on June 24, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

Wash was the first step of weathering and it took bit of the time, mostly due to the non-slip surface texture. Now it starts looking like a weathered vehicle, good base for […]

Merkava 2D – Part 4: Preshading and base coat

By miniarmour on May 13, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Now this took bit of a time – paint and weather wheels and running gear, including tracks, prime and preshade the hull and turret then mount the side skirts. But at least […]

Merkava 2D – Part 3: Primer & Non-slip texture

By miniarmour on April 8, 2015 • ( 10 Comments )

Another milestone behind me and it even wasn’t so painful. Here comes the painting… See previous part / See next part

Merkava 2D – Part 2: Construction finished

By miniarmour on April 5, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

So, it took some time to get all the details, but it’s done… Let’s move on!

Merkava 2D – Part 1: Construction

By miniarmour on December 4, 2014 • ( 5 Comments )

Here is another project that I started to work on during “technological” breaks in my other project that I am wrapping up (RG-31) or sometimes just to have a change, you know […]