While I was planning the markings (more on this later), I have proceeded on weathering lower parts of the vehicle and running gear, so that this could be assembled and the vehicle […]
BMP 1: Part 6 – Wheels & running gear
T-80U: Construction
When the announcement first cam out about Xact scale models releasing T-80U, I took notice, but didn’t find the news particularly …exciting. Then came the review at Perth Military Modeling site and […]
BMP 1: Part 5 – Chipping & more
Having everything prepared I moved to the fun part – chipping. Unlike previous attempts when I was still to some degree struggling with this technique, this time it went flawlessly and I […]
BMP 1: Part 4 – Camouflage
Next step was application of camouflage. There were again two usual questions I had to answer – what colour to be used and how to paint the camouflage. As for the paint, […]
BMP 1: Part 3 – Preshade and base coat
Quick post on the first painting steps. After priming the model using Tamiya’s can primer I have applied first coat of Tamiya Dark Green as a preshade instead of usual black(ish) colour, […]
BMP 1: Part 2 – Planning the painting
When I bought this kit, one thing was clear to me that I am not going to paint this model in Russian Green, that would simply be bit boring. Somehow I immediately […]
BMP 1: Part 1 – Construction
During one of my recent visits to my local hobby shop I have finally got one of their latest Trumpeter kits – BMP 1. Originally I was planning to wait for the […]
Another modelling magazine
Few days ago I have found out (thanks to facebook) that there is another modelling magazine coming to the market these days. The name is Abrams Squad and it is magazine to […]
Merkava IV – Part 3: Construction (cont’d)
When starting this kit I have planned to stick to what is in the box as it seemed there should be enough to build a nice kit with it. Now, as is […]
Merkava IV – Part 2: Construction (still)
Just a few in-progress pictures from the Merkava IV build. Construction is going bit slow as I am still finishing weathering on other kits and there is a lot of cleaning to […]
Merkava IV – Part 1 : Construction
Having been inspired by the upcoming releases I decided to start working on the Merkava IV from Hobby Boss while finishing the Ka-Mi (I am in the weathering stage which is sometimes […]
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