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 9: Finish
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 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 […]
Mk A Whippet – Part 3: Base coat and modulation
After preshading all was ready for the main coat. I took the lessons from the previous builds and made sure that (a) the base coat is sufficiently light for subsequent weathering and […]
Mk A Whippet – Part 2: Primer and preshading
So while the weathering was drying on the Merkava and T-64BV, I made some progress on other kits too. One of them is the Whippet, which is really lovely piece and I […]
Fernando Ruiz at Hornet Hobbies
Do you know that feeling, when you look at someone’s one work (be it a model or figure or anything else for that matter) and feel that you can just about give […]
Toldi I – Part 3: Base coat
Today I took break from my larger projects and pulled out the diminutive Toldi. I have already previously primed and preshaded the model, so now i went on to paint the base […]
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