Today I have paid a visit to Hornet Hobbies, which I always find to be an inspirational experience as it is a place where outstanding models can be seen and great people […]
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RG-31 – Looks like it’s finished
Hmm, I am looking at this and thinking this might be it. Groundwork – done, vegetation – done, dusting – done, focus point added…unless I spot anything that would need fixing, I […]
London Scale Model Show 2014
Yesterday I paid a quick visit to one of the few local model shows, this time taking place in London. It felt again the same familiar way – some unseen new models […]
RG-31 – Weathering
Past weeks I have been playing with oils and pigments. And adding and fixing all the small details. This is the tedious part, where you have to touch up everything, hand paint […]
British Armour in the Gulf
Here are few more photos from the Oshawa AMPS show earlier this year. This time it is a walkaround of few British armoured vehicles that were on display as part of a […]
Scud from Trumpeter – test shots
Trumpeter has again released bunch of photos, this time of their Scud. Looks like the model is 99% done and it is going to be huge and well detailed. Hmm, I am […]
BMP-2 from Trumpeter
This long ago promised kit finally seems to be around the corner and what’s not to like. It looks it is going to be even better than their BMP-1, which was really […]
RG-31 – We’re getting there…
So I keep on making progress with the RG-31, though sometime it is painfully slow. But it finally seems coming to a presentable shape – wheels were painted and weathered (though this […]
Ferret Scout Car walkaround
It’s been few weeks from the Oshawa AMPS show in the summer, so I will try to catch up and post all the pictures and videos I still have from this event. […]
RG-31 – Base coat
Painting phase continues… I was quite glad to finish the base coat and highlights as I could remove the masking and see the model with its interior. Must say that it starts […]
RG-31 – Preshading
Here comes the painting phase, this time skipping primer and going for some preshading straight away. Now that masking was an interesting exercise… See previous part See next part […]
RG-31 – Construction finished
I think the 80-20 Pareto principle applies to modelling as well – sometimes I feel that the 20% of details take 80% of time to get done, especially as the projects progresses… […]
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