Just a short post on painting the wheel tires. Panzer I is one of those vehicles, where painting the wheels is difficult for two reasons – they are just too small in […]
Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 5: Painting tires
Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 4: Markings
Application of markings was relatively quick with this piece, mainly because there were not that many of them. To prep the surface for application I have airbrushed layer of Tamiya Semi Gloss […]
Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 3: Wash and highlighting
Painting is done, next steps were wash and highlighting. For the wash I have used AK’s wash for grey vehicles. Unlike other models, when I have used AK washes straight from the […]
Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 2: Base coat and modulation
Having finished construction of this little panzer, I was looking forward to proceed to painting. First was the primer, with the usual pitfalls with priming outside in winter – see my post […]
Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 1: Construction
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 […]
Voroshilovets Artillery tractor – Part 13: Touch ups
So the last step in this build was to add bit more mud to the running gear and wheels. Previously I have used only small number of pigments, I have added more […]
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 […]
Normandy ruins in colour
LIFE.com has today published series of colour photographs showing destruction of Normandy cities after the liberation battles of June 1944. The photographs were never published before and I believe are quite amazing. […]
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 […]
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