All about AFV and related military model making.
This my first attempt at ambush / disc camouflage. All colors were Vallejo. My process was as follows: Paint the vehicle in a 3 color pattern. Seal with clear coat to prevent paint lifting. Create dots using blue painters tape and [...]
Nice little model, interestig to build.
And another quarter scale armoured vehicle finished by my dad.
Tamiya´s excellent kit, was a fast forward build without any problems. painted with Tamiya XF-72 and XF-74.
Build thread here
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Just a few days before he underwent major heart surgery my father in law told me about his military service. During that time he was trained to drive an “AMX-tank”, but this being more than 50 years ago, unfortunately he didn’t [...]
This kit caught my eye at my favorite local hobby shop. Having built Tiger Model's nice 1:72 Abrams a few years ago I expected this to be a good kit and was not disappointed. Besides its very nicely molded plastic, good decals, metal [...]
And my dad´s little armour journey continues.
Tamiya kit built oob, sadly only one scheme provided, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 7th Armored Brigade during the Iraq War. But as I´ve seen, Hobby Boss is gonna release a non desertized 1/48 [...]
So here´s the WMIK Land Rover form the Airfix dual combo kit.
Whereas the Snatch is more or less troublefree, well Airfix is not Tamiya, the WMIK was worse. Most larger major parts were warped, lots of flash and in some areas terrible [...]
This should be my masterpiece since restarting the hobby about a year ago. What a build (and work) is has been. But I’m very happy with the result.
This summer I was able to buy the Trumpeter Baureihe 52 mit Steifrahmentender (00210) for [...]
And my dad continues with the little armour.
Airfix Land Rover combo kit, Snatch version built oob, added Hauler PE parts for the grids on the windows and front, painted with AK RC 079 CARC TAN 686A (FS33446).
The kit has a nice interior [...]
I picked up the Tamiya Panzer 1b a week ago at a show. In just a few sessions it was built and painted to this point. It will be added to a small base, so some extra weathering will be done to make it fit the base.
