All about AFV and related military model making.
I have begun doing figures. This is one of my first efforts to practice painting figures. The Tiger is a Tamiya 1/35 kit Early production. The commander came with a Tank crew set, and the others with a loading crew set, all Tamiya kits. [...]
Tamiya makes some wonderful 1/35 Shermans. There are a number of kits that are from Ardennes. I appreciate them making these all from the same battle so that they could be made into a diorama if one chooses to do one. The Tamiya kits [...]
One of Trumpeter's early offerings was the Swedish S Tank: the Srv 103B. This is my first go at doing a tank in 1/35th, and I elected to choose one of my all time favourites to start my foray into AFV modelling.
It's a pretty [...]
This is the Tamyia 1/35th scale kit with some scratchbilt to make it an ambulance vehicle. I also scratchbuilt the mud chains for the rear tyres.
Kit - Hobbyboss 1:35
Paint - All Tamiya acrylics.
Decals - SuperScale/Squadron 350001
Extras - None.
Completing this so soon after the Leo is entirely coincidental. I bought this on impulse in 2011, and started the interior almost as soon [...]
Last year I finally gave-in to my 'need' for a 1:35 Leopard tank, and bought the superb TAKOM 1A5 kit... Upon opening it I very quickly realised that my limited abilities simply were't up to the task of painstakingly assembling 712 pieces [...]
I thought I would put up my model of a USMC M-26 Pershing for the 65th anniversary of the entry of the Provisional Marine Brigade into the First Battle of the Naktong in the Pusan Perimeter, August 7, 1950. The Tamiya kit isn't difficult [...]
Build from the box and paint xtracolor enamels .
windows made by GLAZE (DeLUX materials).
P.k
Hello again. Well, here it is - my first contribution.
I'm afraid I don't know enough about tanks to provide much of a narrative here. Thanks for the guidance re the weathering... I took it pretty easy on that in the end, was just a bit [...]
Hi guys, new member - nice to meet you!
Please forgive the lack of a photo with this article; I'm on my work computer & so not able to upload just at the moment. Reason for posting is basically to ask for a little advice.
Having [...]
