All about AFV and related military model making.
this was the testors limited edition kit. when i first opened the huge box i was really thrown off by the dark green brittle looking sprues . it built up into a rather decent looking example, with just a little scratch building. mainly the [...]
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Here is a weathering technique that has gained popularity within the Military Modelling community during the last few years. Demonstrated in this video to produce winter camouflage on a KV from Trumpeter in 1/35 scale.
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A short video on how to assemble and mount individual plastic track links for model tanks.
Added a Brass barrel, machine gun, and fruil Tracks..the rest is out of the box.
The Howitzer is the excellent Vision Models injected kit, the figures are conversions of Dragon Guadalcanal Marines, with some Tamiya mortar crew parts. The sandbags are from Italeri, with epoxy putty blending. Painting is with acrylics, [...]
Well not to be a headline hog, but figured I'd add a Tank to the mix. I love armor as well.
I picked this one up at a local model show for $10. Again built stock out-of-box. Painted with Model Master acrylics and weathered with oil washes, filters and pastels. Figure painting is certainly not my forte, especially modern US 3-tone [...]
Still on an armor run. This one was actually a great surprise Boithday gift from my kid last year (January 22) and a fabulous gift it was. I probably never would have bothered to get it, as it came in a three-installment deal in concert [...]
Hello, for my first article I present the Pit Road Vickers Crossely 1/35 scale armored car. Acquired from Hobby Link Japan just before Christmas this was a nice easy build. All the parts were well fitting and parts count low, a pleasure of [...]
Here's my small dio/vignette featuring Tamiya's JSU-152. It's intended to depict the Soviets advancing through Berlin in early April 1945, right before the end of the war.
The JSU-152 was built OOB. It's a wonderful kit that goes together [...]
