I wanted achieve a highly weathered effect so I used large amounts of washes and weathering techniques. I wanted to make some parts look like they were covered with clothes so I made these clothes out of tin foil. The dock is scratchbuilt.
I bought the front section of this kit and made some revisions to it. I went "Gung-Ho" as we call it here in America and "hand crafted" several more parts. I had no plans, nor measurements so I just looked at a few [...]
Hello to everyone,
I have rediscovered this beautiful hobby couple years ago, after more than 30 years of break (since childhood). I like aviation, especially 3 and 4 gen fighter jets. After brush painting my models with enamel colors, [...]
With the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Europe in mind, I started working on the RPM T17E2 Staghound in 1:72. The say this kit is over-engineered is rather an understatement, especially the multi-part turret is quite a handful. I [...]
I bought this car 'cause the real one's were produced by the Ford Motor Company during the year of my birth.
This model kit had next to no flashing, but they had a couple of punch mark's on some of the parts. In fact if you pay attention [...]
For a kit that's over 20 years old, Tamiya still holds their own. This was a very fun kit to build and to paint up. I was really surprised by how easy Army Painter paints were to airbrush. I used Vallejo Airbrush Thinner at about a 60-40 [...]
Hello, fellas. Hope you are all safe and having a good time buiding models at home!
This kit has been reviewed several times. It was great when it came out (1996, IIRC), but has since been surpassed by Airfix’s new releases. The cockpit [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 North American P51D Mustang " Sweet Arlene" Flown by Lt Arthur Bowers 334thFS, 4th FG, 8th Airforce early 1945. #P51 #Mustang #8thAirfirce #48scale
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On January 9, 2020 I posted my first 1960 Ford Starliner car. I somehow forgot to post my second one which is like a "half" Starliner car.
My 1950 high school buddy Ed lives in Scottsdale, Arizona/U.S.A. and on my 2014 visit he [...]