Showing posts with label 1:35. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1:35. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Tamiya Leopard 1A4: Like Going Home

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  I’ve neglected this blog for far too long, and have been so busy in recent years with my writing career that modelling has taken a back se...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Kit Review: Academy’s M51 Isherman (#1373)

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When Academy learned their craft and got over the period when they pirated Tamiya’s range to flesh out their own (no, I will never forget or...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Kit Review: Tamiya #35156 M1A1 (ODS) MBT

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What is there to say about this kit that hasn’t been said before? Probably nothing. But it’s a good one and deserves to be revisited. It’s c...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tracks: A Six-Part Process

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It’s been the proverbial age since I last posted, what with completing my PhD, working, and a recent trip to the UK for a conference, but I’...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

I’m Stunned

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I could say I’m disgusted, bemused or distressed, just the same. Even naïve… I read on a net forum last night that there was never a busines...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Kits That Build Themselves (Almost)

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Late in 2009 I built Tamiya’s old StuG IV kit (35087) and was delighted with the easy-build characteristics of the 1970s approach to kit eng...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Doing It (Not So) Tough

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I had thought that I would be calling this “Doing It Tough,” but in the end it wasn’t that hard. I bought Italeri’s M110 SP Howitzer (#291) ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Breaking Your Dragon Virginity

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Over the years I have noticed a certain progression in armour modellers, from easy scales to more challenging ones, and from easier builds t...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Recently Completed: Trumpeter SA-2 -- Finishing That Shelf-Sitter

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After a long and particularly busy hiatus (involving submission of a PhD thesis, beginning a new job and continuing with past endeavours), I...
Monday, March 1, 2010

Monochrome, Pt 2

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 As promised, here’s another look at “triple value monochrome,” with the Trumpeter 1:35 M1126 Stryker as the subject. I started this one alo...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Taming Brass

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  I had something of a pleasant surprise today: my latest AFV is decked out with photoetched brass, something I would never have expected. B...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Monochrome, and When It Isn’t

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 There are some techniques that “take a bit of getting comfortable with,” and some that take a bit of nerve to try out. Pre- and post-shadin...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Product Review: Cavalier Zimmerit

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Australian firm Cavalier Model Productions has been around for quite a few years now, and besides their resin car kits and other esoteric go...