Showing posts with label armour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label armour. Show all posts
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...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Rusting Metal

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Creating convincing rust is an artform, every armour modeller knows how, and there are a plethora of techniques. Oil pinwash creates very co...
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...
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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