A MODELMAKER’S LIFE: HOT DAYS AND ACRYLIC PAINT
Acrylic paints are great to use until the temperatures rise and their drying times start to speed up…
Where building models, is all we ever want to do!
Acrylic paints are great to use until the temperatures rise and their drying times start to speed up…
I don’t care how old how rare or how sort-after a kit is, unless it is used for the purpose it was created, to result in a miniature you can look at, that kit has zero value to me.
Having now finished Das Werk’s 1/35 Panther, I can now focus on painting and weathering.
Bright finishes can be really tricky to paint, but sometimes success comes from the primer, rather than that final layer of colour…
Why do simple jobs always create the most problems, after all, how hard can it be to paint a couple of exhausts?
A day of progress as the Centurion went from bland canvass, into something a little more lifelike…
Why do I alway forget how to paint military vehicle models, when building aircraft, is simply second-nature?!
When a hard-edge camouflage pattern comes calling, sometimes it’s easier to handpaint it, than reach for the airbrush…
With memories flooding back, is it time to build another collection of cut-price Tamiya dioramas?
A very pleasing trip out to another model show for some inspiration, chit-chat and shopping…








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