Pre-shading I’m not one to typically weather, or pre-shade, or post-shade my models. I’m not looking for a miniature replica so much as a small model…hmm. So why try pre-shading? Well frankly it’s because I’ve never done it before and while I’ve seen it done beautifully on other models I wanted to try for myself. […]
Batch Build = New Techniques 3 Read More »
Primers So why not try other primers? Yes, my favorite is Tamiya gray rattle can primer, but it’s expensive and a 5 hour trip to get it. So I dropped into the local hardware store to see what they have. While in the UK I used Halford’s grey plastic primer and I have to say
Batch Build = New Techniques 2 Read More »
Ok, this may be just a bit of a rant…Google recently announced it is killing Picasa, their photo hosting and sharing service launched back in 2002. I’m not yet sure what this means for my blogs, which are hosted on Google’s Blogger and use PicasaWeb to store all the photos. Interestingly, when I tried using
Google’s photo hosting – Picasa will be no more Read More »
Fillers I decided that I’d use this batch build of 5 Heller Spitfire XVI kits to test a few new (to me) techniques. First up is fillers. I have my tried and true 3M Bondo red filler in a squeeze tube however it’s smelly and while I still have half a tube remaining, I’ve read
Batch Build = New Techniques 1 Read More »
Spitfires, what else? My queue is sitting pretty big right now. Before the batch build I’ve got 3 Spitfires, a Swordfish, Wildcat, Walrus, Fortress, Tomahawk and a Saturn V in the works. I’ve agreed to build out of scale and make the Monogram He-111 for a local museum as part of a “Bomber Bash” challenge
Another Batch Build in the works Read More »
Rudolf Berthold, JG2, 1918 This was another of my “shelf of doom” models that I’d started at least 15 years ago. What stopped me then was a lack of lozenge decals and my inability to paint them. The Subject If you know very little about World War I aircraft, you probably know about the Fokker
