Posts about techniques I use to make modeling easier.
How to make them work — sort of I had been reading about challenges airbrushing Vallejo and came into nearly a hundred bottles of Model Color and Model Air, plus some primers. As I’m always looking for better solutions I decided I’d learn how to airbrush them. The first thing I did was mix […]
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Finemolds work in progress, part 1 I started the kit this weekend. I decided to try my hand at painting the raised instrument details instead of using decals. The kit is engineered to support more than one variant. After a little study I clipped the major bits off and cleaned the sprue nibs. The bigger
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I had to salvage a decal recently so decided to share how I did that. Short video for this post. https://greenshirtmodeler.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Liquid-Decal-Film-SD-480p.mov
Another brushes only effort. I really do enjoy modeling like this as it reminds me of my younger days. Completed in August, 2022.
Ha ha! I just realized after typing in the title that this post will likely crop up on a lot of searches having nothing to do with 1/72nd scale aircraft or plastic models…er…never mind. I’ve been struggling with photographing my models for the last few months. Set up the booth and lights, take pictures, then
This is not meant to be a show-n-tell of my hobby room, but a near term dilemma: how to display my models when completed? While I have many shelves, about half of them are filled with my stash. Yes, I could temporarily move them to a hidden closet somewhere, but I’m likely to forget about
