It's late 2010. After starting the Tamiya Steyr kit I found a bunch of old modelling stuff at my
parents. These included some quite well preserved figures, paints, and even the
old but battered 1970's Tamiya Tiger I. What surprised me most of all though was that
some of the Tamiya paint's were still usable!
I figured the Tiger I would be a great guinea pig so I set about trying out some
of the latest techniques I had read about. One thing that I picked up early on is that the large Tamiya
spray tins are not really suitable for 1/35 scale kits, and I would have to get
my hands on an airbrush. I did some research and soon acquired an Iwata
HP-C-Plus and compressor.
The Panzerwreck books really appealed to me so from the very start I was
attempting to convey some wrecks. Scratchmod's site was a great inspiration and
I soon set about destroying brand new but very cheap kit's, in my attempt to
display wrecked vehicles.