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Sunday, 16 November 2025
Jagdpanther G1 (Meng 1/35 kit TS-039) Chapter 2: Painting
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Previous chapter The remaining construction went largely without hitch, but as you will see from the reviews you do need to conduct a l...
Monday, 20 October 2025
Why do I build what I build?
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I’ve had to take a break from the hobby since the beginning of September due to some large home improvement work. Whilst doing plenty of r...
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Scale modelling with ADHD
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Being naturally blessed with wizard like hyper focusing abilities, you would assume that during the past decade I would have produced a ...
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Jagdpanther G1 (Meng 1/35 kit TS-039) Chapter 1: Brief history, kit reviews, and adding zimmerit
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History The Jagdpanther was preceded by two attempts at mounting an 8.8 cm gun as a self-propelled anti-tank weapon; Ferdinand - also kn...
Friday, 15 August 2025
Sd.Kfz.8 DB10 Gepanzerte 12T (Trumpeter 1/35 kit #01584) Chapter 16: Mission accomplished.
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Previous chapter And so, at last, after more than thirteen years of neglect, may I present the finished article. I hope you like it...
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Sd.Kfz.8 DB10 Gepanzerte 12T (Trumpeter 1/35 kit #01584) Chapter 15: Final stage weathering & tilt cover frame
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Previous chapter Oil paints were used again to accentuate areas at the rear of the vehicle over existing acrylic dust layers. Th...
Sunday, 3 August 2025
Sd.Kfz.8 DB10 Gepanzerte 12T (Trumpeter 1/35 kit #01584) Chapter 14: Second stage weathering (dust layer)
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Previous chapter The next stage of weathering effects is one I have used on a couple of projects to date, and the results can look c...
Friday, 1 August 2025
Dried dust and mud weathering effects SBS
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If you like a dusty operational look to your AFV models and are quite handy with the hairspray technique, this process can create realis...
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Sd.Kfz.8 DB10 Gepanzerte 12T (Trumpeter 1/35 kit #01584) Chapter 13: Oil paint rendering
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Previous chapter Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. These selectively applied and time consuming oil paint stages are not for everyo...
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Sd.Kfz.8 DB10 Gepanzerte 12T (Trumpeter 1/35 kit #01584) Chapter 12: First stage weathering begins
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Previous chapter With the vehicle fully built up it was time to put a personal stamp on the project. For this first stage of weath...
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