Category: Painting
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A Word About Roden
I shall be polite, and not choose the word that comes first to mind… Roden models are made in Ukraine and that probably qualifies them for admiration and sympathy in today’s world. They have it from me for their plight, but not so much for their products. I have built two – a Pfalz D.IIIA…
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Pfalz D.IIIa – Part Three – The Stag Knight
And so few of us remember ours, eh? The Roden Pfalz D.IIIa is done, and within 4 days of start. It had been the Christmas-New Years hiatus and I hied my atus to the workshop and got busy. It was not such a kit as demanded a great deal of work, but it repaid precision.…
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The Colour Of Your Model Is Wrong
But it’s not the fault of the paint – or of you. It’s the result of history. Cast your mind back to when you were a kid during the Boer war. When you could still get that crispy bacon. Remember what the photographs taken at the Battle of Bloemfontein looked like? The videos taken by…
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Italeri F/A 18 Hornet – Part Three – Perkkele!
Not really – I have nothing to complain about. Stay where you are. The finish on this Finnish aircraft is courtesy of the paints that were gifted to me by Warren Jones – I am getting to grips with the business of enamels with lacquer thinners and in many respects they seem to be easier…
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” Just Popping To The Shop, Dear…”
And I’m only going to buy a pot of silver paint for the new model. That’s all. Oh look. I’ve come home with $125.00 worth of new kits and a pot of silver paint. However did that happen? If you would strengthen yourself in resolve, skill, monetary resource, and marital bliss – don’t pop down…
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Soviet ZIS-5 Part Six – Igor’s Flying Inn
This truck and the accompanying accessories are to be known as Igor’s Flying Inn – named after GK Chesterton’s novel and my friend in Ukraine. It was not hard to find 12 crates of vodka to load onto the truck. Or the table and chairs. Or the wooden box full of cheese and sausages. The…
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Soviet ZIS-5 – Part Four – Yes Or No?
Do I take an extra day – and undercoat the body parts of the ZIS-5? Or just spray paint straight onto the tan plastic and hope it doesn’t scratch off? Well, I have decided to be moral, and careful, and cowardly. I have seen too many finishes ruined by me when I try to take…
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Soviet ZIS-5 – Part Three – Non-Rolling Chassis
You can say what you like about Tamiya paints – I swear by their Dark Iron for nearly all the chassis I make – tank, car, or truck. I’ve been under motor vehicles and I know what colour they are… In this case the ZIS-5 truck ( made by the Ural factory, I surmise )…
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Soviet ZIS-5 – Part One – The Red Army Truck
I have been the recipient of a very kind gift yet again – this Hobby Boss model of a Red Army ZIS-5 truck was purchased in Singapore at a very good hobby shop and came to me at a very advantageous price… The box art is stirring, but the basic truck looks plain. Inside, however,…
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Grumman F3F – Part Four – Red Ripper
Well, that’s what the colour call-out said. VF-4 Red Rippers embarked on the USS RANGER – pre 1941. I have been adding steadily to the Yellow Wing Navy shelf for years. So far I’ve resisted the temptation to paint the scheme on planes that never carried it and I’m glad to see that there were…
The Little World 