Tag: finishing

• Do You Dine Clean Or Dirty?

  

  Old British officers will know the difference. For scale modellers the question may be posed differently; do you build clean or dirty? Are your models fully weathered, tinted, oiled, and matted, or are they factory-fresh. It can be a great topic if you want to get tempers up – the two groups striving to justify…

  Dick Stein

  August 25, 2025

  camouflage, Colour Schemes, display, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Painting, Self Reliance, Weathering

  finishing, Painting, Weathering

• ” It’s Very Toy-Like “

  

  Ever hear that said when someone is looking at a die-cast product in the shop? Or a plastic kit with only a few parts? Ever hear it when someone is looking at a painted scale model? And said with a sneer in the voice? Well if it is ever said to you, or of your models,…

  Dick Stein

  August 23, 2019

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, die cast, Lacquer, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Painting, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized, Weathering

  aesthetic judgement, finishing, models, Toys

• The Aisle Of The Darned

  

  Never mind the Isle Of The Damned or the Isle Of The Doomed – they are just comic book fiction. We have a real Aisle Of The Darned at my local hobby shop. From the start of it to the end, it is shelf after shelf of paint. No-one I know has ever successfully traversed…

  Dick Stein

  August 25, 2018

  Acrylic, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Enamel, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  finishing, Hobby shop, paint