My friends, tonight we have a brand new 3D printable accessory, courtesy of Kommi! This triangular fuel canister is modelled at 1:1 scale, so make sure to adjust its dimensions according to your project :)
Thanks a lot Kommi, you're awesome!
The file is in the drive below,...
2022-01-21 20:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, heavy mud finishes always take the longest because there's just way too many layers at play. But, BUT! I've finally got them done!
The pre-dusted upper surface were first treated with the same paints and techniques as the lower hull and running gear. After setting up this ...
2022-01-21 20:25:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, after my initial skepticism, the washes, chips, and rust tones actually made quite a difference! Enjoy!
2022-01-21 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I had to take a break from my workbench session to show you this mid-stage progress on the earth tones. You know I'm probably the last guy who'd blow his own trumpet, but this time I'm so satisfied because I feel like this is some pretty fine pre-dusting. At least personally I conside...
2022-01-19 20:23:27 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, after finding some good inspiration during a walk in a rather muddy forest this weekend I proceeded to weather the tracks.
I used the same methods as on the lower hull and tracks, and some additional contrast will be added once the upper surfaces are weathered as well. I f...
2022-01-17 20:49:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Muh friends, my apologies! I don't know what happened, but I just had the weirdest mental block in a long time. As I was getting ready to start adding mud effects to the lower hull, I simply froze in place. I wanted to try a different product (and approach) and I was very unsure about the process...
2022-01-14 19:12:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, this one is a bit on the short side, but I think it gets the point (and weird thinking) across :)
2022-01-14 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the phone camera is getting deceived with every batch of photos, lol. These pics show the AMX how it actually looks like, and oh boy, it looks even sweeter on video, no doubt thanks to the fancy blackground. Enjoy! 😁
2022-01-12 18:41:28 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the details, welds, small crap, and all the other things are painted! So this means the frog is ready for earth effects and that's where we'll see if this whole experiment is gonna be an epic win or fail.
I'm very impressed with the details on the 50 cal. Yup, this is the ...
2022-01-10 16:20:59 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the rust effects over chips are done, and I think they're starting to tone down the heavy posh-shading. It's not a heavy oil dot filter that covers up the entire surface, thus toning the effects down, but it's more stuff happening on the model that drags the attention away from the sh...
2022-01-08 23:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, let's kick this year off with a build video!
PS. If anyone is interested in the grab handle tool, here's a link https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313801731660
It's a small production item and...
2022-01-07 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the next step was chipping, all done using the standard approach - sponge for light chips and Dark Rust (Panzer Aces) for the steel chipping. I would've finished this step yesterday, but you know how things sometimes go - you plan a long session at the workbench, but other things come...
2022-01-06 16:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I decided to kick off this weathering with a wash, and what a bamboozle it was. To get some practice, I started with a few weld beads and it was very surprising to see how they made almost no difference (heavily post-shaded surface doing its job). Then, in some places, the welds turne...
2022-01-04 10:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's a small story that happened during the holidays 😁
As I was waiting for the Christmas dinner, I had some time to kill so I started googling random historical vehicles out of boredom. I found this dope ass photo of an Italian Semovente M40 and immediately thought "...
2022-01-02 12:13:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some eye-burning white HD photos 😁 My apologies for the radio silence my friends. Everything's coming back to usual this Friday with an early video. I really needed that break for some peace of mind.
2022-01-02 09:58:21 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, first of all, I wish you the best in 2022! Let's hope it'll be finally better than the previous year (or the year before that). As the minutes were closing in on midnight on Friday, I thought about the start of 2021. It felt like a fresh start after 2020, but it ended up being... well...
2022-01-02 09:55:29 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I wish you all Merry Christmas. I hope you'll find something nice under the tree, be it a new kit or something completely different. But more importantly, good times with your family and loved ones!
2021-12-24 10:04:39 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I can finally walk without a crutch, and it doesn't matter if it's just around the house or it's a long walk outside! You must've sent me tons of calcium because my bones look MINT. So now I can fully focus on regaining all the lost strength in the leg 😊
In other news, ...
2021-12-22 20:11:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Here it's still orange 😁 And the background on these will always remain white. Oh, my eyes, they're burning!!! 😁
2021-12-21 21:06:51 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, you've seen a paintbrush telegraph pole, now get ready for a brush gun barrel! The start of the spraying session was a disaster struck moment, because I've run out of black primer! So I had to prime the hull with mahogany brown. At first I wanted to re-spray it with a black paint, but...
2021-12-21 20:59:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Muh friends, the AMX-50 is ready for painting!
The model was a bit bland, definitely a nice canvas for painting, but still... it lacked some extra surface details. So after using the remaining parts from the kit, I went through my spares, hoping to find some useful details.
For ...
2021-12-19 18:26:44 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the welding on this tank is really crazy. The entire turret is just randomly welded from various steel plates 😁But I've got that out of the way, as well as some casting seam lines on the mantlet and front hull.
I also added those handles that were destroyed either durin...
2021-12-17 21:37:18 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the running gear has been successfully snapped off and re-glued into correct position. But another tedious task was scribing! Yes, there are the obligatory weld lines (the turret has some CRAZY welding!), but also some of the panel lines are strangely reproduced as raised details, for...
2021-12-15 19:46:53 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, these gems were kindly provided by Mac McCartney, one of Night Shift members!
As usual, they can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Qz8u...
2021-12-13 20:27:18 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, so this was supposed to be that quick weekend build before I start working on the WW1 diorama, but...
My initial impressions about the Resinscales kit were way too optimistic. Removing the printing supports from large parts was very easy, just as expected, but the small stuff an...
2021-12-13 19:52:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a heads-up, the video is now processed and you can watch it in full res, enjoy!
2021-12-10 19:49:18 +0000 UTC View Post
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Qz8uvCPM9AihsbJxO_t19NvahY4SEPAn
My friends, here it is, the file is called "Gutter.stl"
It's quite a rudimentary design, bu...
2021-12-10 10:33:57 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, this has been such a wonderful project. At times it felt like an adventure where you go and explore uncharted territories and discover new things. I can't wait to put this scene into my display case!
This diorama will also be the final video in 2021. Now I need to clean my...
2021-12-10 10:29:30 +0000 UTC View Post
These photos do it more justice than the video, much enjoy! 😊
2021-12-10 10:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends.... this enormous project has officially reached the finish line and oh boy, it was a joyride and a rollercoaster at the same time. The more I was reaching the end, the more I started disliking the whole thing, the more mistakes I kept noticing, etc etc. But finally completing it... it...
2021-12-07 20:59:27 +0000 UTC View Post