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AMT’s “Cadet Series” – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Set – Part 2
Welcome to Part 2, where I’ll cover the decaling and painting of the AMT Cadet Series of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. For those of you just tuning in, take a few moments and have a look at what I … Continue reading
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Kit Review: AMT’s “Cadet Series” – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Set
Hello everyone! This entry is a first for me – a sponsored kit review on behalf of a hobby vendor. I’m doing periodic reviews for the company Models4Hobby.co.uk, and they’ve sent me this kit for review and build. A copy … Continue reading
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E25 Tank Destroyer Build Log – Part 4
Well, happy circumstances never cease! I was cleaning off our ultra-portable and happened to find a folder copy of my E25 tank destroyer before it was painted, showing all the PE parts applied – it is a little late to … Continue reading
E-25 Build Log – Part 5 (final)
Well, unfortunately I lost all the pics of the finished photo-etch, and that kinda put me off of tracking the remainder, so my apologies for those who were wanting to follow that section – sorry :(. However! I finished it … Continue reading
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E25 Tank Destroyer Build Log – Part 3
Photo-etch parts Although the Trumpeter kit does come with some photo-etch parts for grilles and fenders, there are a couple of extra 3rd-party PE kits to go with it that add an even more dramatic level of detail. For this … Continue reading
E25 Tank Destroyer Build Log – Part 2
Back again – sorry for the delay in posting, but our living room lamp blew out and I haven’t had an evening with sufficient light to do any work. Tonight I’m going to be talking a bit about the suspension, … Continue reading
New Build Log: the Trumpeter E25 Tank Destroyer
Hi all – Quick post today – last night I started the build on the E25 Tank Destroyer, as produced by Trumpeter. I’ll post a quick update later tonight, but last night I did up the suspension units and some … Continue reading
Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model – Final
Here’s Helga, all done up! I still intend to go back some time and add some basing, but I haven’t figured out what kind of terrain to site her in. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy the pics (large versions are … Continue reading
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Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model – cont’d
Part 9 Approaching “done” status on the model itself – for the time being I’m going to leave the base very plain, but I’ll probably revisit it at some point to add some terrain and give the weathering on the … Continue reading
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Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model – cont’d
Part 6 Not a lot of action today, though it might look like it – I applied the “dots” of the ambush camo pattern today, and that’s likely to be it for the day. I used middlestone and chocolate brown … Continue reading
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