Friday, May 3, 2024

WW2 German E-100 by Trumpeter

E-100 by Trumpeter in 1/35 depicted post 1945 with newly installed black lacquer barrel and recently installed aerial protection plate for crew. Over 15 modifications/changes and additions were made to this build including hull texturing, drilling out of machine gun barrel, empty extinguisher bracket, airbrushed stencils, sighting optics and front spare track holder with tracks.









Tuesday, April 2, 2024

WW2 Me262 A-1a

Tamiya Me262A-1A as seen towards end of the war. Front fuselage panels were replaced but had not been repainted for service. Done in acrylics and Alclad II.








Thursday, October 26, 2023

Tamiya 1/12 F1 McLaren MP4/6

The McLaren Formula One car with a Honda V12 power plant in 1/12 scale. Tamiya paints used throughout. Except for some engine details with electrical wiring everything was stock out of the box. I left the main body part off due to the fact upon placement and removal it’s tends to scrape the finish off of the struts despite them being primered. Plus it covers up 90% of the eye candy when installed.












Monday, September 11, 2023

WW2 German Night Fighting Panther Ausf.F SD.KFZ.171

This particular Panther Ausf.F SD.KFZ.171 never saw combat and was discovered by the Allies as it was being used for night fighting trials, complete with infrared night vision, solid off-black camouflage and subdued insignia after the close of WWII. 

Rust and accumulated dust and rain watermarks predominates the tank itself after sitting outside unused for an undetermined amount of time.  It was taken by the Allies and used to test projectile effectiveness and then eventually scrapped.










Friday, May 5, 2023

WW2 Era Japanese 150 Ton Planned O-I Super-Heavy Tank

O-I super-heavy tank kit from Takom. Being it was a planned tank it was another clean slate as to what I wanted it to become in some ways, especially since it was such a large kit. I added front plate armor, rear crew telephone, front track holder and made a replacement side skirt for the left side still in slightly rusting primer due to tropical operating conditions. A pretty easy build as the vast majority of time was spent weathering. Each rivet was hand shadowed on the kit and the headlight lenses I made from resin.









 

WW2 French Char B1

 Tamiya kit of French Char B1 in 1/35 scale. Done in acrylics and oils for weathering.





Friday, April 21, 2023

WW2 German E-100 Center Mounted Krupp Turret

The E-100 with Krupp designed center turret. Model features scratch built infrared equipment on the turret top along with a remote controlled explosives contained Goliath tracked mine of which 4,929 were built during WW2 along with cradle and winch assembly. Acrylics, oil washes and various clay washes complete the build along with a few pigments.








WW2 Italian Lancia Armored Car Balkans 1943

Italian armored car down in acrylics with light oil washes. Camouflage is typical of the Balkans region in 1943.







 

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