Minart GAZ AAA

...with a big gun. Too big probably but that's okay, I had a blast making this one. Not much to say about this one, which was my entry at AMPS nationals in Auburn other than maybe that it was a little rushed. I was actually working on it in hotel rooms in both Chicago and Auburn in the days prior to the show.

These are just some quick photos, they're kinda crap too. I had a long week and I'm still recovering from a total lack of sleep.

Enjoy.

Raw steel anyone?

This is where the Bofors will mount into the bed of of the GAZ. This is simply two pieces of styrene sheet stock, stretched sprue welds and Calibre35 resin bolt heads.

I was amazed at how ridiculously easy this effect is to achieve. I wont get in depth here but will save it for the finished article. I just wanted to share the photo.

What is he up to now?

This is just a sly hint at one of my current projects. I'm trying to have it completed for AMPS Nationals in less than three weeks. I hope to have something worth posting here by the first of May.



See you then.

Long gone two.

This is the second thing I was doing in that quiet spell, the Ma.K. Panzer Kampf Anzug Ausf K-4 'KETZER'.

This is the second armored suit I've built in the series and I am growing very fond of them. They are fast builds which allow me to get right to the part I like best, the finish. Being of fictional nature, they allow a very open interpretation of how to paint and weather them etc. so you can really go to town.  Not too much else to say other than enjoy the pictures

Too long gone

Sorry for such a long absence, I've actually been very busy with non modeling stuff but have managed some time at the bench every so often. I have completed the Miniart Harley and apologize for not having put up more in progress shots, especially of the Celticwerks base but here are a few pics of the final scene.

A full build article will be featured in a future issue of Military In Scale.

Enjoy.

 

 

Current projects on the bench

 Wont get too in depth here, just a brief update to keep things fresh. I have a few things going on and I figured I might share a couple.

First up is a little wonder of engineering, the MiniArt 1/35 WLA Harley Davidson. Not a kit for the faint of heart, half the parts are smaller than the sprue gate they are attached to. Seriously finicky work, especially those photo etch spokes. I have it painted and just started pin washes and filters, gonna make her dirty though, I have some neat photos of filthy bikes I'm using as reference. More to come.

Here's a little update just for Geo and Eryk, I've been slacking on 'the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy' but it's a huge undertaking and I get burnt out quick. I thought I'd share just a few shots of what it currently looks like, I have a long way to go yet. I hope to get back to it and get the red, yellow and dark gray panels done so I can start beating her up. 'till then, this is all I have at the moment. Check out the highlights and shading on the individual panels. The guys at ILM never thought of that eh?

Hobby Boss M3A1 Scout Car

This is a project I have been working on behind the scenes for Military Modelcraft International and will be featured in a future issue. The photos posted here were not submitted to the magazine, so I thought I would share them with my followers.

The resin display base is a Celticwerks base and can be found on their products page, number CWS005. The foliage is from the Silflor range and while fairly expensive, looks the part when it comes to live plants. The figure is made up of some older Verlinden airborne soldier parts taken from the spares box. 

The build was loosely based upon a photo in a Steve Zaloga book, showing a camouflaged scout car providing support to the 82nd airborne in Italy, found on page 29 of Concords, US Tank Battles- in North Africa and Italy 1943-45.