1/48 Tamiya Dewoitine Tobruk de Torch

Greetings all,

I've been at it again. Here is my latest build for my local club challenge. This model will be going into the National Model Expo. 1/48 Tamiya Dewoitine D.520. What a pleasure to build this kit, everything went together easily, the only area i had issues with were the side windows. This was no fault of the kit, just my bad habits I suspect. The cockpit is pretty much stock with the exception of Eduard belts and I used aftermarket dials (decals) on the instrument panel. she was painted with ModelMaster enamels and the decals are from Iliad. They went down beautifully. I gave it a black water colour wash. First time I've done this and I think it turned out OK. I need more practice though. Any tips in this area would be appreciated. Finished off with ModelMaster Matt lacquer. Please post comments.

Cheers - Leo

Latest build Tamiya 1/35 Sturmgeschutz IV

Hi everyone,

Just finished this fun build of the  Tamiya 1/35 Sturmgeschutz IV. The only aftermarket bit is the barrel, when looking at the kit one, the choice was obvious. I also scratch built the tow cable at the rear with fishing wire. The antennas were made from stretched sprue. Probably the only thing I didn't like were the one piece tracks. Although they fit well, It was pretty hard to get the seam marks off. Otherwise everything went well together. Tamiya paints were my preferred option with an undercoat of red brown followed by desert yellow. I painted the interior flat white.  I tried the salt effect and I thought this turned out pretty good. The model was finished with oil paint washes and powders. I recon I over did the weathering and will probably tone it down for the next build. Please tell me what you think.

Till the next build.

Cheers - Leo