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

1/72 Dragon Jagdtiger

Hi all,

This one is hot off the press. We have the 1/72 Dragon sd.kfz.186 Jagdtiger Porche production with Zimmerit. This kit went together without any problems, except for the rear exhaust plate. There was this huge gap that after looking at some photo's wasn't meant to be there. I had to grind away some of the top armor so it would fit better. Painting was done with mainly Tamiya acrylics. Started with a red brown undercoat then a coat of desert yellow, masked off the appropriate areas and finished with Humbrol flat white (best flat white on the market in my opinion). went a once over with clear flat lacquer, and then weathered it with pastels. My inspiration came from the Tiger article in Fine Scale Modeller FEB 2011. This is only my second armor model and i enjoyed it immensely. i feel there are more armor builds on the horizon. As all ways, comments welcome.
Cheers - Leo

1/72 Legato RE-2000 & 1/48 Tamiya A6M3

Hi all,

First up for 2011 is the Legato 1/72 RE-2000 in Hungarian markings. Pretty much OOB except for the pilot tube and seat belts. I finished it with Polyscale acrylic paints. They are ok and have a great range to choose from but have difficulty spraying them. I'm not too happy with how the camo turned out, as it was meant to be thinner green lines over a yellow base coat. I've just purchased a new airbrush so wasn't confident with the type of finish so i went with the good old blu tack.

Next is the 1/48 tamiya A6M3 (old raised panel line kit) I haven't finished a Tamiya kit in a long time and forgot how good they go together. The only addition was the seat belts (Eduard). Paints used were Tamiya acrylic and went on well. all in all an enjoyable build. The only thing I'm not happy about is the paint chipping. I've just bought a Tamiya silver marker and I obviously need more practice.

please comments everyone and don't hold back.
PS: I know my photography leaves a lot to be desired but am working on that.

Cheers - Leo P

My models

Hi Everyone,

I will be posting pics of my recently completed builds soon so please feel free to leave comments and don't hold back.

Thanks