In case you build German armor and haven't seen this archive, head over there ASAP! Great, great collection of photos! Flickr: GLORY. The largest archive of german WWII images' Photostream
Excellent diorama! The Combat Workshop: Scale Modeling: Wrecked Imperial Walker - Finished!
Hilarious! The Combat Workshop: Scale Modeling: Yoda in the Hood.
This week's Sprue Cutter's Union asks: How does your spouse (significant other) view your hobby? Quite simply, she's very supportive. She listens politely when I tell her intricate stories about how I managed to properly sand resin casting plugs without damaging the detail next to it. She has lovingly supported me taking over the office room and turning it into the modeling room. She doesn't get too irritated when I wait until she falls asleep so I can head back to the workbench. Hell, she even helped my daughter buy me a cool kit for Father's Day. Best of all, she doesn't tease me about this, the nerdiest of pursuits! I can't talk about how my wife thinks about the hobby without publicly thanking her for her loving support. She's far too good to me. --- Here's the rest of the Sprue Cutter's Union crew: Kermit's Bench David Knight's Weblog Mattblackgod's [...]
For Father's Day, my wife and daughter gave me a 1:72 scale Dragon Sd. Kfz. 263. It's a WWII German armored vehicle, so I was excited to start building it. I build exclusively 1:35 scale, so stepping out of my comfort zone was going to be fun experiment. Plus, I've been reading many articles about cool new 1:72 releases lately. In particular, I really want to build the Opel Omnibus, and since it's only produced in 1:72 scale right now, I had to dig in and learn something new. You know how sometimes a great theory turns out to be a frustrating reality? Yeah, I don't think I'm a 1:72 scale (also affectionally known as "braille scale") modeler. I was about halfway through this fun experiment when I realized that I wanted to turn in my xacto knife! The parts were small and lacked detail, the small part build was incredibly [...]
I saw this at the local armor builders meeting this week. Very cool. Good job, Oscar!
I found this in my travels across the Web this weekend and thought I'd share. Pretty hilarious!
I'm jumping into the Sprue Cutters Union (SCU) with this entry. SCU is a "blog carnival", a collection of bloggers being challenged to answer the same questions on a weekly basis. Join us! This week's question: What will never make its way on to your workbench? I'm still very new to this hobby, so I'm not going to rule much of anything out, genre-wise. I might not be that interested in civilian cars, but then again, rusty, old, busted cars might be fun some day! That said, there's one clear answer to this question: scantily clad female figures. I can comfortably say that I will never be doing figures like the one featured in the most recent Weathering Magazine: As I wrote about in depth, this is an unnecessary and fairly sexist subject that creates a pointlessly difficult conversation with my 6 year old daughter. As I said over [...]
Mechanical Dog: How to... Aligned holes (From time to time, I will post quick hit "how to" content I find around the Web. These techniques are meant to showcase talented modelers, as well as showcasing helpful tips and tricks)
During the Steyr 1500 Radio Command Car superdetail project, I've been doing a lot of research online to find great pictures of the small and large Steyr details. I especially dug around for engine pictures as I worked without a net to add details. I thought it might be helpful to share some of this content here. Steyr walkaround Armorama.com's walkaround (and bonus walkaround for a Steyr 2000!) Kfz. of the Wehrmacht - Steyr 1500A page Steyr 1500A in detail book from WWP (If you can't find this cheaply, let me know and I'll share some pointers) An original military document about the Steyr engine (PDF download) Restored Steyr 1500 video I found a lot of other images around the Web, but those where the biggies. Just a warning though: many of the walkarounds seem to be done on museum or private collection vehicles...which means historical accuracy may or may not be [...]