Armorama has posted another one of my reviews, this time around on Reality in Scale's German 88mm ammo boxes. Here's the headline: amazing product. Check out the full review for the rest of the info! --- Update: Check out this review of the 75mm version of this product.
And for some Friday Find coolness: Take some time and browse the Kubelmodel's Facebook page. Some really incredible work! Painting a Wall in 1/35 scale. Step by Step Very cool model, but stunningly awesome base design! WWII Myths – T-34 Best Tank Of The War Amazing rusted omnibus hulk How to article for Vallejo Liquid metallic paints (and dig around this site... lots of great content!) Quick, but handy figure painting tutorial (click the "next" button to go through the steps) Beautiful Opel Omnibus model Creating realistic wood grain (I've been trying this method and it works!) Painting figures video (This is a basic view of the process, but a good reminder when we need to dust off our brains between figure projects) Very cool book I just ordered: WWII Diorama Art And just because, here's some additional non-modeling links to keep you people happy: Life Magazine's collection of vintage cocktails "Birdman" trailer [...]
When was the last time you found yourself on Pinterest.com? I’ve followed the rise of Pinterest for the last several years as it related to my job and personal interests around online social connection and networking. And my wife has been an avid user for some time now. But I never really thought much of the site for my personal interests, and certainly not as it related to scale modeling. Pinterest has held a reputation from the beginning as a “female oriented social network”, and until recently, this was a reputation with some amount of merit. After all, if you want to find cooking instruction, fingernail art, or scrapbooking content, for instance, there is no better place to look. Scale modeling content? Not much there for much of Pinterest’s life… until now. If you aren’t paying attention to Pinterest, you’re missing out. The next time you have a few extra minutes… [...]
I missed last week's links, but I have a good excuse... I was in Virginia at the IPMS Nationals! So let's start off with some of that coolness from the event: Vendor room setup time lapse Amazingly well done 1/32 scale B-17 diorama (The propellor + sound timing is stunning) A behind the scenes version of the electronics of that B-17 Cybermodeler Online show report Scale Model Soup report + his photo gallery A huge photo gallery of the creations at the show Judging time lapse (wow, that's a lot of activity!)
AUGUST?? WHAT?? Fine. Here's the links for the first Friday of a new month. Yikes! Great new build! Great diorama. I love these "in-motion" diorama! Really takes some special skills to make this work!
UPDATE: Since there wasn't much response this week, given my lack of promotion due to work travel, I'm extending through this coming week! -- Well, the first Monday Giveaway was a great success. So let's do it again! I recently moved my hobby room to another room in the house and in doing so, discovered a few duplicate items. So I'm bundling for a "package" giveaway this time around. Below is what you stand to win. It's a grab bag of fun. Don't tell me you don't want to turn the Ford truck into a rusted out hulk! Tiger I In Action (Squadron Signal) book Trumpeter 1/72 British "Wyvern" S.4 1/72 Aber German Tank Barrel for Ferdinand & Elefant (#72 L-05) Monogram 1/24 Ford F-350 "Duallie" Pickup Like last time, you have to do some work for the prize. To enter, leave a comment below telling me the following: How many projects [...]
Nearly a year ago, I connected with Jose Rodriguez of MiG Productions via email. I asked him to answer a few questions for the blog, and he kindly agreed. Interesting stuff, and I’m sure you’ll agree. Thanks, Jose! Sorry it took me so long to get this published! --- Jake: Tell me about yourself...how did you come to start MIG Productions. Jose: I was born in Havana, Cuba in 1962 and immigrated first to Madrid Spain, moved to Barcelona a year latter and then came to the USA in the Summer of 1974. I have been a modeler since I came to this country, and started building the big Monogram 1/32 scale bombers. I started my Tiger Productions Diorama Products cottage industry company back in 1993 to try and fill voids in the scenery market. I started first with only plaster based products such as buildings, cobble stone streets, rubble and [...]
Drum roll please...... The winner of the Tank Art 3 book is Aaron ! Aaron will be getting his book in the mail shortly. Thanks again to Rinaldi Studio Press for their kind support! And don't forget to watch the blog. I'll be running another Monday Giveaway soon... maybe as soon as ... Monday! (Methodology: Counted the number of submissions, used Random.org to randomly select a number between 1 and 13, then counted down the number of comments from the top.)
I skipped last week's links due to vacation. So I'll try to make it up this week! Have you wondered why you can't find the high quality sable brushes? Now you know. One of the local club members turned me on to these tiny (and I mean tiny) LEDs. Can't wait to put them to use! Check out the full line. They have some super cool stuff. Check out this cool "third hand" tool, FixO. The Armorama review is pretty positive, so pop over and support the crowdfunding project on Indiego!
I've had the luck (and the pleasure) of having met Bob Bethea, a local and amazing figure painter, at my local club meeting. Bob has been incredibly kind and generous with his time as he teaches me the fine art of figuring painting. I recently republished an article Bob had written for our local club newsletter sharing some of his tips on getting start with figuring painting, and if you haven't read it, it's well worth the time. I thought I'd also share the newbie viewpoint on what I've learned. Often, the things that screw up the newbies don't even registered on the minds of the experienced folks. So in no particular order, here's a few of my tips. And remember, this only applies to acrylic paints! Wet palette Don't use the paint trays with small recesses, buy or make a wet palette. Google it for more info, but basically, a [...]