Random thoughts

I missed last week due to an international summer vacation with the family, so I'm going big to make up! It's not armor, but it's amazing! Tutorial for printing your own diorama "title plaques" at home Modeling buckles and straps tutorial Bob Letterman's Sayonara diorama walkthrough Big list of highly rated WWII movies (a bunch on this list I haven't seen...  yet!) Impressive gallery of wreckers A gaggle of video tutorials from the Baton Rouge Scale Modelers club Nebelwerfer diorama Strange Series of Photographs Show Hitler Practicing His Body Language Hidden amid the foliage and scrap metal, abandoned fleet of WWII fighter planes lie rotting in the backwoods of Ohio "Battleground" movie figure build

Another batch, here we go! Pink as a camouflage color? Illawarra Plastic Modellers' Association (IPMA) show galleries - Part III - Tanks trucks and troops Better colors for the photos of your models Very cool Opel variant One hell of a diorama! (Forgive me if it's been posted before... it's too cool not to share again!) Cool build log of a scratchbuilt Italian home

Wow, some really amazing weathering model submissions at the Made in Poland Facebook contest page. You have to check this one out!

Happy Friday! Is there anything better than a bunch of inspirational dioramas?? Amazing diorama - this is a GREAT representation of a slice of time and action One of my new all-time favorite dioramas... anyone know who created this?? Another amazing diorama from the ever impressive Bob Letterman Cool diorama of a FAMO trailer collapsing a bridge that couldn't support the weight Super cool post-apocalypse diorama Rusty old truck LIFE at the Liberation of Paris: A Photographer’s Story The Harsh Poetry of World War II Battlefield Signs World War II in Color: The Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome Tunsia in colors Is there anything more fun to share online than pictures of your workbench? Here's one of many, many forum threads around the web on Armorama.  And of course, here's my own post about my workbench! (Which reminds me... I need to update this post with the newest additions.

More Friday fun finds! If you have something you think I should share with the community, feel free to leave a comment or drop me an email! "Follow Me!!" Opel Omnibus Kommanderwagen Great vignette

I am going to be doing an Out of the Box (OOB) build for a local contest coming up in October. The rules for this particular category say that they will go by the IPMS judging rules... which I needed to look up. In doing so, I came across the IPMS Competition Handbook. It's a collection of helpful information to understand how judges at model events will be looking at your competition models. I thought it was worth sharing. Even if you don't plan on entering contests, it's a good checklist of things to watch during your build process. Basic Construction Flash, sink marks, mold marks, ejector-pin marks, provisions for motorization eliminated. Seams filled where applicable, especially on cylindrical parts such as gun barrels, wheels, and auxiliary equipment. Contour errors corrected. Gaps between upper and lower hulls blanked off to prevent a "see-through" effect. Gap/overlap at point where track ends join [...]