1/35 M26 Pershing

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Another military kit. One of my last military builds for 2011 I guess. The kit was finished way back in July and just realised that I haven't posted this guy yet here. LOL.

Okay, what is it? It's an M26 Pershing that I really had fun building. Really. Honest. Why? I dunno, just had some laughs doing it. Maybe when I first painted the figures, they looked like Batman's Joker...whoever said painting miniature figures was easy, I'd like to see them do it.

Basically, the technique applied was the same as one of my previous builds. But I applied more on the silver to create the wear and tear rather the application of light brown and some black. It was a simple build (and I think that was the reason I had fun...mueheheheh).

1/35 M26 Pershing

Yep. Another one. And also the last for 2011. Not the last post, just the last military build. Next year is another story. Can we all say...diorama? Lol.

1/35 Tamiya 88mm Gunflak

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Military Build.

What is it? An 88mm Gunflak kit. What made it memorable? The awesome details and figures! (Yes, I really had to learn how to paint 1/35 figures a.s.a.p!)

It was a pretty tricky kit which you need to combine a wheel setting with the gunflak. Held by a screw it looked quite impressive. Gave it some details, but more or less the figure painting was the most fun I had.

Sorry for the setting. Heh. I'm really quite the lazy bum when it comes to do the settings. Always thought that why bother with the backgrounds when the main star is the work...Right? Lol.

So till next time!

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1/48 Mitsubishi Zero Fighter and Focke Wolfe Fw190

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Another military build, but this time its...AIRPLANES!!! YAY!...

Okay, after so long of wanting to try my hand at building and painting fighter planes...I got my chance. My usual client has got himself into the world of WWII airplane collecting. And the lucky guy who gets to build for him is...ME!

So, how was it? Pretty interesting since it's different from tanks. You see, on airplanes we have to do lots of clean ups and not to mention the details are really amazing. But unlike tanks, painting planes are a bit different. How different? Have a look...

1/48 Tamiya Mitsubishi Zero Fighter

1/48 Tamiya Focke Wolfe Fw190

Overall it was fun. Yep. The challenge was more on the figure/pilots. I do hope to get more planes to build since I'd like to try out some other techniques that I've learned from model plane magazines (yes...I've begun to buy them now instead of Gundam magazines...lol).

So till my next post!

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Trumpeter 1/35 Russia SAM-6 Antiaircraft Tank

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Here's another military build that I did a few months ago.

This is another Trumpeter kit (which I think challenges the heck outta me) of Russia's SAM-6 Antiaircraft Launcher/Tank.

Pretty much applied the usual styles since my client wanted me to follow the pictures on the box. But I added a little bit more of detailing since I thought that the original colors looked too plain. The missiles with their small details in attaching it to the launch pad was pretty nifty.

The most challenging part was building the tank treads. Yes! It had to be built INDIVIDUALLY!! God knows how trying it was, since I'm used to treads that are already made (and its rubber too!). But it was an experience and like always, I treasure them...

Alright, another military kit notched in my resume...heh...

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Trumpeter 1/35 Hind-E

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Another military build, but a different kind of craft. This time around it's a 'choppa' or a helicopter. Yep, aside from the usual Transformers heli...I'm doing an actual model of a heli. And it's scaled at 1/35. Imagine that.

Okay, there were a lot color schemes to choose from and I was thinking of doing one with camo. But then, I just acquired the camo skill so better think of something else. This particular model (or any kind of chopper) if not done right there will be a lot of problems. It's not a tank which I can just re-spray it later. So upon discussion with my client, he gave me the green light to do as I please.

So I opt for the gray colored scheme. First, I think that gray is always awesome on air crafts. Two, it will be able to complement the engine parts that will be having it's hatch opened...

Engine components were done with gunmetal and drybrushed with silver and cockpit area is painted matte black also with silver drybrushing. The whole body was done with some simple pre-shades just to bring out the curves of the chopper.

Here it is...

Trumpeter 1/35 Hind-E
(note that this guy is quite big, and I don't really have a big are for photo taking...heh)

The natural light kinda reminds me of the series Airwolf. Heh.

Till next time!

Tamiya 1/35 King Tiger

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Here's another military model that I was working on a while back, finished it prior to my Hasbro work and has been in my hard drive for quite sometime (the pictures that is...hah).

After doing so many spot on colors, I decided this time to try my hand at camouflage...yep. Going into the unknown. That's me alright. So I went around researching on how to do camo. There were so many techniques, but I had to look for something that I can do as a beginner. And something that's around my style of airbrushing.

The first trial that I did, was plasticine. Using it as masking. The outcome? Bad. Really bad. I won't show it here cause I was embarrassed by it. Seriously it was bad. Imagine just this...octopus tentacles going up a tank. Yup. It was horrendous.

After a lot of revising on my technique, I discovered the one that I liked. So the rest was history...here it is:

Tamiya 1/35 King Tiger (Camo version)

I think it was a good try (my client liked it) so I guess now it's just about improving and refining. All I can say it was fun!

Until next time then!