THE STUDIO OF SCALE MODEL ARTIST DARREN MCGUINNESS
"On a freezing winter morning a German tank crew wonder what this new day will bring........." There are times when an artist revisits his work and takes a bold step to improve it, purely out of instinct. I built and published a 1/35 Tiger I a couple of years ago but I was never really …
When was the last time I built a subject with no brief whatsoever? To be honest I cannot remember! In between commission projects sometimes its just nice to work on something new with no rules-To build something for the sheer pleasure of it. To that end, I was given Zvesda's 1/35 Kingtiger Ausf. B by …
Hello! This post finds me experimenting with IDF armour, namely the MERKAVA Mk.III battle tank. This project came about when chatting with my friend and fellow modeller Eric. He has been encouraging me to build more armour subjects for a long time now and he knew I liked the design of the IDF Merkava so …
Hello and welcome! If you are a regular follower of this blog you will have seen me working on my diorama of an Easy Eight US Army Sherman tank in the markings of FURY from the film of the same name. This project began in my minds eye a long time ago when visiting a …
Hello! Here is a quick update on the FURY build. Last night I began the second phase of painting our tank crew and after many hours I am pleased to say the painting process is now complete. The next stage will be detailing and weathering. Here how our crew loo now: Here's the real …
Hello! It's been a while since my last post so I thought I'd share what progress has been made at the bench lately. Our FURY diorama is now very near to completion and I have now finished the autumn tree and finished weathering the groundwork. The Tank is now just about there too and I …
In 1945, towards the end of WWII the Allies had begun their liberation of Europe and the Nazi's were on the run. German tank factories were designing bigger, more powerful tank destroyers to outgun the Allies and one of these designs was the E-100.......... The JagdPanzer E-100 was one of the two tier X German …
