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 …
Welcome! Here are some more pictures of my progress on my 1/35 Jagdpanzer E-100 Heavy tank. The colours represent the "What If?" scheme I showed you last time. Both greys were mixed from Tamiya acrylics and sprayed freehand. This was done to mimic the rushed painting technique used by the German Factories and Units …
This is a tale about inspiration. Sometimes we see a subject that is so unlike anything we would normally build but we are inspired to know more........ This is what happened one fine day when I was browsing AK Interactive's Facebook page and they shared this awesome build of a 1/35 E-75 Eber by Kristof …
Continue reading Heavy Metal: Building the E-100 Jagdpanzer.
FURY! I have managed to cobble together some WIP shots of my 1/35th Easy Eight Sherman tank which I am building for my WWII movie diorama based on the film FURY. This past weekend offered me some relaxing and therapeutic time at the bench for which I was grateful. Not being a natural armour builder, …
Hello again! This post sees my commencement of a diorama project that I have wanted to build for a long time. And this one finds me depicting the Sherman tank in the mud of WWII with the Italeri 1/35 "FURY" Sherman kit. The idea to build this tank was inspired by acclaimed war film Fury …
Hello and welcome back to TSMH! Today I have a guest here in my workshop, my good friend and fellow scale modeller Eric Herbert. We often meet together to compare our finished models, share tips and techniques and share our enjoyment of this wonderful hobby. Eric does not show or share his wonderful builds with …
I am more of an aircraft builder, but sometimes an armour subject comes along that really fires my imagination. Having seen a build of a German Tiger I tank in winter camouflage I decided that I wanted to explore armour building and have some fun trying new weathering techniques. I started out with Tamiya's …
THE SCALE MODEL HANGAR 