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! Yes, it's another Wolverine figure! This one is significantly larger and scales in a 1/8! This is the Polar Lights kit which has been re-issued with two alternate heads of our favourite X-Man, one masked and one unmasked. The figure is moulded in an impressive fighting pose and sits on top of a display …
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! Welcome to my latest WIP post on my F4U-1 Corsair which brings me to working on the aircraft landing gear and further additions to the weathering process. The 1/48 Hobbyboss kit has a few flaws and as I have continued to build the kit I have done my best to improve or correct them. …
Continue reading In the rear with the gear! F4U-1 Corsair W.I.P.
Hello! Welcome to the next instalment of my on-going 1/48 Hobbyboss F4U-1 Corsair build. We left this build after the painting and decal process's were completed so now I move to the next stage of finishing the weathering process. To bring out all the engraved details on the airframe I am using my favourite range …
Hello again! I have continued with the painting process on the Corsair and thought I would share with you how I am getting on with it. The first job was to add a lightened shade of US Navy Blue/Grey to the upper surfaces. This is simply a toned down mix of the original colour. Here …
Previously on TOJO EATS S**T! ........... Hello there! Last time I worked on this build I was left ranting and raving at the HUGE exhaust stack cuts outs on the Hobbyboss kit Corsiar's fuselage! Geez......I wouldn't mind but the exhausts provided in the kit are TINY! Are HOBBYBOSS serious? Here's the problem...... So I have …
Hello there! It is good to be back in the studio after my summer holiday! This week has brought me back into the studio to begin the painting process on my 1/48 Spitfire Mk.IX. Here is where we left the model last time after completing the airframe assembly: So we know that this Spitfire had …
I must say I am loving this build! The Hasegawa family of Spitfire kits are a sure way to put a smile on this modellers face! Since my last post I have now completed the cockpit and I have assembled the airframe, everything is going together rather nicely now! Here's what I got up to …
Hello! As I said in my last post I wanted to go look at a kit in the stash. This is what I found! This kit comes as a Mk.VII, but Hasegawa give me all I need to build it as a Mk.IX. Now I know there are two opinions on this kit: It is …
