Quick Look: Marmon Herrington Mk I
I have seen the new Marmon Herrington armored cars from IBG on the shelf of the local store few weeks ago, but was somewhat reluctant to buy it, primarily because of the price. Almost $80 seemed to me...
View ArticleKleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 1: Construction
The second of my Christmas projects is this machine. The mouthful name of this tank basically means that it is small command tank based on the Panzer I chassis. The kit is from Dragon and I have...
View ArticleKleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 2: Base coat and modulation
Having finished construction of this little panzer, I was looking forward to proceed to painting. First was the primer, with the usual pitfalls with priming outside in winter – see my post on the Char...
View ArticleKleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 3: Wash and highlighting
Painting is done, next steps were wash and highlighting. For the wash I have used AK’s wash for grey vehicles. Unlike other models, when I have used AK washes straight from the bottle I felt that the...
View ArticleKleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 4: Markings
Application of markings was relatively quick with this piece, mainly because there were not that many of them. To prep the surface for application I have airbrushed layer of Tamiya Semi Gloss Clear...
View ArticleKleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 5: Painting tires
Just a short post on painting the wheel tires. Panzer I is one of those vehicles, where painting the wheels is difficult for two reasons – they are just too small in 1/35 scale and because of the...
View ArticleKleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 6: Highlights and first streaking
Here are few shots of the tank as it is now. I had applied light streaking using AK’s streaking product for German grey vehicles. Also I added more highlights using oil paints – again by drybrushing...
View ArticleKleine Panzerbefehlswagen I – Part 7: Pigments and weathering
Pz I was one of the models I was trying to get ready for HeritageCon and I think in this effort I got myself in the same situation as I experienced with my BMP-1. At the end I looked at the model and...
View ArticleMarmon Herrington Mk. I
Here is another model that I was working on over the past few months. As it is again done for a magazine, I won’t go into the build details, stay tuned, hopefully it goes out in not that long time. In...
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