Modelling; a hobby or something else?

''' Gary - that is true.... sometimes... when i'm confused.... talking with friends or doing models or sketching really calms me down and.. i feel happy.. like in a world of my own  really... i made the right choice making modelling my hobby Miguel - because doing it you can be a little boy...and a little boy doesn't get...

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WIP 1/35 Tamiya King Tiger - Part 4

Alright... Time for an update ... I mentioned in the earlier update that I only finish the first part of the camo scheme... so I followed through with it .. After the dark yello dots, I applied the red-brown dots followed by the olive green My mix of olive green is a little bit too dark and don't show too much on the Red-brown camo patches...

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WIP 1/35 Tamiya King Tiger - Part 3

Alright, Managed to do some work on this cat ..  After the initial run of the camo airbrush, I got a better canvas to lay down a hard edge so on to the masking .. I started with masking the dark yellow and the olive green  That WAS NOT EASY.. WHEW ...next time, I think I should just skip first run and go straight...

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WIP 1/35 Tamiya King Tiger - Part 2

Alright, Update time  I worked on the Breech and the inner parts of the Turret .. Because the kit has a working rear escape hatch, Tamiya decided to put in the ammo rack ( but strangely enough, no ammo at all ) I really like how the gun vertical traverse is controlled by a screw.. very very rigid and very tight and makes it work...

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DML 1/35 Panther Ausf G Command version

The kit was 10 years old, with the release date traced back to 2003. This was a Hand me down kit from one of my two masters as he wanted to see me improve and gave this to me as a gift as well as a practice kit. The tracks were painted first in gun metal, and then black and a brown wash after that followed by various patchs of rust tones...

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