Quick project 🙂
“Drivers – start your engines!” Lately I got opportunity to watch amateur class racing at BullRing LasVegas. Between many classes…
YES – 100 issues done!
It was great OOB build – Millenium Falcon from DeAgostini looks just stunning!The last issues contains the rest of greeblies…
Fans done & leg day 🙂
Painted fans received washes from GW range, Agrax Earthshade on internal parts and the hubs were covered with Nuln Oil…
Ventilators painted
In meantime I glued all grills in – alignment wasnt easy – unfortunately some of the grill ribs were misaligned…
Cooling fans in place
I was planning this design in my head for a while… Finally the time has come to put my thoughts…
Engine ventilation grills done!
Quick update this time – all koolshades are completed. As my friend told me – if I will go one…
Koolshade engine vents
Some years ago, I bought photoetched vents set from https://scifimodels.de/ – to be honest, when I received it – I…
Falcon improvements are comming 🙂
Some new additional parts arrived last week. A bag of electonics bought on Aliexpress. …and set of resin prints from…
Three to go!!!
Issues 96-97 focuses on engine cover details. Many small “greeblies”, some are easily recognizable as some tank parts, suspension and…
93-95 done, only 5 TO GO!
Short update, some 2h session, 3 bags with parts added to the model.Docking bays completed. Construction was focused on side…
Issues 85-92
The construction continue towards fixing of the internal compartments and attachment of completed mandibles. Then I performed lighning test. I…
80 – 84 done, 15 TO GO!
Construction continues around mandibles. Left mandible frame maintenance bays and external details. Bottom and top mandible sides. I must say…
Issues 74-79 – right mandible
Falcon construction continues to another iconic parts of the space-ship – front mandibles!The inner frame build went straight forward –…
Millennium Falcon issues 68-73
Construction continues around engines cover – it is still separated from the model, will be fixed later. Then, following the…
Steps 58-67 completed
If you’re Millennium Falcon fan then you know how StarWars movie models were created. Many detail parts on a surface…
DeAgostini Falcon – The Ramp
Finally, I was able to test out Millennium Falcon motorized boarding ramp. Surprisingly it went fine without any adjustments!I was…
Stages 47-57 completed
I sit for a moment to the model just to have a look on it…. and somehow 4h passed in…
DeAgo Falcon issues 41-46 completed
Now time has come for some detailing work. Detail parts comes as plastic sprues that we used to in “ordinary”…
Deago Falcon Stages 30-40
Again, DeAgostini did good job with mixing the construction between frame assembly, some exterior details and building motorized loading ramp.…
Stages 19-29
Issues from 19 to 29 completed. The construction went smooth basically focused on internal compartment and corridors. It looks like…
Millennium Falcon, Stages 13-18
Stages 13 to 18 provides parts for internal compartment, corridor and bottom fuselage construction. As I am not planning (still)…
DeAgostini Millennium Falcon steps 1-12
Punch it Chewie! Kit’s parts are organized in 100 construction steps (that means – a hundred of different sizes plastic…
New Big Project started!
The time has come to move-on and take to the workshop biggest model in my backlog.Deagostini Falcon Millennium in 1/43…
Ryan Blaney #12 2023 Nascar Champion RaceCar Completed!!!
Whats left? – windows net and some final touches.Kit net is made of hard plastic, I was planning to do…
The “right stance” and some internal details
Nascar race cars in superspeedway configurations are not symetrical when it comes to wheels camber and toe. I went oob…
Decission taken – “RACED Version”
Yup, I decided for more challanging wheatered, beaten raced version of my miniature – I found it more interesting.Whetering of…
Rims and windows
Photo documentation showed that wheel rims colors is not unified – it looks like polished metal on spokes with dark…
Nascar works continues – New Rims!
Time for a top coat.GX112 SuperClearIII UV Cut applied. After some polishing work the body looks as it should. As…
Interior details and carbon underbody
I added few internal details including visible fuel lines. It will fit quite nicely into the body. Unfortunately, there will…
Racing seat and decals – I mean a lot of decals!
In meantime I ordered aftermarket racing belt set. Its not as real-real Nascar safety belts, but I decided to go…
Shades of Blue
I started to work on the blue parts of Blaney’s Champion car.Masking tape was applied based on photo documentation and…
Interior work and base color applied
In my modeller shelf I found plain carbon fibers waterslide decals. I put them on the racing chair and other…
Front mesh instead of sticker
Nascar cars details like headlights or grilles are made of sticker in the real thing… Salvinos decals covers thats pretty…
Initial paint job started
After application of white surfacer a lot of imperfections popped up… I was expeting some but not to that level…
Hood improvement and painting preps
I didn’t like molded (closed) hood vents, took one of my gunpla scribing cheesels and start to dig the holes…
Nascar build started!
Time to start the build! Im just following SalvinosJR instruction.Rear frame of racecar with fuel-cell and gearbox attached – looks…
NASCAR Racecar in 1/24
I was F1 fan for many years…. after last season I was completely bored with ‘F1 train’ and one/two same…
Kshatriya WIP available
With great pleasure, I would like to inform that there is new Work In Progress available! This time, I started…
A gift from my friend
Just received great gift from friend of mine – thanks Kuba!!!Its 3D printout of some devil-looks like demon with huge…
Kshatriya remote control
My Kshatriya LEDs are controlled by two Arduinos, during the project I added BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) module, to have…
Gunpla Time!
Its time to start new project. Yes – it is MGEX – Master Grade Extreme Strike Freedom Gundam…. There are…
Full Mechanics 1/48 MAILeS KENBU (First-Run Limited With Clear Armor Parts) | Kyoukai Senki PART 2
Chest piece and the cockpit are very interesting here. Whole chest piece is build around pilot seat with high attention…
Full Mechanics 1/48 MAILeS KENBU (First-Run Limited With Clear Armor Parts) | Kyoukai Senki PART 1
Getting up with them legs. I aways strat with the legs first. I like building my Mecha from bottom…
Ultramarines Veteran completed!
Crux Terminatus with a chain and some additional battle scars/dirt applied (the sword was beaten as well) – now I…
Full Mechanics 1/48 MAILeS KENBU (First-Run Limited With Clear Armor Parts) | Kyoukai Senki
This has been in a hiatus for quite a bit. This time time has come for something different then usual…
Astartes without purity seals? No way!
As final touches for my project I decided to approach hand-made purity seals. Personally I don’t like that seal and…
Shield, details and weathering
My take of shoulder shield design finalized as some kind of campaign specific. It is hand painted with Citadel/Vallejo Game…
Definitely looks like an Ultramarine!
It was quite a time from last update – there are times in life when you need to take a…
A project within the project
Ultramarine sword getting proper shape, following my drawing, I started to recreate a sword from plain pla plates. In meantime,…
Imperialis
AK Xtreme metal gold/bronze/and steel metallic paints were used to paint Imperialis and shoulder icons.I was a hell of masking…
Boy in blue…
I applied Vallejo Chipping medium and started to paint blue shades from Vallejo Mecha range. I was not so happy…
Preshade and base applied
Tamiya Silver and black from LP line as preshade airbrushed. In meantime I started to think about additional weapon for…
Iron Halo? Why not!
I was still missing something for my Ultra Veteran, maybe Iron Halo? Affirmative! Did quick paper drawing to get right…
More details!
I found in my WH40k bit-box nice resin ultramarine aquila that fit the leg beautifully! Some other plastic details added…
Ultramarine shoulder pads
Space Marines iconic shoulder armor needed some more details and relief iconography. There are a lot of custom 3D printed…
MCFarlane toys – Primaris Ultramarine project!
Emperor protects – Oh yes!!! I’m with Warhammer40k from 2nd edition (1993)… Never played a board-game, never had an army,…
Little Saz Build completed!
I added a bit of dirt on a base 🙂 Enamel Wash from Modeller’s World did the job. After removing…
The Base continues
After initial weathering, I applied UX100 from MrHobby and added some decals. Platform no 05 – why not? Then decals…
Sazabi’s base painting started
I’m planning to put little Saz on an old platform – for a contrast between glossy mech and used/worn deck…
Glosssy! – clear varnish applied
Parts were disassembled (again) and prepared for clear cote application. MrHobby GX100 applied – damn I love this one! Colors…
Decals frenzy
After few water-decals sessions I finished ”by the book” markings. With those tiny symbols Sazabi started to look like a…
Decal work started
I chose “realgrade” version for decals with some additonal custom golden logos etc. Started with shield by the book. DL…
Its Sazabi – all (almost all) parts together
I was playing with metal parts to complete powertube for Saz’s belt – I really didn’t liked that, all beads…
Metal parts!
JaoParts kit fits well, thrusters are replaced and other small details from the set. Late night parts construction 🙂 Hands…
Armor on frame – soo cool!
I’m starting to fall in this color – cool shades of red looks great on metal like frame! Love it!…
The frame!
For black parts of model I used Tamiya LP Black Metallic – no primer – just applied on plastic. Sazabi’s…
Red parts everywhere!
Candy factory started! Clear Red from MrGunze H line applied, thinned with Gunze Levelling thinner. Looks sweet already!!! Two shades…
Get glossy!!!
Let the painting begin!!! I went this time with AK Xtreme Metal. The goal is candy finish.There are many approaches…
Not enough part’s holders!
I have set of painting clips. It was fine for my previous buids, as for little Sazabi almost all paints…
Little Saz continues
Preparations started. It wan’t so easy to dismount Sazabi RG without breaking any parts – I finished deconstruction successfully with…
New Project – Sazabi RG!!!
Yes – the time has come to make something clean and shiny.I builded Sazabi RG some time ago – just…
Accesories and final thoughts.
Backpack, weapon, shield and final thoughts. Shield – I forgot to fit it at the beginning. I had to trim…
Update on legs/arms.
Update on legs/hands. This part was very tricky, there was a huge fitting issue with side parts for legs. With…
MG Turn-X Gundam progress update
It’s been a while but I have gathered a lot for you girls and boys. For starters I just love…
Bismarck equipment work started!
Some A-A cannons get painted and Modellers World Industrial Dirt wash was applied. In meantime I repainted blast-bags on main…
Searchlights
Bismarck had 7 of 150cm wide searchlights. I used photoetching to improve general appearance of those. Around 20 photoetched details…
Progress on AA artilery
Small 20mm guns are completed. Now its time to move towards 37mm twin SK C/30 anti-aircraft cannons. There were 8…
Gunner Zaku – Belt Update
Belt is finished. Took a while to do this as there was a lot of work with resin and masking.…
Gunner Zaku – Shoulders Update
Shoulders – Wip update As you can see from the previous work in progress post I’ve decided to paint this…
Prime time!
After snap build comes time to disassemble everything, prime it to look for imperfections and get ready for base colors.…
MG Gunner Zaku Warrior Lunamaria – Aether Resin Conversion WIP Head/Chest
This is my first resin kit to work with so I don’t have much expertise in this area. Thankfully youtube videos…
Small equipment and 20mm AA artilery
Its time to add details to Bismarck’s decks. I started with small rangefinders and optical devices, resin parts from LionRoar…
MG CONCEPT-X 6-1-2 TURN X
First of many posts to come about ongoing project and my take on 1/100 MG Turn-X Gundam. Project has been…
Front superstructure painted
2h of masking and 20minutes of painting 🙂 Generally I’m impressed with the result. Superstructure looks fine, of course some…
Wooden decks improvement
As I started to paint superstructure and let it dry, I looked for a way, how to improve the look…
A bit more photo details…
Added last part of ”non equipment” details to front superstructure – one Euro for scale reference…It seems like the next…
Admiral bridge completed
Photoetched parts applied – small corrections is required after painting, specially for extraflimsy railings. Generally I like the way how…
Photoetched parts everywhere!
Work with superstructure is progressing. My thinking about maritime models was always as a bit of self-punishment type – building…
Platforms undersides
This is so called – crazy detailed build. A lot of photoetched parts still left – LionRoar set that I’m…
Superstructure progressing
My last models were Gunplas – I enjoyed this kind of model builds a lot – total freedom. Now I…
where am I?
Inventory and restore state – where and how to continue project paused for 9 long years…After long study of materials/manuals…
Its time to continue my longest project ever
Revell 1/350 DKM Bismarck – I started this build in 2009, 10 years out of workshop, now its time to…
Cables, soooo many cables…
In fact there will be 12 LED electric circuits. The plan is to put Arduino as a controller and add…
Lower part electric & fit tests
Wiring went fine together with all legs parts combined. A quick way to document circuits 😉 Test power-on! ….sooo many…
Paintjob continues
Time to put add some colors to leg details Main body colors in place. A BEAST!!!
The EYE and leg’s thrusters details
I know that there should be pink eye, but I went with red LED – looks better in my opinion.I…
Cables and connectors…
Planning and thinking how to connect all circuits into body of Kshatriya took me a while, then some not so…
Grills in place
To rebuild the grills I used 0,3mm pla plates from GreenStuffWorld and some photo-etched mesh. It added extra details and…
Legs assembly
The goal is to drive all cables through the thighs. I used some spare springs from other Zaku model to…
Paint it green p.3
Another layers of paints applied – this time is green-black and some metalic details. Somehow the designers have omitted machine…
Central part wiring and LEDs
Additional magnets added to secure rear armor and LEDs with wiring. Bottom three orange leds (in each exhaust) and red…
Time for leg’s LEDs
As I was planning to make side leg armor removable, I figured out how to connect leg thrusters and made…
Paint it green p.2
1h of masking and 15 minutes of painting… A bit lighter shade of green applied together with some gray for…
Paint it green
First shade of green applied – its from Tamiya LP range – I mixed some green colors to get base…
Preshading
As my Kshatriya will be painted in many shades of military green, I did quite heavy preshade this time with…
Resin parts soup – painting preparation started
All parts were cleared with warm water mixed with dishwasher, then I left it for overnight drying. As you can…
LEDs – its easier to say than to do…
MonoEye, mega particle cannons was quite easy to drill in.Other parts requires more attention and a lot of patience to…
LEDs in resin kit? Why not!
The project is getting more and more complicated… I was thinking over night about adding some light to the model…I…
What’s cooking doc?
Allright – the time has come to deal with the biggest challange so far. Hot and really (almost boiling) hot…
Foot pegs…
The model is designed with really long peg joints that secures each foot – I was always wondering when looking…
Legs and magnets
The details within legs internal structure are just bagging for show. I started to think how to fix leg armor…
NZ-666 KSHATRIYA – let’s play with resin!
Allright! Let’s start big project – one of the most charismatic mobile suits – Neo Zeon NZ-666 Kshatriya from Gundam…
Birthday gift (from myself to myself) 😉
Today is my birthday – I just receive a box from Samuel Decal with first big resin fullkit – NZ-666…
Some final touches…
Weathering and details – I love this part – its time consuming but its very satysfying as those small things…
Beam Bazooka finished!
To get more of huge PsychoZaku’s bazooka – I decided to add few more details. Sensor device got new optics…
A bit of handpainting here and there…
Slowely but fairly – handpainted details to depict signs of use of mobile suit – at this stage its hard…
Time for matte varnish!
For top coat I used VallejoMecha Matt Varnish – Long story short: model was disassembled… and matte varnish applied 🙂
Coming soon!
It looks like all parts are in place! This piece is so impressive – I already love it!
Thrusters – a lot of rocket thrusters!!!
Wow – Psycho Zaku is on top in many topics – one of is number of thrusters – MS itself,…
Technical arms
Small things matters – technical arms are fine mechanical parts of PsychoZaku design – fully articulated and adjustable – of…
Hands upgrade
In my eyes, weakest part of PsychoZaku MG kit are hands – palms in fact… Decided to replace them with…
Backpack decals and detailing
Decals went very well – based on manual, MicroSol and Bandai decals provides great combo for easy going application. I’m…
Backpack painted
Backpack parts were black primed (Vallejo Mecha of course… – I still love those). And base colors were applied –…
Details – more details
Zaku returned to my workshop for more photo-etched/metal details application.
Its time to start huge backpack construction
OOB assembly went fine, personally I hate multiplication of same parts and constructing them – for sure I can’t work…
Initial assemble
24h curing time is enough for assembling parts together. A bit of superglue and all metal parts are in place…
The Eye of Psycho
Small details – I love small details! Added photo etched ring to an eye – looks perfect!
Lets paint!
Vallejo Mecha again 🙂 Red with a bit of Black – just to brake the color. I love subtle shading…
Vallejo Mecha White Primer!
Again, Vallejo Mecha will be my paints for PsychoZaku. Zaku stripped down – I will not disassemble inner frame, I…
New Year – New Project: Psycho Zaku
Wooohooo!!! Finally I have it – oob build during Christmas 2018 – MS-06R Zaku II High Mobility type PSYCHO ZAKU,…
My first painted Gunpla completed!
It was great journey – real return to scale modeling after years. New techniques, paining with fast drying and self-leveling…
Matte varnish and final touches
Additional details painted and Vallejo Mecha Matt applied. I decided to replace antenna – guitar string looks just fine!
Weathering completed
Dirt, wear, streaks, scratches and beated up metal – thats how I like my Gunpla.
Weathering started and some details
I like those small details in weathering – dirt, scratches, rust (of course gundamium will not) streaks oils stains and…
Brand new RGM79G
..couldn’t wait – I assembled all painted parts together – damn – it looks amazing like brand new machine out…
Pistons made easy
In gunpla I just love mechanical details – eg pistons!In RGM foot pistons are visible and designed as operational by…
Basic colors painted
After almost one week, primer was cured for 200% (it was ready after 24h, but I was not able to…
Return to airbrushing
As it was my comeback after 10years to plastic kit models, I was trying to find quite easy and fast…
My First MG! Gunpla is FUN!
RGM79G GM Command (Colony type) – Bandai 1/100 Master Grade model – my first MG Gunpla – what a great…