Refurbishment projects are an excellent way to test new ideas. In this post, I place Tamiya's 1/35 scale Sd.Kfz. 250/9 under the brush.

Painting figures is tough! This panzer crewman was coming along great...until it wasn't.

Weathering is a process, with a set of tools, that are designed to bring out the most in a subject. Let's talk oil dot filters!

The Tiger. A subject that any armor modeler worth their weight in glue will have proudly displayed on their shelf.

Year-end. The time for reflection. It's been a busy year for me on the workbench with 8 completed builds!

The Zero is an icon of the Imperial Japanese Navy and World War II. Here is my build of Tamiya's 1/48 Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero.

Curious about aotake and A6M2 Zeros? Want to recreate it in scale model form? I'll show you three ways with Tamiya Acrylics!

In this post, I show you how to get the most out of legacy aircraft kit engines using easy techniques and a bit of patience.

This Thunderbolt story begins several years ago in Arkansas. That's right, Razorback country.

The clear parts that form an aircraft's canopy are only a small portion of a finished build, but painting them correctly is critical!

Tanks are a common subject for modelers. Uncommon are tanks with a mine roller attached!

If you have wondered how every rivet on a tank or panel line on a plane has depth, chances are a pin wash has been applied.

Time to brush up on my brush painting skills with this twenty-year-old Tamiya Kettenkraftrad!

Many years ago I built Tamiya's 1971 tooling of the Panzer II and now I have my hands on their 2008 new(ish)-tooling kit.

Panzers, and particularly the Tiger, have always been the most popular subject within the armor genre.

In this second installment of my project to build the modern US Navy fleet, I take on the Dragon's USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in 1/700.

A model without glue is like a brand new toy sans batteries. It just doesn't work.

The conclusion to my first build in over ten years. I hope you enjoy the end result as much as I do!

Cloudy decals, aggressive paint thinner, and how I learned to stop worrying and love the mistakes!

The idea to start a blog is not something that I had in mind when I began work on my first model in over a decade: a Testors 1/48 scale...