Posts Tagged ‘1/48 scale’
METAL POLISHING POWDER : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.7
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.7 With this Harrier by Kinetics, we need to spend a bit of time around the air intakes, so I will show you how to use some powdered buffable metal paints for our intake fans as well as making some mask for them too, we move along with getting the wings ready with…
Read MoreF-35 B Lightning II : In Box Review : Italeri : 1/48 Scale
F-35 B Lightning II Manufacturer: Italeri Scale: 1/48 Box Release Date: 2022 New Tool Date: 2022 Presented By: Bobby Waldron Marking options: 5 Model dimension: Length: 321mm Width: ?? Height: ?? Decals: Cartograf PE parts: Yes Painting mask: No Resin parts: No Item No: 2810 Aircraft Description The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of…
Read MoreFUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.6
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.6 In this episode we go over the fundamentals of bringing our fuselage together and to get the tricking moving engines to go in to our aircraft, we show you how to and what glues to use like Tamiya extra thin plus Mr.Cement SP Black. MC132 Mr. CEMENT SP Black is a black…
Read MoreYakovlev Yak-1 : Battle Of The Stalingrad : In Box Review : Academy : 1/48 Scale
Yakovlev Yak-1 Manufacturer: Academy Scale: 1/48 Box Release Date: 2021 New Tool Date: 1998 Presented By: Bobby Waldron Marking options: 6 Model dimension: Length: 173mm Width: ?? Height: 69mm Decals: Academy PE parts: No Painting mask: Yes Resin parts: No Item No: 12343 The Academy 1/48 Yakovlev Yak-1 Battle of Stalingrad from the plastic aircraft model…
Read MoreDECALING STAGE : AMK F-14D SUPER TOMCAT : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.12
F-14D SUPER TOMCAT EPISODE.12 Time for some decaling, which bills has a tricking one to lay down for you, it will need some cutting with the doors and pitot tubes to go around, he even gets round to dirtying up them wheels to add that nice bit of extra detail. Special Tools: Tamiya : Decal Tweezers…
Read MoreFINAL COCKPIT BITS : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.5
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.5 Weathering the cockpit, is started by using ammo’s oil brushers, this time to bring out the finer details of the instrument panels and ejection seat, and to also give the hole cockpit a feathered dirty look, this is followed by adding a matt coat to bring all the areas together under one…
Read MoreAMMO ANTI-SLIP PASTE : AMK F-14D SUPER TOMCAT : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.11
F-14D SUPER TOMCAT EPISODE.11 This product has the correct colour to accurately represent the gritty surface used on the areas where the crew steps on to avoid slipping. Apply directly from the container and spread the paste with a brush. For optimal results apply two layers, the second layer perpendicularly to the first, in order…
Read MoreF-22 A Raptor : In Box Review : Italeri : 1/48 Scale
F-22 A Raptor Manufacturer: Italeri Scale: 1/48 Box Release Date: 2022 New Tool Date: 1999 Presented By: Bobby Waldron Marking options: 3 Model dimension: Length: 394mm Width: ?? Height: ?? Decals: Cartograf PE parts: No Painting mask: No Resin parts: No Item No: 2822 The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is an American single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth…
Read MoreWEATHERING COCKPIT : KINETICS HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.4
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.4 With the 3d decals in place now, we can begin some painting, from basics to washes to highlighting, we will cover a bit of chipping and move along to adding photo-etch seat belts and then do oil wash weathering in the cockpit tube and ejection seat. Special Tools: Trumpeter : Tweezers Set :…
Read MoreWEATHERING THE CANS : AMK F-14D SUPER TOMCAT : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.10
F-14D SUPER TOMCAT EPISODE.10 Bill continues with the build by spraying down a gloss coat ready for decaling, but keeping to Tamiya LP paints just to try the gloss out there for the first time, he then goes in to some nice detail on how to weather up your exhaust cans, from the spraying to…
Read More