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…

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FUSELAGE 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…

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FINAL 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…

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WEATHERING 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 :…

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3D DECALING : KINETICS HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.3

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.3 3D Decaling is what it’s about in this episode, but are they good or bad, is it better to stick with photo-etch, or maybe the Manufacturer “kits world” are just not up to the task, lets find out and get decaling, O and a bit more photo-etch to do as well. Special…

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SCRATCH BUILDING : KINETICS HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.2

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.2 Moving along with episode 2, I begin to add some contact points for our 3d decals to be able to be laid down on using some spare photo-etch we have left over, I also begin scratch building the rear of the cockpit because kinetic did not add any there. Special Tools: Eduard :…

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GENESSIS MODELS SHOW AUGUST 2022

AUGUST 2022 In our Genessis models show for August 2022 we will go over all the videos we have done last month and go over what is to come for August, we will be giving away this month the Airfix 1/48 scale Westland Lynx HMA.8, just visit the forum HERE and make a post to…

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PHOTO-ETCH MADNESS : KINETICS HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.1

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.1 We start a new build with the Kinetic model kits Harrier GR.1/GR.3, I’m going to be building the GR.3 variant, we also have lots of after market parts with this, lots of photo-etch and for the first time 3d decals, so lets get start with the photo-etch madness. Special Tools: Trumpeter : Photo…

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FINAL REVEAL : EDUARD A6M2 ZERO 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.11

A6M2 ZERO EPISODE.11 The final episode is here and she is all done, we finalize the build with how to line up your landing gear, taking advantage of thin and thick super glues, we also try out Mr.Hobby’s Flat varnish for the first time to she how that turns out, over all this has been…

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Fw 190A-8 / R2 ProfiPACK Edition : In Box Review : Eduard : 1/48 Scale

Fw 190A-8/ R2 1/48

Fw 190A-8 / R2 Manufacturer: Eduard Scale: 1/48 Box Release Date: 2019 New Tool Date: 2017 Presented By: Bobby Waldron Marking options: 5 Model dimension: Length: ??mm Wingspan: ??mm Height: ?? Decals: Eduard PE parts: Yes Painting mask: Yes Resin parts: No Item No: 82145 ProfiPACK edition kit of German WWII fighter aircraft Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R2…

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