Kampfgruppe144 BBS

I am thinking of upgrading my airbrush. At present I am using a Revell Master Class Vario which I have had no problems with (other than the usual constant maintenance issues).

I have been using the standard propellant cans but recently they have become harder to obtain...

Not sure whether we've gone down this route before (forgive me if I'm wrong - dementia is kicking in), but I was wondering about the existence of ultrafine wire, and rigid at that. As you know, I tend to use Ms Uschi's for my aerial wires. I also know there are plenty of you who...

Ladies and gents,

as many asked me on how to achieve the weathered TPS look on my Tomcats I`ll start an instruction here.
For this instruction we will do a very beat up Tomcat and a not so bad Super Hornet.

- Step 1: Reference Photos. For most builds I do not target one...

Not sure if this is the right place for this but...

Recently been looking at the Army Painter Speed Paint range and equivalent Citadel Contrast paints. These are intended for use on gaming minis especially figures. The idea is that you undercoat the figure with a light...

Hi to all. I have just applied my first self-made decals and I'm quite happy with them 8-) .

I've bought a 10-sheet pack of laser-printable clear decals (European A-4 format), followed the instructions and -voilà- here are the serials for my RAF Maryland and P-40b, the U.S....

Last weekend I fancied making some buildings in 144th again. When I've made buildings previously I've just used a mix of plasticard and scrap plastic to make them, but I wanted to try out different mediums this time, starting with modelling clay (Fimo Professional in this...

After all the interest shown for my little UT-1 propeller, I dig a few photos showing how this simple effect can be achieved.

It is a very simple technique, using just an acrylic color, an oil color and a lacquer varnish. Nothing fancy!

The first step id the paint the wooden...

Any tips on brush painting this enamel paint. (apart from don't!)

David

any tips for a beginner? I want to paint with a brush.
what brushes and paints to choose?
any guides for brush painting?

After some members of our forum questioned me about my mini-lathe, here is my experience with it (so far).

I have to start by saying that I am very inexperienced with this kind of tools. What I've learned so far was by reading a few old books (for machinists, using big lathes)...

We usually use thin tape for masking when painting, which we buy in model shops. When you have to mask larger areas (but also if you have the will to cut for smaller ones) there is a cheaper but very good option.
Purple 3M “delicate tape” or pink Tessa tape for “sensitive...

Came across this today and bought a pot. Not used any yet. Has no relationship to real Green Stuff and us water soluble so sounds like green valejo etc.

Anyone tried it? Anything to watch out for when using it?

This may not be news to all of us, but it was only today that I figured out the (relatively) simple work around for saving images from Yahoo Japan Auctions.

Those who have an interest in Yahoo Japan and saving the images for reference and research may well have been frustrated...

I am planning a little dio/vignette of a Tachikawa Ki-55 with skis, in the snow of Hokkaido.

What are your suggestions for the snow?

Thanks and cheers,
Peter

Back in day when Angus was in short trousers, Greg still had hair, Peter had a toy Doctors set and Martin hadn't heard of the internet, I built this.....

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As you can see, that on the whole the York is in better condition than I. However...

I am starting to work on the Armonry Su-24 in Soviet Russian Colors.

I used to use testor model master paints but I understand that the Testors is winding down thier paint range.

So I have to switch to new paints. For the Su-24, can any recommend which acyclic paints I can use...

I'm seeing increasing numbers of aircraft and armour using digital Camo. The Ukrainian airforce Su-27 and the Russian Su-57 both sport such schemes. I've seen Chinese afvs with a similar scheme. Most of these tend to be a pattern of colour blocks.

There are some decal sets for...

technique, tools? files? sandpaper? razor? backblade?

any tutorial words or images welcome.

Anyone else use the below link to research a build?

Sometimes 1/144 kit paint instructions list generic paint colors (light brown, light gray, etc).

I have found specific paint color numbers because Hobby Search posts the larger scale kit contents, instructions, weapon...

Anyone who does something in scratch has a problem copying the draft from the paper to the platicard, most often we stick a paper copy, but it sometimes bothers and needs to be removed and especially prevents the glued one and disturbs the coloring.
I once came across an...

The time spent at the scale models workbench as been very limited, but in the few minutes I could gather here and there I finally compiled a little tutorial about scale model photography that was promised to a few participants of a workshop I taught during a scale model...

Finished painting a F-104C (Revell kit + RetrokiT conversion) fuselage Floquil Old Silver. (Wings are white over aircraft gray).

Was wondering if the Floquil Old Silver paint is smooth enough for decals or do I need to put Future on to prevent decal silvering ?

If I need to...

Or more specifically, can you suggest acrylic paints from Tamaya, Revel or Humbrol that would be the nearest match to the French Airforce colour scheme of the Mirage 2000 from F-Toys in order to touch up areas that have been sanded and filled but in order to avoid a complete...

Has anyone tried vacforming canopies? If so what type of material did you use?
Thanks in advance,

David