Small Scale Military Headquarters

Pre-shading by airbrushing dark coloured lines on model before the basic paint is a method followed by many modelers the last few years. To be honest, I never liked it, never really understood the reason to do something like that and yes, I admit that I never had some decent results whenever I tried...

To recreate the Fl-282’s Luftwaffe camo paint, I did use the Life Color’s “Gerrman WWII Luftwaffe set #1” 6-pack set, of 22 ml bottles. Life Color UA501 RLM 70 Schwarzgrün / Black Grey acrylic paint, Life Color UA502 RLM 71 Dunkelgrün / Dark Green acrylic paint, Life Color UA503 RLM 65 Hellblau / Li...

CHAPTER IV - Applying paint, wash & weather effects Before dealing with this project, I had the (false) impression that Kolibri helicopters were all same - at least identical. After all, only 24 were produced. Once again I was wrong. Study & research on available printed material, 3view diagrams, p...

CHAPTER III - Individual kit parts assembling process As soon as the parts were already cleaned & dry fit tested, it was about time to start assembling everything as one model. I usually follow two simple rules while attempting to assemble kit parts and later paint a model: Paint the individual par...

When I first got this 3D printed kit in my hands, I noticed that most of the kit parts had slight traces of oil on their surface, so each time I touched the parts, my fingertips become oily. What really happened? Obviously, after the 3D printing process was finished and the kit parts been removed fr...

It’s been a long time, more than one year as far as I can remember, since my last update into this forum - not unreasonably as you’ll find out by reading the following lines. You see, 2015 almost as a whole year, was for me and my family - or at least what is left of it - a very bad year. Life is fu...

Both models will be AVAILABLE FOR SALE as full 3D printed kits, produced on high-precision 3D printers by using best available polymer plastic material to ensure the best printing results & highest possible quality on kit parts. Additionally, all interested buyers (collectors, scale modelers & hobb...

CHAPTER VIII - Epilogue Considering that I am an aircraft scale modeler with no experience on tracked scale models, I have to say that I really enjoyed this FDCV building - no, I am not planing to build another AFV for the following 20-30 years. As for this polyester kit, I must admit it was much e...

CHAPTER VII - Display base & grass I found nice idea to place it on a display base, simulating a field area covered with grass. From my local store, I bought a 20x30cm polished wooden picture frame. http://s17.postimg.org/o3ezb6qin/IMAGE_0153.jpg I add some grams of plaster powder and few drops of ...

CHAPTER VI - Applying paint, wash & weather effects The first FDCVs, received by Hellenic Army and entered active duty, on 1986. Until 1990, more than 20 vehicles were in Greek service. They were painted with the CARC - Chemical Agent Resistant Coating . This paint is specially formulated to reduce...

CHAPTER V - Main model building & detailing Following the simple assembly instructions, I placed each polyester item on place using two-component cyanoacrylate glue for best results. The model parts are molded in such way that no putty is needed to fill any gaps - just cut the polyester from part’s...

CHAPTER IV - Dalton brothers in chains Goscinny & Morris who both created the “ The Judge ” story (based on real Judge Phantly Roy Bean, Jr life) into Lucky Luke comic, claim that bicycles & Dalton brothers, should work only in chains. While building this scale model, I found that AFVs, also use ch...

CHAPTER III - Chassis building & structure supporting As long I decide to build the kit straight from the box, without interior details and keeping all hatches closed, I placed a styrene plastic sheet to keep driver's hatch isolated. The reason will be explained later. http://s16.postimg.org/pz0ujr...

CHAPTER II - Do you feel lucky? Since I had the official technical & maintenance manual of the real FDCV - Fire Direction Center Vehicle in hands, I thought that it would be a good idea to open panels, hatches, doors etc and try to scratchbuild full interior, showing the crew working benches, the "...

CHAPTER I - Polyester resin preparation & cleaning Since I had to accept that this stupid bet I lost, could compare like Hell become frozen, I should keep my promise before El Diablo himself got aware and switch on the heaters again. I really hate it. I even tried to avoid it by all means, I used e...

1/35 scale FDCV - Fire Direction Center Vehicle Hellenic Army polyester resin model by White Tower Models As a result of a stupid bet I lost, I had to build and present a tracked AFV / SPG scale model or sing the " Panzerlied " in public. Considering that it’s more possible to watch Hell becoming f...

Wonderfull job and very clear tutorial, but I'm surely neither skilled nor have the patience to follow and copy you. The same perfection even in the diorama details, grass, old cracked concrete plates... I am just a moderate level scale modeler with same skills as many other person here. In fact, I...

CHAPTER XII - Aknowledgments I would like to express my special thanks to: All fellow scale modelers, who have expressed their ideas through this forum and suggested solutions to technical issues encountered during this WIP. Mr. George Papadimitriou, owner of Hobby Gallery hobby shop and exclusive ...

CHAPTER XI - Tarmac & grass display base construction It’s been few months since the JT-9T project was complete. I found nice idea to place it on a display base, simulating an airfield area with concrete ground. The idea was to establish an idea of an abandoned small airfield, now used by general a...

normandy wrote:Hey Nick, the woman in that photo isn't wearing a parachute or much of anything else. .

As long as she is equiped with a pair of D-sized built-in airbags, who needs a parachute?

CHAPTER X - Epilogue Final details were added. VHF radio with headphones in the cockpit, mobile phone, seat belt buckles, main rotor control bars, cables, etc. To break the monotony of red, a toolbox and a tow added into rear storage area. At last, transparent plastic card were placed to simulate t...

CHAPTER IX - Applying paint, wash & weather effects Model parts were washed with liquid soap and warm water to disappear leaving oil traces, fingertips etc and then sprayed with light grey primer. http://s1.postimg.org/89mmkuazj/IMAGE_0242.jpg http://s1.postimg.org/w35vpseu7/IMAGE_0243.jpg http://s...

The_Helicopter_Pilot wrote:You've got TOO MUCH money.... !

Actually, I am very poor and cannot afford to buy new toys. That's why I have to scratchbuild my own models

CHAPTER VIII - Live After Death When I started building the model, I did not expect to present the CHAPTER VIII under this title. Bus as all the sad & bad situations in life, it was unexpected and accompanied by great frustration because suddenly I saw months effort to dissolve in only few minutes....

It’s sad! Obviously, voodoo curses came from the unspeakable dirty Viper snake, got real and the final varnish finishes on the model suffered what the Americans call as FUBAR - F@cked Up Beyond All Recognition . http://s2.postimg.org/lcc8yapqh/IMAGE_0219.jpg In brief words, the color layers popped a...