Saturday, October 25, 2008

Finishing the Tamiya Universal Carrier Mk. II: Part I




Well, I thought it was about time for another review [Being as the last one finished on April 5.... :P ] and luckily, I'm just about finished Tamiya's British Universal Carrier Mk II - Forced Recon( http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=35249 for more details) so I decided that I should explain how I worked on finishing the Carrier.


I started off by painting it Deco-Art's Americana Light Avocado paint. ( For a full line of Deco-Art Paints go to http://www.decoart.com/) I chose this color after many failed attempts to make my own shade, but this one was just about perfect. I painted the carrier in two parts; the main hull and then the front guard area. After painting the these I applyed black Deco-Art paint to the wheels. (For future reference; all paint that I use is Deco-Art, so I won't be stating the brand from now on.) I was exceptionally pleased with the result, because it really made the color of the vehicle appear darker.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Tip of the Week

Don't let large tasks like zimmerit or individual track links intimidate you, they only take time but aren't that hard. Before I started on my Tiger's zimmerit, I was very intimidated, but it isn't overly hard; It just takes a lot of time. (Zimmerit's almost done... pics soon hopefully....)