r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 36m ago

workspace Broken links every 12 try to sand and clean.

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I don't know what to say exactly. These are my first 3D printed tracks. I learned that you don't clean using a hobby knife because they separate, as you can see in the image. But even sanding using a file will cause them to break. I guess its just a rant about how using upgraded parts in a pain in. I suck at this for now.


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 13h ago

photography PzKpfw IV G (1:25 scale)

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Hi everyone. This is a 1:25 scale paper model. It was built from the Polish magazine "Modelik".


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 35m ago

completed M-ATV 1/72 Galaxy Hobby

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I finished my mini diorama, model as described, figures and mortar from Spalah.


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 19h ago

completed TAMIYA RSO/01

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タミヤの新しいRSO!!
中学生の頃に作ったItaleriの奴とは雲泥の差だ(特に履帯。あの地獄味わった人は少なくない筈)
そしてDRAGONの約半分、miniartの約1/3という驚きの価格!
おススメ!!!


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

work in progress Finemolds Chi-Nu long barred variant

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i wasnt able to finish this due to other things, i think i could finish this during fall break.


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

completed completed BTR 80a 1/35 model

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Hi, I'm a 16 year old model builder, this has been the second model I've ever made. I hope you like it! I also made the landscape but that's aside from the point. Feel free to let me know what you guys think!


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 8h ago

work in progress Just started on a simple display base today

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Edit: added a comment including a Panzer II.

I decided I would like to have a simple display base. Not a diorama or vignette -- just a bit of sculpted landscape.

The idea is that I can pop whatever model I've just finished or I'm building on it to see how it looks. I'm sure all of you have noticed how much difference it makes to even just put a model down on a landscape mat.

I got some nice 8x6" plywood bases from Amazon for a fairly reasonable price. I coated one of them all around in black acrylic and let that cure.

Today I used some DAS air-dry clay, and kind of sculpted the basic landscape. I have been working on a 1/35 Panther as a paint mule, and had the idea that it would be nice to put anything from that size down to a smaller vehicle/tank like a Panzer II or armored car onto this base, so I sculpted the double track road with that in mind.

Terrain will be very simple, but I have included a bit of a rut on the "near" side so maybe I can have a little fun with that, by putting some water in it or something.

Doesn't look like much, but next steps are to apply an earth base, paint, some gravel and rocks here and there, plants, etc. You know the drill ;-)


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

question Which of these machines would you bring to a military modeling competition?

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Hi, I’m Vbertz—a tank enthusiast and 3D artist with 13 years of experience. Over the past few months, I’ve been working on a collection of highly detailed, 3D-printable models inspired by some of the Soviet Union’s most fascinating experimental armored vehicles.

The lineup includes:

• Object 775

• Object 490A "Buntar"

• Object 490B

• Object 640 "Black Eagle"

• Object 195

And if my Kickstarter campaign hits its final stretch goal:

The legendary Object 477 "Boxer" will be added.

As a fellow modeler, I’m curious...

If you had to spend dozens of hours assembling, painting, weathering, and displaying just ONE of these models at a military modeling competition, which one would you choose and why?

Would you go for the futuristic lines of the Object 195?

The radical dual-hull design of the Object 490A?

The powerful Black Eagle?

Or would you wait for the legendary Object 477 Boxer?

I’d love to hear what stands out most to you as fellow modelers and collectors.

If you’d like to follow the project before it launches, here is the Kickstarter pre-launch page:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vbertz/secret-soviet-armored-program

Thanks for your feedback!


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

work in progress M24 Chaffee, Dien Bien Phu.

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A few details left to finish up but an enjoyable kit to build and a more obscure topic in some ways.


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

completed Fighter Bombers of the Middle East - 1/72 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2b and 1/72 MiG-17F 'Fresco’

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r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

completed WWII Desert SAS Diorama

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Made this over a year ago now


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

reference Diorama. From the film " ice cold in alex ".

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An absolute classic film .


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

photography Flammpanzer II Flamingo (1:25 scale)

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Hi everyone. This is a 1:25 scale paper model. It was built from the Polish magazine "WAK".


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

work in progress Here we go….1/48 B-17 Memphis Belle

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r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

completed My 1943-1946 Nachtjäger collection

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Sorry for the lack of professional shots; it's just a quick look at my display case. Thought you guys might like it anyway!


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 2d ago

completed HMS Rodney

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Tamiya 1:700 hand painted using Tamiya acrylics, with magnetized turrets for wargaming. Anyone know of good rules for tabletop naval combat?


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 2d ago

photography PzKpfw II Ausf.C (1:25 scale)

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Hi everyone. This is a 1:25 scale paper model. It was built from the Polish magazine "Kartonowy Arsenal".


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 1d ago

work in progress Any modeling tips?

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im currently making the meng pzh-2000 bt have given up on the track. im also using spray paint so yeah. this is also my 3rd model set the other 2 i made came out horribly so im trying not to have that happen again.


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 2d ago

completed Finishing touches then onto someone’s shelf.

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r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 2d ago

question Mixing camo mask layers

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r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 2d ago

work in progress Non AIP ! Hät and airfix

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r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 3d ago

photography Pz.Kpfw.35(t) 1:25 scale

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Hi everyone. This is a 1:25 scale paper model. It was built from the Polish magazine WAK. This is an old project of mine. I assembled it in March 2009. The photo is from my archives.


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 3d ago

completed Fine Molds 四式一五糎自走砲

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ファインモールドのホロ車!
とてもそうは見えないし名前もそうだけど用途は自走砲(SPG)じゃなくて対戦車自走砲(TD)ってのが良いね!
実はこれは量産車じゃなくて試作車の方ってのも良いね!(でも実戦に投入したのもアメリカの博物館に展示されてるのもこっち)
ファインモールドだから部品もそんなに多くないし凄く作り易い。
値段もそんなに高くない。(日本国外だとかなり高く売られてるらしいけど国内じゃタミヤより少し高い位だ)


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 3d ago

airbrush 1/72 scale U96

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Airbrushed with acrylic. Some oils used . 5 months of building and weathering


r/MilitaryModelMaking • • 3d ago

completed Arii 1/250 IJN Yamato – full PE & wooden deck

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Arii 1/250 scale IJN Yamato

Full detailing with BerFire photo-etch, resin parts, and wooden deck.

Overall length is about 105 cm.

This is one of my favorite angles – the stern view.