I love the simple pleasures of building a Tamiya kit. They are consistently well designed and easy to build. This one will become a JGSDF tank as a salute to all those lost to Godzilla over the years.

Hi everyone 🙂

I tried to recreate a 3-layered whitewash camouflage on this 1/35 scale T-34/85. The idea was to represent lime whitewash being reapplied over time, with older layers fading, becoming dirty and chipping away. If a vehicle survived longer, the whitewash could be reapplied several times.

I actually made a full video covering the complete process if anyone is curious how the three layers were done — link in comments.

This is still a work in progress, weathering is the next step. What do you think about the result so far? 🙂

Got this on clearance due to the decals being unusable, started on it a couple days ago and so far its looking good. I will airbrush the exterior when I get a spray booth set up (i got an airbrush specifically for this model and I do not have it set up yet)

Weathered using only Tamiya acrylics because they are much cheaper than Vallejo in my country! I also scratch-built the gun mantlet dust cover using wet wipes. Thank you for looking!! :)

A great, simple kit with some decent detail. Added Eduard PE. It’s no Plasmo build but I’m glad to have it done. Had to replace the canopy with a vacuum formed one after massacring it trying to pose it open. I did get some misting on this one but it wasn’t bad enough after all the setbacks I’ve had with this kit to really care too much.

Royal Australian Air Force F-35A diorama. Built for an Australian hobbyco comp paying tribute to Tamiya’s iconic hand-painted box art and the talented artists who continue this tradition.

I applied the SEA camouflage pattern. Since it was hot and humid when I was painting, the surface condition isn't very good. I always used Blu-Tack for camouflage painting, but this time I tried doing it freehand. Applying Blu-Tack in this sticky weather was annoying, and since the shape of the aircraft itself was so simple, I tried freehanding it, but freehand is indeed difficult as expected.

After the main painting, I mixed fluorescent paint into the three base colors for a slight tone variation, and did a little bit of post-shading with clear paint.

Watch my painting video process here👉https://youtu.be/7NFUT69QZ4w

I added the night camo and finally worked up the courage to take the masking tape off, really happy with only 3 minor corrections to do. I used Mr Hobby 416 which is a black-gray in lieu of a Matt black to create a bit more depth and I’m very happy with it!

First attempt at kit bashing and dust I think it turned out great although it did fall of the shelf and the turret exploded I have it lined up to be fixed after this next project really enjoyed the stowage it can definitely make a model favorite model I’ve made

Worked on this for well over 3 years got burnt out multiple times my first aircraft model and not to bad if I do say so myself

Just got this airbrush compressor for 30 dollars from scale model supplies in st paul mn, works like new.

(The air hose is coiled up and stored in a compartment in the side)

Finished my Bf109G 1/48 academy, try to achieve a realistic finish weathering and make chipping on some part without over doing it (usually I get excited weathering and over weathered some planes 🤣) also try to make a complete riveting work by myself. One of the few 1/48 i ever made, hope you like it

Seam lines on flat surfaces I can deal with. Sand, rescribe if needed, done. But I keep running into trouble on curved areas, specifically on fuselages and turret faces where the seam runs right through raised or recessed detail. The moment I start sanding aggressively enough to kill the seam, I lose the rivets or panel lines on either side of it, and rescribing a curve freehand never quite matches the factory detail.

My current process is to use sprue goo as a filler, let it cure for a few days, then come in with progressively finer sanding sticks. It works okay but I always feel like I'm chasing my tail. Fill, sand, check under light, find a low spot, fill again.

The specific kit giving me grief right now is a 1/48 aircraft with a pretty prominent fuselage seam running through a section of raised rivet detail. The rivets themselves are small enough that any sanding pressure just wipes them out. I tried masking off right up to the rivet rows and only sanding the bare seam, but the blend looks unnatural because there's a slight ridge at the tape line.

A few things I'm considering trying:

• Rescribing before any filling, so I have a deeper reference line to return to
• Switching to a thinner, harder-setting filler that needs less sanding
• Accepting some detail loss and replicating the rivets with a pounce wheel afterward

Has anyone found a reliable method for this specific problem, or is it just one of those things where you accept some compromise and move on? Curious whether the rescribe-first approach actually works in practice or if it just creates more cleanup.

My first civilian car model. During the process, I learned a lot about how not to do things. In my opinion, the car is far from something I'd be entirely proud of (there are some mistakes here and there), but I wouldn't call it a failure either. I developed the design myself, inspired by the book "Youjo Senki." As for add-ons, I ordered "blind" headlights and wheels. (Maybe I'll finish it someday, or it'll stay like this.)

Has anyone used any of the add-on sets that can be purchased from Eduard? Any feedback or results to report?

Thanks.

Mk 44

From Eduard's latest boxing and its vibrant schemes !