Search results

Had some time to finish my 1/30 RC Sherman today. Happy Veteran’s Day to all my fellow vets on the forum!🇺🇸

Mail call was yesterday and my 3D printed chapel doors arrived. Time for priming and painting.

Thanks, Jason! The palisade from building perspective will be quite time consuming, but I suspect the final product will make all the chopping, whittling, and mess all worth it. Jake

Thanks everyone for the kind comments, they’re much appreciated. This is turning out to a be a fun project so far…I’ll probably feel a bit different when building the palisade! Ha! Had some time tonight to install our statues into the niches. Best, Jake

Wonderful set up, Chris! Working on a ACW pedestal camp diorama myself at the moment.

Thanks, Chris! Can’t wait to the get the statues painted and chapel mounted so I can begin on the palisade! Jake

The next step detailing the BMC chapel facade is addition of statues to the chapel’s prominent niches on its front. As Ken Osen aptly suggests, it’s the smallest details that can really make a scenic/diorama pop with wow factor! According to historical records, the lower two niches likely held...

Thanks, Pat n Pat! This will eventually be built into a 12”x24” shelf diorama. More to come! Stay tuned! Jake

A key component to painting scenics is a small trick I learned from the great Ken Osen. Overspraying is the technique of priming a scenic with a dark coat of paint and while this coat is still wet priming a lighter coat overtop. This technique allows for a variation of color once you begin the...

Helmand Province, 2007

“In the southern part of Texas In the town of San Antone There's a fortress all in ruins that the weeds have overgrown” Hi everyone! Like many young American boy, I was absolutely obsessed with Davy Crockett and the Alamo. I still remember when I was around 5 years old and watching Fess...

Thanks, Louis! A recent EBay find.

A big thanks to everyone who swung by and introduced themselves this weekend!

Thanks, Brian!