I participated in a “wrong markings” group build. A subject with markings it wouldn’t normally have. My subject was the Akutan Zero. In 1942 the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands, bombing Dutch Harbor twice. During one of those attacks a zero was damaged and attempted to land on Akutan island. The pilot was killed during landing, and the plane was subsequently recovered by the USA, fixed, and used to study the Zero’s characteristics to share with our pilots. This was an Eduard kit in 1/48. A great kit with a load of photo etch. I didn’t use a lot of it because many pieces were tiny and disappeared into the ether when I tried to work with them.

Cheers!

Nick

Hey gents. Just about finished with a 54mm (1/35 equivalent) Indian figure with horse.  I have to finish the figure’s head feather and highlight the horse’s saddle-blanket.  The base came with the kit but I added the grass and snow.  Acrylics were the paint medium for most of the project but the white base of the horse was done with lacquer.

-Chris

The Abarth Monster is coming along nicely. Got the interior figured out and assembled. I finally had some success with the tiny little metal transfer emblems.

A few more shots of the engine and rear suspension. Lifted un-modified from the Indy car kit. Amazingly enough the tiny little Fiat and an Indy car from the early 90s are almost exactly the same width. Go figure.

Decals all done. The shame of it is, you really can’t tell what has been done to the little fella unless you pick it up, which is unlikely in a judging situation. Oh well, I do this stuff for my own enjoyment anyway.

-Ross

My latest project, a Tamiya Abarth 695 which is the hot rod version of the Fiat 500. I originally intended to install a Ducati 916 engine and trans but ran into a scale issue. That being the bike is 1:20 and the car is 1:24 (no bueno). Instead the little fella now sports a Dalara BBC turbo from an Indy car!  I have the chassis modifications done, the stance is all set. My current challenge is figuring out how and where to put the seats, as the interior is a little crowded. Lol. More photos to follow as I get it figured out.

-Ross

Gents.  Here is another 75mm fantasy figure set of a knight riding his battle lion.  The knight’s armor was brushed on using acrylics using Green Stuff’s gold/bronze acrylic paint set with his face being painted with Scale 75 flesh tones paint set.  The lion was airbrushed using AK lacquer paints with 4 different tones.  

-Chris

Gents. Here is a 75mm gladiator and leopard locked in lethal combat!  The kit is from Scale 75.  The gladiator’s skin was airbrushed on with a light highlight layer applied via airbrush.  The rest of the skin tones were applied via brush.  The gladiator’s clothing was brushed on using acrylics.  The fierce cat had its base coat applied via airbrush, with 4 different colors applied.  The spots were applied using a 0000 brush using black and brick orange.

-Chris