Happy Happy 2012

Dear all,

Wish you a very Happy New Year!

Build more & buy more nice

models & dioramas in

coming 2012!

Francis Lee

Danish Centurion tank

by Michael Rieß

This time i made a Danish Centurion tank from AFV-Club in 1/35 scale. I built this kit for Modellours Workshop. Thank you for sending me this kit! The kit is fantastic, there are only a few better tank kits available. I made 3 videos about the kit and the built of this model, i hope it is helpful for all fellow modellers :)

Weathered tank wagons from Modellours Workshop.

by Michael Rieß

Modellours Workshop sent me two Märklin railway tank wagons in 1/87 scale. I had the free decision what to do with these.
I decided to add a heavy weathering to the first wagon, with lots of rust and dirt. It was a big challange because i never weathered an object like this. Some research was needed in order to find out which types of weathering are common for railway cars.
I used pigments from Vallejo and MIG aswell as various chipping techniques, like dipping a sponge into acrylic paint or drybrushing.




I thought that weathering the second wagon in the same way would be a little bit boring, so i applied some "nose art" and other colourful decals to give that wagon a unique look.
It was a very funny work :-)

Merry Christma to you all !!!

Dear all,

Wish you a wonderful Christmas

and a Happy New Year !!

Francis Lee

"City of broken glass" diorama

by Michael Rieß

This diorama shows German troops in an occupied Ukrainian city in summer 1941. The tank model is a Panzerkampfwagen Mk IV, 744(e) (A13) from Bronco Models. The kit is quite nice, but some large parts were twisted and it required many nerves to assemble the model. Most parts are very small and thin, so there was always the danger of breaking parts. Usually it takes me 1 week to assemble and paint a 1/35 scale tank, this one took me 4 weeks. Therefore the kit is good for long dark winter evenings, but it is bad if you want a fast result.

The diorama from MiniArt had the usual quality. The details are nice, but the walls of the house have a very bad fit. Thats not a big problem, it is only a matter of filling the gaps. Overall i´m very satisfied with the MiniArt houses, they are beneficial (compared to other house kits) and they offer a large variability.
The soldiers are all from Dragon, taken from different sets and dog is from Tamiya.

I painted the models with acrylic paints from Revell and Lifecolour. Oil paint washes and MIG pigments were used for the weathering.

Pegaso Models "Greek Hoplite"

by Michael Rieß

This figure from Pegaso Models shows a Hoplite of the 5th century B.C. The assembly of the white metal parts was easy, no filler was needed. I painted the figure with acrylic paints from Revell and Lifecolor. Oil paints and pigments were used for shadows and dust effects.