The 1/72 Build Log

Hi folks! Just alittle update on my Revell T-90A Vladimir. I finished weathering an painted the details. For a final reveal see: https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=33587&p=albums&album=38168 I hope you like the result! Cheers, Tom

Hello my friends it´s Christmas time! Which means.. weather isn´t the best here so I had some time for further modelling. Today´s topic is another review, this time of Revell´s 1/72 Cruiser Tank A27M Cromwell Mk.IV... What a designation... but anyways - onto the review. The kit comes in not too pricy at about 15€ as it is the typical fashion for Revells smaller AFV kits. Let´s hope the detail and fitting also goes along those lines. The vehicle: The Cruiser Tank A27M or the Cromwell as it is widely known was a mass produced British medium tank in WW2. It was based on the American Christie-Suspension the UK aquired in the 30s for their new generation of cruiser tanks. These vehicles, namely the A15, the Covenanter, the Crusader and the Cromwell were fast and had mediocore armour plating at best. While the earlier models quickly proved themselfes to be a little out-dated, the A27 was to be a tank up to meet the requrements of the mid to late WW2 battlefields. The first incarnation,

Oh god... was lazy for two months... 😞... but I managed to get some stuff and footage to show here. So get ready for some Christmas holidays ful of modelling. So hi friends and fellow modellers! Today I want to showcase Revells 1/72 scale plastic-injection T-90A. I was thiking about trying the Zvezda or Modelcollect T-90A here, but as I ran over this little kit in a store for just 15€ I wasn´t able to widstand the temptation. The Vehicle: Developed from a modified T-72B, the T-90 was becoming Russias standard MBT in the late 90s and early 2000s. Although this design wasn´t bad in many respects, the Uralvagonzavod desin bureau started producing a new variant in 2005. This vehicle had a distinct "new" cast turret derived from the first T-90 planning-phase in the eaarly 1990s were new turrets and even a new hull were considered to be used in the future replacement for th T-72B. The Object 188 incorparated many improvements at that time, but the simpler Object 187 (bas

Hey folks! I finished Trumpeters 1/72 IS-7 yesterday! Now I´ll let you enjoy some pictures of the painting process as well as some pictures of the fininshed model. Let´s get started! First off all I sprayed the parts shown in my Built-Review with Vallejo´s Grey Primer so the paint would stick in a proper even layer. For the base-color I used Vallejo ModelAir Olive Green mixed with ModelAir Light Grey and Light Brown to achieve a somewhat worn Russian standard paint. As you may be able to see, I varied the mixture around the areas to create shades and more worn-effects on the exposed areas of the vehicle. Tracks are left off for separate painting. Speaking off which... that´s what I did next. For a dark metallic look as seen on the original vehicle at the Kubinka Tank Museum, I took Vallejo ModelColor Dunkegrau as it seemed to fit nicely into the overall base-paint. The exhausts were then painted with Humbrol Rust. For the tools on the sides I mixed myself some woody-lookin