Category Archives: Techniques
20260616 Weathering hack by Francesco Pernice
I saw this nifty trick from Francesco Pernice who is a member of the Facebook Group, Weathered Models. What he did was to use some thin tesa tapes and then airbrushed Tamiya X10 Smoke over them. This works if underneath the surface has ribs.
20260615 Malcom 2026: The Aftermath
Let me take a deep breath… a lot had happened. This is the 11th Year for Malcom which is the brainchild of WH Ming of World Hobby Miniatures of Penang. There are a lot of stories on how he formed it but this is not the post. What this post does is to highlight the […]
20260402 My goto Lipo Chargers
The Transition In the beginning, I always recommended using either three AA or AAA batteries to power my circuits. That combination provides a good 4.5 volts which was as close as I could get to 5 volts. The reasoning was that if anyone uses my circuits during a show and runs out of batteries, they […]
20260403 Lincoln Wright paints the Griffon
Lincoln Wright of the famous scale120 shows how to paint a Hasegawa 1/20 Ma.K. Pkf.85bis. This video shows you the thinking and the techniques applied to create that finish.
