Category: Inspiration

Ideas for creative mojo.

  • SM.03 SAZABI CUSTOM – GUNDAM Master Grade Neo Zeon MSN-04 Sazabi “Ver. Ka” BANDIMichael Rinaldi SM.03 SAZABI CUSTOM – LIMITED EDITIONUS ISBN 978-0-9883363-6-0 APRIL 2020 — EXTREMELY LIMITED STOCK ON HAND, NEARLY SOLD OUT (NO REPRINTS COMING) SM.03 SAZABI CUSTOM features a big badass robot project from the amazing world of Gundam mecha — Bandai’s incredible 1/100 MG…

    How to Paint BANDI GUNDAM Neo Zeon MSN-04 Sazabi “Ver. Ka”
  • TANKART 2 ALLIED ARMOR (2nd Edition)Michael Rinaldi Rinaldi Studio Press Publisher Info ISBN 978-0-9883363-2-2 PRE-ORDER ONLY LIMITED TO 500 COPIES WORLDWIDE ESTIMATED RELEASE AUGUST/SEPT 2020  Within this UPDATED volume, TANKART 2 Allied Armor (2nd Edition), the author will go deeper into his thoughts about why certain steps, as it relates to Allied camouflage schemes. To bring these ideas…

    How to Paint WWII Allied Armor | Soviet Red Army
  • TANKART 1 GERMAN ARMORMichael Rinaldi Rinaldi Studio Press Publisher Info TANKART 1 (3rd Edition Printing) 2017 ISBN 978-0-9883363-1-5 MARCH 2020 — SOLD OUT REPRINT PLANNED FOR SUMMER 2020 The 3rd Edition of TANKART 1 German Armor book is printed in our standardized TANKART format of 8.5″ x 9.5″ at 288-pages in length. Each book is wrapped in a matte laminated…

    How to Paint WWII German Armor Early-Mid War
  • SM.01 FISH SUBMARINE – LIMTED EDITIONMichael Rinaldi Rinaldi Studio Press Editor Info SM.01 FISH SUBMARINE – LIMITED EDITIONUS ISBN 978-0-9883363-0-8 FEB 2020 — LIMITED STOCK ON HAND, NEARLY SOLD OUT The series launch book, first in a brand new LIMITED EDITION scale modelling book series from RSP and the makers of the TANKART books. Smaller,…

    How to Paint a Steam Punk Fish Shaped Submarine
  • MTS-038 Some days I feel like Rip Van Winkle, awakening to find the modelling world completely transformed and unfamiliar. Getting back into my long lost passion for modelling a couple of years ago, I discovered the extensive use of photo-etch for detailing. The T-34 has always been a favourite of mine, so, one of the…

    MENG PHOTO-ETCH BENDER
  • The Red Army “railroad torpedo” ЖДТ-3 (ZhDT-3) was developed by the Ordzhonikidze Machine Plant of Podolsk in 1935 as a weapon against enemy armoured trains. It consisted of a small, two-axle, battery-powered trolley armed with a 495lb (225 kg) bomb containing a 220lb (100 kg) high-explosive charge. The ZhDT-3 had a top speed of 37…

    Red Army Railroad Torpedo
  • Quick Tip. Making wooden crates, by Sergiusz Pęczek 1) The resin PaK 40 AMMO crates are first primed with an AMMO grey primer using an airbrush, and then hand-painted using A.MIG-036 Old Wood acrylic colour. 2) When the base colour is dry to the touch, we slightly modify the colour by applying a very thin…

    Painting Wooden Crates
  • 1/35 scale model of a Hitachi Zaxis 135US Excavator
  • T-34 Engine Service Life of 300 km Reliability is a misunderstood term, a hornet’s nest of controversy, parroted by almost every modeller. But, what does reliability mean and how is it defined? What is the measurement criteria? For example, say a unit full-strength is 20 tanks and can draw from a motor pool of 60…

    The Tank Reliability Myth
  • The massive Schwerer Gustav and Dora WWII railway guns were pulled by specially constructed Diesel Electric Locomotives DE D 311.01 A/B – D 311.04 A/B.

    The Schwerer Gustav & Dora Diesel Electric Locomotives
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