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Tool Cleaning Tip Having professional tools to work with is a joy, perhaps more convenient, nevertheless, they don’t work any better than our rudimentary DIY tools. That being…

MINERAL SPIRITS or VARSOL Regular (Diesel Smell – Sulphur) or Odourless A while ago, on a mission to purchase MINERAL SPIRITS in bulk to save on the pricy…

What Are They? Weathering Pencils are 37 Special non-toxic water pencil colours. Weathering Pencils can be described as a type of greasepaint in a pencil, specifically designed for…

Acrylic Lacquer Thinners Mr.THINNER is necessary to thin paints and wash brushes. Mr.THINNER is a high-quality material, so it is easy to use and mix with Mr.COLOR. Mr.…

Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | Decaying Having Fun with Colour Here is a fantastic way to add more interest to your builds, vignettes or dioramas.…

Wet Coniferous Needles In Scale Using AK GLOSS VARNISH & Abteilung 502 Oils In addition to the leaf post using coffee filters seasonally coloured with acrylics and leaf…

What every plastic scale modeller needs to know. Styrene Modelling Fundamentals That’s what I do… I build models and know things that most people don’t. Scale model kits…

Explaining Scale Model Filters The purpose of a filter is not to necessarily change the base colour, rather give it a more realistic look. Think of that sparkling…

Reinventing the Wheel? Building on Other’s Experience and Skillsets Collective Knowledge and Learning Wet Palette Use № 2 From time to time we come across reference pictures of…

How to create fabric texture using Titanium White Pigment We often place figures in different poses on our builds, vignettes or dioramas to convey a storyline and for…