Steen - in braille scale

I guess it was a bit naïve to think everything would get a lot easier with an airbrush.

Well, I've done my first round of airbrushing, and it wasn't as easy as I thougth it would be, but still a lot easier (or at least quicker) than doing it with a regular paintbrush. I have a few places I'll have to go over with a paintbrush, and I have a few places that have gotten a bit too much paint, but this hobby is all a learning process for me.

Now I have 4 sd.kfz. 251's ready for some (interior) detailing.

I'm not going to make it, but it doesn't matter. Another group build without anything from me.

Well, I've revived the sd.kfz. 251 factory.

Hopefully I'll get the first 3-4 sd.kfz. 251 Ausf. C ready for paint this weekend.

So yesterday it was that time of the year again. Once every year the local hobby store is the sponsor of the local hobby show. Again this year I didn't finish anything, so that wasn't good. This year I could actually have had some competition, as somebody had finished several 1/72nd scale kits (both in the military vehicle, vehicle in diorama and figure categories), but then again, as all scales participate in the same competition, I've yet to see any 1/72nd scale kits win.
Around here 1/72nd scale isn't a big thing, so the hobby stores at the show had some really nice (and low) prices on a few new and old kits. Spending around £20 I came home with 2 Revell kits (the Fennek and Biber) and an Italeri MH-47E Chinook (I've had my eyes on this since I watched "Blackhawk Down" and found out about 160th SOAR).

Just a small post to tell you all I'm still here!

I have a small break from all the other (not small scale related) projects I have, so I've started building again.

Time for some guns, 4 towed and 2 self-propelled (17 cm Kanone 18, 21 cm Mörser 18, PaK 40, PaK 35/36 and 2 x Sd.Kfz. 251/9).


Again this year I'm not going to get anything done for the local competition (April 4th), which is really sad, as it's the only competition around here, apart from the "virtual" Braille Scale Monthly Competitions.

Yesterday I finally got my compressor. So that's one less excuse for not finishing my builds, and getting through my stash.

Actually I just need one more thing before I'm ready to go. I forgot to order an air-hose, so right now I have the compressor and the airbrush, but no way to connect them.

Today I got a letter from Alex Clark with 6 small PE grills for the HEMTT. The grill on the kit is solid, and don't have the right amount of "holes", so it seems Alex decided on making a new grill using PE. You can take a look at the thread on Missing Lynx's braille scale forum.