ADF F/A-18F Super Hornets

I’ve made a little progress on my Australian Hind Commander strike force.  No actual Helos yet, but I started with something simple.  Australian F/A-18s are painted in a very similar scheme to the U.S. versions.  The colours I used were: Top-side:  USAF Medium Grey (VMA 71.120) Under-side: USAF Light Grey (VMA 71.121) Canopy: Dark Sea … Read more

DAK Transports are finally finished.

DAK Transports are finally finished. I had been holding off sending or posting photos of some of these because I needed time to finish them all, this competes what I need for Adpeticon Bolt Action Tank wars. It all looks good so I am pretty happy.

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Paint Problems

Paint Problems, we have all had them.  I get them often enough that I thought I might do a post about them.  In this case my problems came up while painting the Bolt Action transports.

 

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3mm Israeli Isherman Battalion

3mm Israeli Isherman Battalion 2

It’s been quite the productive week, the last of the models I’ve recently finished is an Israeli Isherman M51 Battalion for Modern Spearhead. One thing I like about the Israelis is that you don’t need to paint huge numbers; I’ve got a huge number of Egyptian T-55s that will take a fair while to finish.

First I’ve got the commander: the rules just have him on the same base as the others. However, I’ve decided to base them very differently on 20mm discs. It makes them nice and distinct, without requiring a heap of work on a little diorama.M51-Commander

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