In Progress » JGSDF Type 87 Recon Vehicle

07.13.07» Sources, Concepts & Initial Building This is the JGSDF Type 87 Recon Vehicle from Trumpeter of China. Having done the JGSDF Type 74 MBT and the LAV I wanted to do some other JGSDF vehicles. I searched around and found this and the very similar Type 82 CCV also…

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In Progress » E.F.G.F. Type 74 Hovertruck Diorama

06.08.2007 » Concepts/Initial Progress I can’t describe how glad I am that Bandai started doing a 1/35 scale Gundam line of support vehicles and ground troops under the Universal Century Hardgraph (UCHG) name. Really fantastic releases so far and lets me do Gundam and 1/35 armor at the same time…

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Completed » Martian Hovertank

About The Kit » A few years back I started a small mars hovertank based on the look of the trackball vehitle contest entries based on Kow’s works. (SF3D/MaK) THat wasn’t a miserable failure as I learned a thing ot two, but I never did finish that project. While looking…

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In Progress » FichtenFoo Monoracer

06.08.2007 » Concepts/Initial Progress I actually designed this a few months before announcing our new forum group-build called Sci-Fi GPX. Check the GB out here. I’ve based it off of a real-life monowheel as well as a racer from Venus Wars. This will hopefully be a sleek racing looking craft…

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In Progress » Martian Hovertank

05.24.2007 » Concepts/Initial Progress While looking around my spare parts bin for some solder I came across my old hovertank shell which I had started, but never finished, a few years ago. Looking at the shell it still has potential, especially now that my skills have improved, but I wasn’t…

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Completed » The Briegel

About The Kit » This awesome mecanical creation is a resin kit designed by Luca Z at Kallamity.com. At 1/35 Scale this kit is a massive beast standing at around 10″ tall and made from around 170 resin parts. Some parts were simply huge and almost the size of a…

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In Progress » The Briegel

02.25.2007 » Concepts/Initial Progress I got my beautifully cast and designed Briegel from Luca Z this past week. It’s just a sight to behold… huge, detailed, and looks to be a monster of a fun build. Enough so that a few of us that managed to get ahold of them…

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Using Real Dirt for Mud and Groundwork

This article will explain some techniques I found and figured out on my own for using real dirt for the creation of mud and groundwork on display bases. Nothing looks more like real dirt than… well, real dirt. We can process this dirt and the result is a cheap and…

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