Words to live by…
My good buddy Max helped me get this from The M Workshop in Singapore....
WIP : Bandai Stormtrooper Pt. 2
No, not quite the Ewok village but yes, Ewoks are a savage bunch. Do not f**k with them. Anyway, painting stage involves a base of black primer. Then I sprayed US Grey so the top layer of Dead White doesn’t need to be too thick to look ‘white’. I also tried to get the upper …...
Completed : Academy 1/72 North American F-86F Sabre
Kit Info Brand: Academy Scale: 1/72 Media: Injection Plastic The Subject The North American F-86 Sabre is a single-seat swept wing transonic jet fighter aircraft. First entering service with the USAF in 1949, the F-86 was one of the best and most important fighter aircraft during the Korean War. Armed with 6 x 0.50 caliber …...
WIP : Bandai Stormtrooper Pt. 1
Time for a more relaxed build after the F-86 I think. As far as I know, Bandai has never had bad fitting kits, this one is no exception. The neck is a bit loose and I messed up slightly on the right shoulder pad so now it falls off easily but all in all, very …...
WIP : Academy 1/72 F-86F Sabre Pt. 2
Finally onto decaling stage and the Academy decals are… crap. They take a long time to detach from the backing, are quite fragile, and doesn’t really react to Mark Softer. Since I don’t have Mark Setter I resorted to Future to stick some errant decals onto the surface. There were quite a few tearings so …...
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
So great he even beat Superman. Good night sir....
Upcoming : A tale of 2 ‘Cats (Tamiya and AMK)
Wow… there sure is a lot of hate being hurled right now at Tamiya ever since they announced their 1/48 F-14A Tomcat at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2016. Personally it does look like an F-14… And since it’s a Tamiya kit, we can pretty much be assured that it fits better than most other brands (I’m …...
WIP : Academy 1/72 F-86F Sabre Pt. 1
While I struggle with bad fits on other builds, this particular bad fitting kit is finally up for painting. This 1/72 Academy F-86F will be my first ever BMF build. First up is base coating with gloss black. And since there’s no easy way to add a handle for easy er… handling, I decided to …...
Completed : Tamiya 1/72 Bell AH-1W SuperCobra
Kit Info Brand: Tamiya Scale: 1/72 Media: Injection Plastic The Subject The introduction of the UH-1 Iroquois during the Vietnam War also brought the concept of air cavalry into reality: troops being carried by fleets of UH-1s to fight the enemy at time and places of their own choosing. However, the UH-1s would prove to …...
Review : The Masters’ Brush Cleaner
Info Content: 1/4 oz Price: IDR 75,000 What is it? The name says it all doesn’t it? It cleans your brushes. Sure you clean with thinner and water after every painting session, but if you’ve used them long enough you know that doesn’t get rid of everything. I’m also quite abusive of my brushes so …...
