Features

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Andras offers us a very thorough and useful primer on close-up digital photography - a must for all of us Kitmaker artistes!

AK Interactive has released a completely new line of paints and these are some of the informative videos they have put out covering their origin and use.

John Smith shares a nifty painting device with his Kitmaker family!

A thorough breakdown of the new acrylic paint system from Mission Models, including tests with weathering products and decals.

Bill Cross shows a quick set-up to photograph your models and dios with a simple light box and lights plus a smart phone.

Alan McNeilly brings us a selection of his builds during the last 5 years.

Rowan reviews a radical weathering set from Tamigawa for ice effects.

A quick overview of eight new release kits just out (or coming out) from Tamiya during the summer of 2014.

Gary shows us some of his most recent builds, mixed with some other news. For more of Gary's videos you can check out his channel on YouTube (MakingModelsAgain).

I conclude my little trip through memory lane, as I am unboxing many items I put away oh so very long ago (1989-1995).

I brought quite a few old boxes of stuff I have had in storage for 15-20 years now. Let's see what we have here...

Lance Carroll shares photos of his wonderful Wingnut Wings Pfalz D.III build.

Rick gives us his impressions of the new Iwata Neo gravity-fed pistol grip airbrush.

I would like to wish all members a Happy Holidays and tell you a little about what to expect next year, as well as show you a few of the samples to expect to see on the sites very soon.

Kitmaker has been provided with some details on the use of Deluxe Material products, and here is a look at use of Liquid Gravity.

Jim gives us an update on recent products that have arrived for review or feature write ups as well as his impending vacation.

This new softcover book is chalk-full of tips and techniques on painting models. Definitely worth a look.

Delbert shares his thoughts on this powerful decal setting solution: how to use it, precautions, and general advice!

Todd Michalak walks us through the Rusting, Chipping and Weathering process in this excellent step-by-step article. Although the base model is not an AFV, the techniques shown can be used for a variety of subjects. Well worth a read...and a re-read!

Todd Michalak demonstrates his extreme weathering techniques on a sunken Zero using a range of products from K4.

Ted Hayward introduces an easy kit to beginners: the F-16 IDF ROCAF "eggplane" kit from AFV Club (item AFQ001), and these kids will be the next generation of modelers.

Jim explains how he does a review.

Henk shares a method for packing built models to keep them safe during a move.

Dave shares his techniques on how to build a stone wall for your next diorama. It's quick and easy, anyone can do it.

Making realistic water is a very popular topic. Lots of people try many different ways of making it. Here is one way of making water with waves on the surface.

Does the high price and complexity of resin casting keep you from making spare parts or custom parts? Here is a step by step process that shows you how to make parts quickly and easily for not a lot of money.

Jean-Bernard shares an older project of his. He started off with a strong sense of composition with strong water and aged man made elements as seen in this piece entitled: Abbey

Mike shares a technique that is universal to model building genres. Making Grab Handles can be done easily and add a great level of detail to a build. Mike shows us that it can be done inexpensivly with tools most all of us already have.

Have you ever been stuck with needing some extra detail in your base and didn't have AM products available? This simple method is applicable to a wide range of modeling genres and fits any budget and any skill level.

Craig Whitaker shows us how easy it is to make attractive name plates using his word processor.

It comes up quite often, how do you deal with production applied chrome paint? What's the best way to get rid of it? There are many ways; this feature examines three different common products.

The key to continued success with an airbrush is what you do with it when you're done 'shooting' paint. Cleaning is a critical facet of airbrush use. Dave O’Meara walks us through a step by step process of cleaning a Badger 150.

This is a project build story of a Verlinden’s (VP) Pirate Figure set. The set inspired a full project. It started out as an impulse buy and turned into a lengthy project full of new techniques and scratch building. Lots of tips and tricks from start t

Does scale matter? The majority of the armor builders do so in 1/35th scale. The majority of manufacturers produce in 1/35th scale. This is being shaken up a bit with a recent influx of 1/48th scale armor products.

In the last few weeks there have been a number of threads over 'how to start' writing reviews for the site. The first impression many people have is that it's a truly daunting prospect. It's not easy, but the difficulties are NOT insurmountable. In this f

Al shows us how he brings life to his vignettes and figures with a feature about making evergreen spalings.

Charles King (T0) shows us how he weathers modern armour plating.

Ahmad Zaidi (Silantra) shows us how to make a cheap and extremely useful paint rack, no matter which range of apints you prefer.

Name It! A UK Based company supplying engraved metal nameplates to the modeller, to add that finishing touch to your model.

A personal photoalbum of a soldier of a Panzerjäger division at the Eastern Front

A few simple tips on how to improve those pics of your precious models.

Fred Boucher has undertaken an extensive investigation of various wash techniques, using a variety of paints and inks with different carrier liquids.

I built a WW1 Albatros some time ago which required a bare-wood fuselage and tried the popular oil paints technique. The effect was great and produced a beautifully subtle "wood grain", but the oils took so long to dry that dust was a real problem.

Vacuformed kits have been rather overshadowed in recent years, first by the appearance of resin models and then the rapid growth of short-run injection-moulded kits.

Getting that 'perfect' in-scale non-skid surface on your modern AFV can be difficult. Here is a simple techniques using nothing more than a spraygun or can that achieves the look you are after.

A simple way of adding rivets to anything. Illustrated by Keith Forsyth, who credits the idea to Ian Saddler.

Vince nos mostra sua técnica para pintar cabeças de figuras em escala 1/35.

Ever wanted to add a TOW 2 Weapon System to your Hummer? Pete Becerra [Epi] gives us many clear diagrams of the real thing and a description.

An easy way to make your photos much smaller in size without the use of e.g Photo-Shop.