Jagdtiger 1/48

 

Panther G went swimming

SU-122

 

What-if Flakpanzer 38(t) Kugelblitz, PRague uprising '45.

 

Pz IIC as a Soviet trophy

KV-1

 

GAZ-AA with Crane

 

1/100 T-34 mod.1940

 My smallest build so far.

SU-85

One more quick corona-build

T-34 UZTM

Nice kit by Zvezda, easy build, quick finish (less than a month)

T-30 Light tank

This is my build of Hobbyboss Soviet T-30 light tank. Very nice kit that fits well. However there are a number of small issues that were addressed: weld seams, rivets and bolt heads quality and placing, armament, redundant details left form T-40 etc. Rather small tank that looks more like 1/48 than 1/35 )

Back in Control: Re-Captured KV-1

After long years I finished a winter model!

Pz IA in desert

Type 2 Ka-Mi

Recent DML kit built almost OOTB with minor additions. It's my 3rd finished Japanese subjects. I built it just for fun and finished using hardcore grey color modulation and subtle weathering. My aim was to build a model in a holiday & sunny mood ) So I enjoyed the kit ... and screw the JMNs )

Article about the model was published in Tamiya Model Magazine International #200

Chinese M4A4 Sherman

I finished the superb Tasca kit almost a year ago - in 2011. I think that Tasca's VVSS Shermans are the best. I really enjoyed building it !) And the decals were taken from an old DML kit. The markings were typical for 1st Provisional Tank group, that saw action against Japanese forces and later during the Chinese Civil War against the Communist troops

An article was published in M-Hobby magazine issue 05-2011

and recently in AFV modeller special Sherman issue:

Soviet T-60 Light tank

The small light tank played a significant role in 1941-42 before numerous T-34 became available from evacuated tank plants. Unfortunately major manufacturers ignore this subject and only available kits are old, inaccurate and crapy. Mine RPM kit fearured generic PE fret, but is very far from being perfect, suffering from poor detailing and accuracy issues. And it was hard to find one on the net.
It took me a lot of time & scratchbuilding to finish it + several aftrermarket updates were used.
The first layer was modulated green color, followed by hairspray & white finish.

Staghound Mk. III

The Bronco kit is very good in accuracy and the details fit well. A few aftermarket parts were added, the wheels slightly modified) stowage was taken mostly from the Legends kit.

While painting, I decided to used dark base colors (Agama & Tamiya acrylics) and use oil & pigment rainmarks for contrast. US designed Staghounds saw extensive srervice in foreign armies, including Canadian forces.

I had started the kit in 2008, repainted it once or twice until finished in 2010.

an article was published in Hobbyworld magazine, issue 146

Soviet T-80 Light tank

The WW2 T-80 tank was a successor of the T-70M tank. Less than 100 T-80s were built by several factories. The tanks' potos are rare, I have less than a dozen.

I started building the Miniart kit back in 2008 using Aber PE kit and Modelpoint barrel. the damned barrel resulted in remaking the whole gun  mask to fit it in place. Lot of work ( So I left the model aside and resumed building it in 2009. By that time I decided to depict a battered & battle-worn look with missing and crashed parts.

Bulgarian Pz 38 (t) Ausf. G

During the WW2 Bulgarian armed forces recieve dozens of AFVs from their German allies. Those included armored cars, SPGs and tanks including several Pz 38 (t). Eventually those armor pieces were turned against Nazis as the Red Army approached Bulgarian borders.

I couldn't help choosing all those Bulgarian markings including the Jolly Roger! ;) Unfortunately the decals' quality was not perfect(  However the kit is almost perfect and doesn't need any aftermarket, I added a few scratchbuilt parts. I used Tamiya & MM colors and a lot of weathering stuff.

And it won the 3rd place in the Web Awards'2009 contest at www.zimmerit.com

An article was published in AFV modeller magazine #52.

Panzer 38(t) Ausf. E/F. Red Army trophy

In 1941-42 Soviet army captured some Pz 38(t) tanks. Some of them were operated in german colors, other - repainted in 4BO green color and retrofitted with DT instead of ZB vz.37 machineguns. I finished my Praga tank in original german colors with soviet marks, balkenkreuzes were covered with mud.

Tristar kit is extremely accurate and needs no aftermarket imho. It's building is very user-friendly. I added only the wiring and decals from ACE trophy set.

An article about the model was published in M-Hobby magazine #6/2009