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pose for dragon one is better, but base is too blank. however, i will choose miniatures version 😝

thx PeteH1969 try SD AFV, they are cute 🥰 touchup camo & month, replace the eye with original decals 🤗 teapot shape body/chassis🤣

they look cute, but lose cool style of original Ma.K, not a good crossover product.😅

my bee 🐝 & spider 🕷️ arrive begin 1/72 Tachikoma, size similar to miniatures 🤭

thx conclusion 🤣

camo + shark teeth 🦈

Shau Kei Wan in Hong Kong Island, count as rich people district. next time try model shops in kowloon, price maybe 20% lower 🤔 btw, you have friend who live in HK, why not ask him/her mail japanese kits for you.😁

i always see Studio Ghibli finemolds kit in local shops. you bought in mongkok modeling shop? 😗

nice deep blue Repsol

thx Marco F, triumphfan, nearsightedjohn, JeroenS, Spiny, Vesa Jussila rainy stage 😆, i still have one (tiny) rally, will practice different style, weathering in desert stage 😗. thanks for the suggestion, experience on decals. I forgot to split/cut decals that crossover panel joint on mini 😖, which i have done on other cars before😂. About throwing old kits, since my bookshelf is already full of books & kits for years, and I keep enjoying this hobby. Those finished kits became by-products after my happy painting moments. I would try my best to keep them if it came from anime / video games i really like (e.g. Ghost in the Shell, Metal Gear Solid, Evangelion, Zoids, Ma.K, ...); I plan to keep expanding the collection, e.g. AFVs, then i will keep them for future comparison, group photos🥰; Therefore, when some kits i only built one, two times, or no further interested kits in the market. Most of them only last for a year.😆 In my opinion, finished kits not the most important aspect in modeling; the WIP process, learned techniques, developed sense of colors or personal style, chatting when post it, etc. are more important for me.😉 Unless looking for smooth finish (most on vehicle kits), I don't use airbrush at all, I even don't own airbrush equipment🤭, my friend let me use his workshop in weekend freely. Therefore, 95% of my kits are painting which brushes & acrylics. Like this time, after applied decals & masked the front glass, - washed whole car (including windows & wheels) with diluted brown/earth tone paint. - after dried, wash with same paint on lower portion. - dried again, only wash in bottom portion. - in the meantime, paint spotlight with Tamiya enamel clear yellow. - then use old brush & tooth stick to splash dots on lower portion, you need to repeat this with several colors, and focus on the panels right behind wheels. - wash on lower portion again, this time add a drop of sand yellow in wash. - wash again once dried. - drybrushing the hood & wheels with leather brown, then sand yellow. - spray matt topcoat. - paint gloss vanish on spotlight, rear lights, etc. - finish, take photos my experience / tips: - use thinner medium, fluid retarder to change the characteristic of paints, adjust transparency. Normally, i thin down acrylics with water. But adding medium or fluid retarder, you could adjust its transparency, change its surface tension, slow its drying time. So you paint with common opacity color, adding medium could increase its transparency, adding fluid retarder could extend its drying time for blending, keep adding water or fluid retarder could change its into wash or glaze, etc. These require actual practices, try it yourself😉. You could watch following trailer to understand the basic concept. PS: I not suggest Vince's channel or any techniques / products he promoting in trailers, just his trailer explained in most clear way (won't hiding important info) and demonstration (won't edit the trailer to some useless clip that paint the first brush, then magically dried in prefect opacity). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=915U2OPxhKo - weathering won't have nice result if you only apply once, therefore, i always repeat the steps 2~3 times. - when applying wash in portion, prepare another brush which moisture with water, blend the wash into adjoining portion to get smooth result.

thx nearsightedjohn i agree 90% of cars see on road won't have that mirror reflective gloss finish. Just i build vehicle kits for its livery or practicing gloss finish.😁 also, see a hood with mirror effect is cool🥰. PS: this just photo i see in flickr, not took by myself. and thanks for sharing yours experience on airbrush, mixing paints, procedure.

i chose light grey as base tone -w oxide red skirting. 😉

nice germany grey tone with mud

PE sheet on your T-90 are nice

thx FunkyChiken wash? you mean filling panel joint lines / gaps with black ink. I always skipped/forgot this step on vehicle kit😂

You think i would return to miniatures / AFV, actually i spent one more week on same vehicle kit: mini cooper 1.3i (Rally ver) 😗. How fast will you throw away your finished kit🤔? For me, since i don't have display cabinet, my finished kits just share the gaps in bookshelf😂, so if it is tiny, i.e. minis, 90% will be displayed in bookshelf for next ten years; if it is AFV (although 1/72 is tiny too, but i built too many), 90% will be stored in boxes; if it is Sci-fi / vehicle / etc, 30% will treat like miniatures, 30% will keep in boxes, 30% will stay in bookshelf for a year, but there has 10% of unlucky one😏, the finished photos also its last photos... Since the result of mini cooper not up to my expectation, and i don't have next vehicle kit(s) to expand collection, i plan to throw it away once finished. But my friend suggested to me that i could practice weathering on it, turn it into rally🤩. So i dig out some remained spare decals from previous kits, do window masking, wash several times in sepia & black, etc. Now it could stay in bookshelf for months. Working Photos: Product Photos:

nice classic flying boat. good diorama. i see Giant God Warriors 🥰

nice recycle adhesive bottles🥰

how about "clamp" a shell, much interesting than lay them all in container. i set it in my 1/72 one. 😉

Archelon 🥰, i don't have that powered suit. btw, my raccoon (wave ver).

nice old red tone, weathering, and diorama. building next ma.k yet?😁

this SD tank has interior 🤗 certainly, can't compare with RFM, but already more than typical AFV kits 😗 i chose pastel green for wall color 😁

now i am painting SD tank, not tiger 😝

i like previous orc more. this fish require more color variation on scales, edge highlight on fins? also, no eye became no focus point.

crew, stowage always make AFV better.