Quick and dirty Churchill MkII Tank Armour Masthead by José Teixidó - September 2, 2013April 18, 20163 3 days from shrinkwrapped kit box to this petite representation of the Churchill tank? Including weathering? Yup, you can bet the stash on it! Come on in and check how our editor managed to finish this model in a weekend… sorta. 2456
Taming Resinec’s 1/72 Oshkosh M-ATV Armour Featured by José Teixidó - December 27, 2012September 2, 20131 The Oshkosh M-ATV or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle doesn’t require a lengthy introduction to anybody interested in modern warfighting vehicles. It is a machine designed to cope with the IED threat, an impressive piece of kit that has been deployed with US troops operating in Afghanistan since 2009.
Alex Clark’s incredible russian tanks. Part 4: T-72B (model 1989) Armour Featured by José Teixidó - December 24, 2012February 12, 20132 In this last installment from the series, we are going to take a look at Alex’s favourite T-72. It is based on his modified B type turret, along with a plethora of scratchbuilt details including, but not limited to, the late generation wedge shaped ERA blocks. 2188
Alex Clark’s incredible russian tanks. Part 3: T-72B with ERA Armour Featured by José Teixidó - December 22, 2012December 27, 20123 Another installment for Alex’ great collection of T-72. This time it is the turn of another T-72B, but one equipped with the early type ERA blocks and based in Chechnya in the mid 1990's. 2166
Alex Clark’s incredible russian tanks. Part 2: T-72B (model 1984) Armour Featured by José Teixidó - December 19, 2012December 27, 20124 In this second installment of the series Alex show Us his T-72B (model 1984). Just like the previous Rebel captured Libyan T-72M1, this model is based on Revell’s T-72M1 #03149 with the appropriate conversion work to turn it into the mightly armoured B variant. 2146
Alex Clark’s incredible russian tanks. Part 1: Rebel captured Libyan T-72M1 Armour Featured by José Teixidó - December 17, 2012December 27, 20126 If you have been into scale modeling armored vehicles long enough you’ve probably heard of Alex Clark. He is not only a great modeler, nor an active participant and moderator in the ML scale modeling forums, but he is also the author of the Osprey Masterclass “Small-Scale Armour Modelling” book.
Panzer Tank Slippers… in Crochet? Armour Featured Reviews by José Teixidó - September 3, 2012March 10, 20139 Well this is NOT strictly scale modeling related NOR is it in 1/72 but I just had to share! My wife made me these Tiger shaped crochet Panzer Tank Slippers... and since I posted it in my Facebook profile and Missing-Lynx peeps have gone totally crazy about it! Which is
WIP: Revell 1/72 Panther Ausf. G Armour Featured In Progress by José Teixidó - July 10, 2012July 16, 20126 Improving and slightly correcting Revell's rendition of a late Panther Ausf. G tank. The Revell kit is readily available, comes with a lot of extra parts (chin and chinless mantlet, two types of exhausts, extended deck crew heater, etc) and is not expensive. However the kit has a few issues, some
Review: Braille Scale Modeling eBook Armour Featured Reviews by José Teixidó - July 5, 2012July 10, 20121 There is only one thing rarer than good scale modeling how-to books and it is Braille scale modeling how-to books. Fear not my fellow gentleman, Sven-Åke Grufstedt from Sweden has you covered with his just released Braille Scale Modelling eBook. 1460
Review: Kagero TopColor 1 Pz.Kpfw V Panther book Armour Featured Reviews by José Teixidó - June 20, 2012August 29, 20120 A week or so ago I managed to grab a copy of Kagero’s Topcolors #1 Pz.Kpfw V Panther book from one of the vendor tables and I decided to review it. 1443
Modeling Dragon’s Sherman Firefly Vc Armour Featured by José Teixidó - June 20, 2012August 22, 20125 José Miguel joins the Blitz72 ranks with a petite diorama of a British Firefly Vc, the dreaded long barrel version of the Sherman Tank. 1402
Amazing new Jeep and Kubelwagen etch sets from Orange 3D! Armour Featured Reviews by José Teixidó - June 16, 2012July 5, 20120 As if their previous Jeep set that we reviewed a while back was not enough, Orange 3D just launched new sets to reproduce several variants of the Jeep and a Kubelwagen in 1/72 scale. 1390
IPMS EEE 2012 Contest & Expo in Buenos Aires Aircraft Armour Featured by José Teixidó - June 16, 2012June 20, 20120 Last June 9th and 10th of June, IPMS Esteban Echeverria & Ezeiza organized their annual Contest and Expo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As usual in these events a lot of very interesting models, modelers and some vendors were present. 1303
Converting an ESCI 1/72 M-60 to an IDF Magach Armour Featured by José Teixidó - May 23, 2012June 16, 20122 Being a huge fan of the M-48/M-60 series of tanks I have been wanting to build an 1/72 Israeli Magach for some time. However, as with many other IDF subjects there is no Magach injection kit readily available in 1/72, so when I found the venerable ESCI “M-60 Blazer” kit
WIP: 1/72 Airfix/Heller WW2 Jeep Willys – Part 4 Armour In Progress by José Teixidó - November 15, 2011January 13, 20120 Work in progress on the Airfix's 1/72 Jeep gets some more PE details and a scratch-built wire-cutter. Also the windshield gets a small correction in shape. We are slowly getting there!!! 795