Hobby Basics

Getting realistic metal wear and making highlights stand out with a simple tried and true technique. One of the oldest techniques in the modellers tool of tricks is drybrushing. It is primarily used these days to simulate worn shiny metal. Track links for instance are constantly abraded by the surface that tanks roll on, wearing the contact points into bright shiny metal highlights. Other parts such as shovels, machine guns can benefit a lot from a little metal drybrushing. Drybrushing...

Weathering adds dimension, makes tiny details pop out and turns a plain model into a winner.

In this article we feature a guest modeller (who happens to be a really good armour modeller!) We're happy he's sharing his knowledge for all the newbies - Take it away Albert! When I started out scale modeling around four long decades ago, I thought that I was supposed to dunk the entire decal sheet in water and just pick what I needed as they either slid off into the water or crumpled into an unsalvageable mess between my fingers. Thankfully, somewhere along...

We put AK Interactive finishing products to the test recently. We weathered up a Takom 1/35 M3A1 Lee tank from a plain, standard olive drab finish to spectacular results!