r/modeltanks

I noticed that I needed a stronger hull so I remade the hull

I’ve been wanting to build a model again for a long time but haven’t until now my first was a titanic 10 years ago age 12 and it’s not great at all but I still display it proudly! I wanted to finally try again so watched a whole bunch of videos and bought the supplies and this was the results! I’m pretty happy with it!

Pictures of my beautiful Tamiya 1/48 Jagdtiger before she goes under for a clear coat and decal application. This is my second ever tank model and I believe my 17th model overall. The camo is completely my doing and my version of Germany’s Ambush camouflage. Primer is Rust-Oleum light grey automotive prime. Paint is Vallejo Olive brown and dark yellow with the green being a thinned down Crayola green crafts paint ontop of a Vallejo olive drab. To get the dot pattern I just used the end of a golf tee and dipped it in contrasting paint before applying it. I put green and brown on the yellow areas and yellow on the green and brown areas. This is my first kit of a German tank and German big cat. My other tank i built is a 1/35 Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog.

I’ve run into this problem as a beginner modeller quite a lot when applying paint. I’m just trying to apply Hull Red XF-9 to my H39 but it either leaves large globs of paint and peals off when I paint over it again. I do shake up my paints, but it seems to do very little to stop this. Any suggestions?

As u might know i now own 8 Waffentrager Auf E100s, but i have some great news. I have ordered 2 Waffentrager auf E-100 W R1 Missile which one of them includes the parts i need to create... yesyes u guessed it 2 more Waffentrager Auf E-100's

In this picture on the left, i have ordered 2 waffens and 1 E50 with flak 40. I already have one Flak40 ready so that totals upto 2 flak 40s. One of the Waffens i ordered has the turret needed to complete 1 of the waffentragers. While the other waffen kit does not...

On the right side of the picture shown, i already have 1full waffentrager ready to be built with flak 40, but no rubber tracks (yet). Same goes for the other box. This means i could create 4 more waffentrager auf e100s, 2 with flak40s the other 2 with missiles.

Just a lil update on where ive been and what i have been upto :) that makes a total of 12 waffentrager auf E-100's which is insane to believe myself.. hope y'all like the progress and updates so far stay tuned cuz i have alot more in the bag😉

Hello everyone this is my first time i am using an airbrush.i learned many things along the way, such as the first rule: airbrush looks so much better.

Im really proud of this result for the first time... yes it looks like the bt42 from girls und panzer🤣. Did somw preshading aswell and damn i love the airbrush now!

Also, any tips on Vallejo Airbrush paint 'modelpaint' with valejo airbrush thinner? I havent found the sweetspot of it yet so i dont have to keep cleaning the needle and cap over and over again. And what about the compressor? 1.5 bar seems the best so far? Im a beginner please help me out with some tips if u can :).

After a couple of months im calling this done!, first time experimenting with chipping fluid and other techniques, took some liberties comparing to the original references. Also, not a great figure painter but im really proud of how they turned out. Let's hear your opinions

Hey y’all, I’m working on getting back into modeling with the Tamiya 1/35 scale Jagdpanther and I just ran into an issue. I recently just base coated the hull in XF-58 green and after leaving it to dry for around 24-30 hours I can to take a look at it and while I was moving it around to look at it I touched the side panel on the casemate. Much to my chagrin, I noticed that my hand had changed the shade of the paint to one much lighter. So, I tried to put a thin layer of the paint over the part I touched but it hasn’t done really anything. I’m thinking it might be because I sprayed it over another paint rather than a primer as I had used the wrong color initially and just painted over it, but I’m not sure. Could anyone tell me where I might have gone wrong and how I could perhaps fix it?

So i have this engine from a E-50 laying around from ModelCollect. Unbuilt and unpainted, but i would like to know if anyone has built this engine and painted it... I cant find good examples online.

Anyone?!