Tag: Tamiya
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RAF Dark Green: a good hobby paint match?
5 May 2013 Edit: I’ve completed my switch to acrylics, and have looked at more paints to match RAF Dark Green. I’ve also acquired a copy of British Aviation Colours of World War Two, Crown Copyright, 1976. My edition has the color chips in a fold-out in the back. I checked my acrylic paint samples,…
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Prince of Wales
Tamiya HMS Prince of Wales, 1/700 scale, as configured during the Battle of the Denmark Straight, May 1941. Introduction This model is for the Patuxent River Museum’s Battle of the Atlantic display and will be part of the vignette representing the early phase of the campaign that involved Germany’s strategy of surface raiders against the…
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“Trench Warfare”
After a couple of years of poor participation in our BTSK — Build The Same Kit — theme we decided to change things up and build the same kit manufacturer. In this case we chose Matchbox. For the uninitiated, Matchbox is notorious for deep trench-like panel lines, but I have to say most of my…