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Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck This is the ninth part of the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck 1/72 Scale A12013 build and review. Nothing is more revealing or satisfying than adding on a primer coat. The debate whether a primer coat is necessary or not will likely remain a debate within the modeling … Read more
Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck This is the eighth part of the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck 1/72 Scale A12013 build and review. Summertime projects always stand out to me for some reason. Last year it was the Tamiya 1:32 P-51D Mustang, and before that, the Tamiya 1:48 F-14A, and the year before … Read more
Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck This is the seventh part of the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck 1/72 Scale A12013 build and review. There have been several models that I’ve built and I wish that I could build them a second time because I now know exactly how to build the model and … Read more
Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck This is the sixth part of the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck 1/72 Scale A12013 build and review. This week there was a lot, and I really do mean a lot of work done. And the worst part, it was slow, and very tedious work. Lots of sanding, … Read more
Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck This is the fifth part of the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck 1/72 Scale A12013 build and review. Airfix included with this kit a set of raised landing gear doors so that you could pose this model in flight. They didn’t include any other directions on how to … Read more
Skill Level: AdvancedPrerequisite: Basic Understanding of Colour TheoryRead Time: 10 minutes Additive and Subtractive Oil Paint Swatch Modulation and Colour-Mapping Ode to Oils: Old School – New School Techniques In Advanced AFV Model Finishing and Weather Effects 2.0, Part №.2, we previously covered the basic concepts of different finishing and weathering approaches. The use of … Read more
Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck This is the fourth part of the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck 1/72 Scale A12013 build and review. As good as the instructions will be it never hurts to have some reference material available to double-check a few items. For this project, I purchased the Haynes Manual on … Read more
The Essential Tools Required – Part 2 Plastic kit building is a hobby that can provide substantial enjoyment with minimal investment in materials and supplies. Let’s begin by informing you of the additional essential tools required from part one. As mentioned in part one, these are the additional specialized tools that can enhance specific tasks. … Read more
Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck This is the third part of the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck 1/72 Scale A12013 build and review. As I mentioned in the previous post I built a lot of Airfix as a youngster, and a lot of those kits were reissues of kits dating as far back … Read more
Create the Effect of Detail – Not The Detail Skill Level: AdvancedRead Time: 11 minutes Part №.2 of How-to Prepare Military AFV Models for Weathering and Protective Clear Coats covers the next steps in the finishing and weathering process. In this article we cover the basic steps of various weathering techniques with examples of their … Read more
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