Without going all the way out on a limb, I'll borrow language from my first scratchbuilt post and suggest that polish master modeler Andrzej Ziober is producing work that is...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday October 27th, 2011 1:00 PM
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This detailed post from modeling forum member Panzerpaul nicely shows off the skill and hard work that went into creating his radio-controlled replica of a WWII-era German tank destroyer commonly...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday October 26th, 2011 6:00 AM
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In support of the latest issue of MAKE, Volume 28, MAKE contributor Stefan Jones sent me a link to this PDF of a booklet from the 1950s on model airplane...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday October 25th, 2011 9:30 PM
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1/87 is essentially HO scale, which is said to be the most popular scale for model rail stock in the world. For cars and even large trucks, as you can...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday October 25th, 2011 9:00 AM
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In the early aughts, I ran a popular and well-regarded tabletop wargame modeling and converting site called 40K Konversions. It was dedicated to all forms of modeling related to the...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Friday October 21st, 2011 6:30 PM
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Just one of twenty stunning scale models--most of them 1/6 motorcycles--from Spanish crasftman Pere Tarragó of Motoscala Tarragó. Sr. Tarragó takes great work-in-progress shots for his models, and this one...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday October 21st, 2011 9:00 AM
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Julian Khor, a Senior Lead Designer at Ubisoft Singapore, has a series of inspiring videos (99 in all) on sculpting superheroes, action figures, and modeling the human form in general...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday October 20th, 2011 9:00 PM
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This is an entry from Bay Stater John Neiner in Starship Modeler's 2007 Yellow contest. It's built from sheet styrene with a few borrowed details from various model kits. Lots...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday October 20th, 2011 9:00 AM
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Scott Lowther's models aren't (generally) painted, because Scott Lowther's models aren't (generally) for display—they're for casting molds to make kit-parts from. If you've ever been curious about this process, Scott's...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday October 19th, 2011 9:00 AM
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A few days, one of our contributors, Stefan Jones, sent us a lovely piece he'd written, an ode to the 1970s Estes model rocket catalog. We'll be publishing that piece...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday October 17th, 2011 8:30 PM
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Retired dentist Young C. Park built this 1/16 scale replica of the WWII-era fighter plane mostly from common aluminum roof flashing, like the kind you can buy in big rolls...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday October 13th, 2011 6:00 AM
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Architect Paul Gaertner built this beautiful 1/72 scale replica of the so-called "Atomic Annie" US M65 nuclear-capable 280mm artillery piece, and its two specially-built tractors.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday October 12th, 2011 10:13 AM
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