This is a guide to painting toy soldiers offering some quick tips gained from over ten years of painting figures myself. Whilst mainly focussing on 1/72 and 1/32 plastic figures much of this information will...
This guide is a short edited extract from MAINSTEAM MODELS "The Complete guide to Miniature Steam" which is now available on CDrom or Internet download.It is written with the beginner in mind and covers many...
This is a straightforward guide for metal and plastic figure painters allowing you to cross reference the excellent Vallejo GAME Color acrylic paint system with the Games Workshop range. Hence if you currently...
I enjoy fiddling about with mechanical objects generally, so model aero engines are a prime target for me, old two strokes don't cost that much, if you mess up! so here are a few of my observations: I obtained...
A friend sent me this guide and wanted to share it with fellow fans and collectors enjoy and Mtfbwy !!!So you want to start collecting examples of that "elegant weapon of a more civilized age"? Excellent!...
This is a brief guide to building an American Civil War Union wargames army using 1/72 scale plastic figures. I use the excellent Fire Fury rules and make up units, markers and scenery required under that...
This is a short extract from MAINSTEAM MODELS "The Complete Guide to Miniature Steam" which is available on CDROM or by internet download. In my opinion, there seem to be only two basic types of model steam...
This is a brief guide to building an American Civil War Confederate wargames army using 1/72 scale plastic figures. I use the excellent Fire Fury rules and make up units, markers and scenery required under...
This guide is intended to accompany the French Napoleonic Line Infantry paint set I sell in the Vallejo Paint Sets section of my ebay shop. Click HERE to open the page ! It's not a guide about figure...
After years of cheaper RC tanks I've just finished my first Tamiya full option tank. Here's what I learnt along the way. Hopefully it'll help you if you're not sure what you need:Where to buy:There are really...