I’ve started work on the Airfix 1:48 scale Ju87 Stuka, built straight from the box. The kit seems to fit together quite well. It’s been fun to assemble so far. 

Here are a few pictures of the painted cockpit. After taking these pictures, I closed the fuselage and assembled the wings. 

Adding details to model kit ejection seats

I just started building a 1:72 scale F/A-18F Hornet from Hasegawa. The kit's detail overall is pretty nice, but the cockpit is very plain. This isn't a big deal to me since I want to build this kit with the canopy closed. Still, the orignal seats are a bit too simple. 

What I did was really minor yet I believe adds interest. After an hour of effort, I made harnesses from Tamiya tape and sliced up a few stryene bits to suggest mechanical shapes missing from the original part. I just used scrap styrene and stretched sprue heated over a candle. 

I painted the seats in the same style I would use for game miniatures; high contrast and edge highlights. No need for washes or drybrushing. Simple painting techniques are yet another way to add details.

Khorne Bloodreaver

Finished painting a Khorne Bloodreaver last week and I have another in progress. World Eaters space marines were among the first 40k models I ever painted. Always fun painting red.