The Model Box

Here's the dilemma, I usually paint my models in acrylics, having favored hobby brands as well as artist acrylics. The problem was coming up with the Russian Green. I didn't want to mix it up and find myself far from the intended color and research showed that only Gunze Sangyo lacquers had a Russian Green -- in fact they had 2 -- close to the one I needed. The Gunze Sangyo color codes are C135 Russian Green 1 Flat and C135 Russian Green 2 Flat.  The model was primed with automotive primer and base painted with Tamiya Dark Green. I washed the model with a thin acrylic black and let it dry for a few days.   After finding a local shop that stocked two versions of the Gunze Sangyo Russian Green, I got ready to paint. That is, until I found out that my compressor had gone kaput. The dog and chewed thru some of the cables and lines and I'd have to bring it for repairs. Needless to say, I forged on and decided to brush on the Russian green. Using lacquer as a thinning medium,...

Work made me put all my hobbies in the back burner but a serious stress-related health problem put a stop to that. 2011 saw me reeling from complications such as Sleep Apnea and Dilated Cardiomyopathy, forcing me to take time out from work and enter a cardiac rehabilitation program. The upside to my health dilemma though is that I had to take everything slow. As in really, really slow. No more late nights at the office, headache-inducing meetings, innumerable design and storyboard revisions and oh-so tiring shoots. At least for a while. As I slowly got used to the new diet, the meds and the therapy, I also found time to pick up on projects that fell along the wayside. Hopefully, I can chronicle the completion of these projects here. Here's a slideshow of the models I've finished last 2010. Most of these are figures though since the 1:35 T-34 was supposedly the first tank I started work on that year but never got around to finishing. Yet.