Learning Zone

There are no wrong ways to do things in model making, but there are definitely some ways which are better than others for most people most of the time!

If you've been making models for a while but envy the neatness that some can display, then the following tips on masking techniques may be of interest, since untidy painting can be one of the biggest detractors in terms of visual appeal or, to put a positive spin on it, neat painting can greatly improve how the model looks.

Colourcoats paint is all manufactured in the UK. That means every tin you buy is supporting a UK based business. Colourcoats paint is produced in s...

A guide to spraying Colourcoats paint

A basic introduction to airbrushing

A list of historical references, books we recommend and detailed information for the accuracy buffs and learners alike. This will be added to over time.

 

It was bought with the intention of making a very ubiquitous ANA623 Glossy Sea Blue US Navy example as seen pretty much everywhere in the Pacific from 1944 to 1945. The trouble is that ANA623 was pretty good paint and therefore most of the stuff modellers do to models such as pre or post shading, panel line washes etc is wholly inappropriate for such an aircraft. Then again, we can't be having a solid, featureless finish because the real aircraft didn't look like that either. I decided to try mimicking the stressed skin appearance of a real aircraft to try to get similar light reflections from a glossy finish. Out with the paint mule!

The Beginning I don't 'do' New Year so as well as getting on with existing models I started another which I also hope will be easy enough for me to...

Last year at Scale Model World at Telford I took one of Peter Hall's H-class destroyers off his hands for a project:     The kit is Atlantic Model...

Developing beyond blindly following kit instructions can seem daunting at first, and enthusiasm to learn can be quickly dampened upon learning that there is a lot of contradictory information out there. How does one tell the good from the bad?

We've piqued an interest in scale modelling so now let us gain some creative skills, expand our knowledge, improve our dexterity and experience som...