|   | Scratchbuilt Land Raider, done! | 2018-10-24 09:19:00-08:00 | 
          
            | Here's the finished model, paint job is complete.At least, I call it complete. Because otherwise I'd be tempted to go in and redo everything a ... | 
          
            |   | Scratchbuilt Patoroch Land Raider | 2018-10-24 09:19:00-08:00 | 
          
            | This was my very first scratchbuilt mixed-media model, which kicked off my journey in this scratchbuilding hobby. I started from a paper template by Eli ... | 
          
            |   | Paint progress | 2018-10-18 11:22:00-08:00 | 
          
            | Slowly getting somewhere on the painting. I want to post this update otherwise it feels like I'm stagnating Some of the fine details (the aquilla/twin-headed ... | 
          
            |   | Tracks, guns, trim, etc | 2018-10-09 09:38:00-07:00 | 
          
            | I realized that there was some unpainted paper in the recesses around the tracks, so I masked off the tracks and ran the airbrush over ... | 
          
            |   | Basecoat | 2018-10-02 09:45:00-07:00 | 
          
            | I've finalized the planned paint scheme, so now I just have to get down and do it. First step, using my airbrush I preshade with ... | 
          
            |   | Prime time! | 2018-09-18 00:14:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Sprayed everything with gray primer. Have to be patient though, this stuff goes on thick very quickly. I have a couple of spots I've had ... | 
          
            |   | Wood hardener | 2018-09-18 00:09:00-07:00 | 
          
            | I decided to add a decent covering of wood hardener to the model. This stuff applies like thin super glue, and soaks the paper/card, when ... | 
          
            |   | Final model, almost | 2018-09-11 00:15:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Here are some higher res photos of the (almost) final model, before final prep and painting. There are only a couple of things still to ... | 
          
            |   | Details | 2018-09-10 23:59:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Primed & painted the imperial eagle with polyurethane, then applied some thinned silicone. After this I covered it in plain silicon; this will become the ... | 
          
            |   | Iconography | 2018-09-06 23:02:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Working on the iconography (don't know what else to call it!). Got an Imperial Eagle design going, this will go on the front of the ... | 
          
            |   | Smaller details | 2018-08-30 00:32:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Smaller progress lately: added a bunch more rivets, added some more engine detailing, started filling in the minor gaps with some card strips, etc. I'm ... | 
          
            |   | Rear engine vents | 2018-08-22 23:34:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Spent the evening making the large engine vents on the rear of the vehicle.Lots of tedious cutting and gluing, but the end-result looks nice. Still ... | 
          
            |   | Current progress | 2018-08-17 23:43:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Ha. Built the starboard sponson swivel gun, then realized afterwards I had built the mirror image gun armor plate. Sigh. Luckily it is not that ... | 
          
            |   | Main gun finished! | 2018-08-15 23:36:00-07:00 | 
          
            | Added all the detail around the main gun, looks pretty neat, at least to me. In the last photo you can see the starboard swivel ... | 
          
            |   | Main gun, continued | 2018-08-15 23:28:00-07:00 | 
          
            | The main gun has these disks that fit around the barrels, with all sorts of stuff going on. So I cut the disks out of ... |