
Discover how to choose, assemble, and finish scale models across categories like military, aircraft, ships, and cars, with tips on scales, equipment, airbrushing, and finishing touches.
Identify essential scale modelling equipment, including a cutting mat, scalpel, pliers, sandpaper, glue, tweezers, lighting, dispersion glue, masking tape, and basic painting tools for cutting, smoothing, and finishing.
Learn to use acrylic, enamel, and oil paints for scale models, including thinning, mixing, color conversion charts, priming, and application with brush or airbrush.
Separate parts carefully, paint some before separation to ease painting, and use the right glue types; protect transparent parts with dispersion glue for clean, precise joints.
Apply solid and liquid putties to fix inaccuracies in older scale models, allow drying, and sand for a smooth surface, then re-scribe panel lines to preserve highlights.
Master airbrush basics: a spray gun and compressor deliver thin, uniform paint for scale models, with double-action control, needles and nozzles, cleaning, and two-coat technique at 15–20 cm.
Decals add details to a scale model; learn decal production, preparation on a glossy surface, water application, alignment, and finishing with Tamiya mark fit strong, plus home decal paper notes.
Highlight the gaps between panels on scale models after painting and varnishing by applying black panel line accent color, then wait 24 hours and wipe away excess.
Polish the final coat after painting, varnishing, and decals to achieve aircraft gloss, vehicle matte, or car gloss with Mr. Color GX100, using coarse, fine, and finish pastes in stages.
Discover how to add realism to scale models by using preshading, postshading, washes, filters, dry brushing, scratches, peeling paint, pigments, and rust for battle-worn finishes.
Are you interested is scale model building and would you like to learn:
1. how to choose a scale model;
2. what equipment to get;
3. how to assemble it in decent quality; and
4. how to make finishing touches to make the scale model look its best?
All of that and more are you going to learn in my course devoted to the scale model building. The course is mainly focused on beginners but of course, the course is also suitable for those who already have some experience with scale models and would like to see some new techniques or be inspired by possible modifications.
I also address the issue of airbrush painting, as this is usually something that is difficult for beginners. However, it is a way to achieve a much higher quality final scale model.
After you finish the course you will be able to:
1. build your scale model, paint it, make finishing touches and create the whole diorama;
2. use the airbrush and paint the whole scale model correctly;
3. make surface finishes to your scale model such as preshading, postshading, wash, filters, pigments, scratches and more.
The course has a total of 11 chapters that should systematically guide every scale modeler through the entire scale model building process.