Make. Paint. Build: Tips and tutorials for model train enthusiasts, modellers and miniature painters.
Painting
Whether it’s for buildings on a model railway, wargaming figures and miniatures or scale models, these painting tips and guides will improve your painting work.
How to painting horses for wargaming
If you have horses on your layout or war game and like me struggle with their colouring, this article on the paints to use for credible equine models will [...]
How to prevent Humbrol & Revell enamel paint tinlets from drying out
Follow these simple steps and your Humbrol and Revell tinlets will last for years. [...]
Make a DIY model painting turntable
How to make a turntable for model and miniature painting. [...]
Wet pallets: a must have painting accessory
If you haven't aren't using a wet pallet you're missing out. [...]
Organising and storing my paints
Life in lock down continues, as does the move to our new house, all of which is putting a damper on my man-cave activities.
Instead, I've been looking at [...]
Protecting your rails while painting track
Most model railway track come with black sleepers. These look nothing like the real thing and many modellers paint them a more authentic colour.
Browns for [...]
Making an entrance
Progress update on my temporary mini diorama / model railway layout and how I'm making the timber mine entrance. [...]
How long after priming can I paint miniatures
Before you get near to painting miniatures, it's recommended that they be primed to provide a better base for subsequent paints to grip to. [...]
How to paint lifelike figure faces
If there's one element of model making and painting I REALLY struggle with it's face painting. I can never get the results I wanted. This six minute guide [...]
Best humidity to prime miniatures
If you're getting poor results with your mini priming it could be due to the climate, and the humidity in particular. [...]
How to paint eyes
Look into my eyes. Not my eyes, those on my models. They're not good. But after following the tips here, I can see them getting a lot better. Enough of the [...]
Black, grey or white: What colour to use for plastic model primer
There's a lot of debate about what colour to use as a primer and undercoating on models and miniatures but for me the answer is simple. [...]
Masters Brush Cleaner, review
If you do a lot of painting you'll undoubtedly go through a lot of brushes. I did. But not any more. [...]
Puzzled by Paints? Model Making Painting Basics 1: Acrylics – what you need to know
Acrylic paints are one of the most popular types of paint used for model making but what's the difference between the different makes, the varnishes, and [...]
Model Making 101: Making Your Own Washes
Indispensable, yes. Expensive? No, now. [...]
Humbrol Clear Gloss – What, How, Why
Humbrol's Gloss Clear is an often overlooked material for model making but it's an incredibly useful and is far more than just a clear finish. [...]
Save money for your trains: make your own textured paint
If you build brick, stone or brick models for your railway the finish is all important. Normal paint is okay but texture paint gives an infinitely better [...]
Should you paint a baseboard and what’s the best paint to use
Progress on my shed layout has been abysmal recently. And I can't blame the hot weather. [...]
When Dry Brushes Die
Dry brushing is a great technique for weathering and wall painting but it kills your brushes. What then? [...]
The ABC Guide To Drybrushing – Add Extra Realism To Your Models
From vehicles and miniatures to building brick work, dry brushing gives your models an extra dimension and makes the difference between a painted plastic model [...]
