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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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