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Bowmore is a small town on Islay in Scotland, famous for it’s destillery. Many visitors don’t realize that in II WW in this small port Coastal Command had it’s base with famous Sunderland planes. Visiting Bowmore this year, I found an information about the hudge storm, which stroke this place in march 1943. My last picture was taken from the small wooden cottage […]
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I recieve more and mode emails with the questions about the way I model the water in 1/700 scale. Today I want to explain the simple little method I use. All you need is the base, acrylic paints, different brushes and the secret Wunderwaffe which is Mod Podge glossy version. Painting For my test I used four colours – black, pale blue, pale […]
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About 40 years I observe the changes in this unique and intiguing port. Strolling along the quays it’s hard to recall the view of oldfashioned slips that were here in early 70ties. The smell of fish, nets and diesel fuel is much less intense but still present. This year, thanx to kind invitation, I was able to visit one of the good old […]
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I am doing the best I can not to be “an obsolete modeller” 😉 That’s why I’ve bought recently a 3D milling machine. In the past, some of my models (the river bargues or Gibraltar lighthouse) were designed by myself in 3D programs and than milled in a specialized companies. From now on I will be able to controll the whole process. The […]
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I love the seasons end at Hel Peninsula. Beautiful weather, low prices and… no crowd 🙂 I spent the great hollydays in Jurata, but now I am back. Here is my first attempt to create realistic water. I took a sheet of cardboard and painted it (using black, deep blue, green and white acrylics) in four different patterns. I had the calm Baltic […]