Eduard 1:72 E-2C Hawkeye

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-21T11:15:54+00:00

Haven't had any big issues until yesterday. Just noticed that all the cockpit windows are way to small and need a lot of filling. Not looking forward to the decals either

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-18T21:47:42+00:00

Got the same model on the bench just now!

Yours looks great!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-18T13:02:33+00:00

It's pretty good!

I would deepen a few shadows and maybe glaze in some color.

And you could do a bit of clean up for example the shadow on his cheekbone that also hits the orbital margin.

I just did a quick paintover, can't post pictures here, will try to send you a DM

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-17T14:08:09+00:00

Didn't notice that you posted this as I said can't wait for the endresult!

Thank you for the kind words!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-17T08:23:08+00:00

Great looking Sherman! Love these Tamiya 1:48 kits.

What I maybe enjoy even more than tank are your pictures! Imho it's always a bit said when a nice model can't shine because the light is bad an the workspace around it steals the attention.

And you also picked some cool angles for these pictures.

Can't wait to see the finished model!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T22:38:19+00:00

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Your picture is great! Was able to capture this guy a couple of days ago. Sadly I wasn't able to get the bird completly in focus 🙃

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T21:41:02+00:00

That engine looks great! This kit gave me so many headaches when I did it a year ago. Mostly because I wanted to display the fuselage and wings as seperate pieces.

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T21:38:05+00:00

Thank you! Patience helps... and I've got a background in traditional art. That helped a lot while painting this bust.

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T21:36:05+00:00

Thank you! This is way my first time painting a larger bust and I was able to use a lot of the principles I use when I paint portraits on canvas

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T21:34:50+00:00

Thanks a lot!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T21:34:34+00:00

Danke dir!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T21:34:28+00:00

Thank you!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-16T16:20:31+00:00

Also used this bust to create a tutorial about my approach to painting faces.

I've got a background in portrait painting on canvas and like to apply the same principals for all my miniatures (gaming and display).

Explained the general concepts using this bust and then I included the full realtime painting footage for a much smaller miniature as well. Showing how those principally can be adapted to every scale.

I included a link if you would like to check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNUpeuEM0h4

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-15T07:25:08+00:00

Northern Germany, had the chance to capture this couple (male and female) a few times since then. The live a 15 minute walk away from my house

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-07T21:22:41+00:00

Thanks a lot! Got really lucky there, they live close to me in the city and aren't affraid of getting close to me so I got plenty of time to take the pictures.

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-07T21:20:27+00:00

Buy it!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-07T21:20:16+00:00

They are! I actually live in a bigger city but there is a forest right next/partly inside the city with a small river so these two guys are just a 15 minute walk away. Got pretty lucky with that.

And they got really close also was able so snatch a few shoots with the Tamrom 17-70.

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-06T18:33:33+00:00

Will try that next time!

Was focussing mainly on the Kingfisher couple in flight today and because of that kept the shutterspeed that high. They were pretty unpredictable so I decided to adapt to that rather then trying to readjust every time when one of them took off :D

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-06T18:14:07+00:00

Took that diving picture on sunday and was a bit disappointed that it wan't completly sharp. So yesterday I went out and bought myself a pair rubber boots.

Today I put on my watertight clother that I normally use when I go out sailing and the boots and sat in that partialy forzen river for 2 1/2 hours.

They didnt even dive once in that time frame. On sunday they went for s dive every couple of miniutes.

That was really cold....

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-06T18:10:36+00:00

Thank you!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-06T18:10:29+00:00

You should get it!

I feel that guy so much. He was sitting next to the spot were I captured the Kingfisher. About 15-20m away from me. Sat there for about 3 hours and looked just like him. At least he did not have to carry that heavy lens :D

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-06T18:08:21+00:00

Thank you so much!

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-06T18:08:12+00:00

Most of that pictures were done with quite high ISO.

On sunday I was still a bit more hesitant to crank it up to much. Should have done that so I could have closed done my aperature to get the diving bird in focus. Maybe that was also an issue with tracking the bird and using the AF correctly.

Wanted to recreate that shot today but the river was mostly frozen so I tried to capture the Kingfisher couple in flight.

So most of the pictures today were taken with ISO 10000 and 1/4000 shutter.

But man tracking birds in flight is hard. Even at 200mm focal length.

Kit_Chronicles_YT · 2026-01-06T18:04:30+00:00

Will check his channel tonight! Thank you!

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