▲ BOB STEINBRUNN
PHELPS, WISCONSIN
Bluejacket Ship Crafters’ 1/48
scale Elco 80-foot PT Boat kit was
just the beginning for Bob. “Yes,
this wood, brass, and Britannia
pewter kit has several thousand
extra parts from Shapeways,
Master Model, RB Models, Eduard,
and Aires, as well as scratchbuild-
ing, mostly for the guns,” he says.
After sealing the wood with
Testors clear lacquer and priming
with two coats of Floquil gray, he
airbrushed the camouflage with
Floquil lacquers. The boat is
marked as PT-187 of the MTB
Squadron 12 at Morobe, New
Guinea in March 1943.▲ SCOTT MURRAY
COTTAGE GROVE,
MINNESOTA
Scott’s Panther Ausf A sports a
camouflage-wrapped turret from
PanzerArt, R Model tracks, an
Aber machine-gun barrel, and RB
Model antenna. To match the
resin turret, he added Zimmerit to
the Dragon 1/35 scale kit with
Durham’s Rock-Hard Water Putty
and artist heavy-body paint. The
tank’s camouflage is all Tamiya
colors with weathering applied
using Ammo by Mig Jimenez pig-
ments and artist oil washes.
KIRK SORENSON
MADISON, WISCONSIN
Kirk’s shiny Nakajima Ki-44 Shōki started
as a 1/48 scale kit from Hasegawa that he
detailed with Eduard photo-etch. The
natural-metal finish is Alclad II lacquers
with Tamiya acrylics for the trim.