Hokonui Hobby Room

20/02/2025

Apologies for the lack of modelling content at the moment. I have a few other plates spinning that need my attention so I've hardly had any time in the modelling room.... Life
Hopefully back in there more frequently soon finally getting the OV-10 Bronco and Tiger tank diorama finished so new projects can start...
Pic of tiger just because a post looks better with a pic attached 👍
Please stay tuned and of course happy modelling all - Paul

17/02/2025

Apparently Dawid is going to shut down my page, whatever will I do 🤣🤣
Sounds official, I'd better go and click on that link 🤣

11/02/2025

Print farm happening here this week, when a customer wants parts they've scratch built out of evergreen recreating in CAD and replicating 100 times for his diorama...

My ANYCUBIC photon mono M5S printer is getting a work out.

05/02/2025

Variety is the spice of life as they say.
I seem to be getting more and more drawn into my 1/35 scale German railway diorama plans at the moment and building up yet another vehicle for potential selection.
My plan is to have several ground vehicles to arrange around the main train elements along with German soldiers, officers, rail crew and engineers to create a busy WWII scene (completely made up from my head, with inspiration from photos).
A few scratch built buildings etc will complete the scene.
This current kit from Trumpeter of the Sd.Kfz.6 is great and I'm having a heap of fun assembling, loads of detail, full engine and chassis and it will make a great addition carrying some soldiers.
Will it make the final selection is yet to be determined but I find having a varied group of subjects to choose from will help me map out the final composition of the diorama.
I suspect this project will be a long one going well into 2026.... Keep an eye out for updates.
Happy modelling everyone - Paul

03/02/2025

Lysander in the house

27/01/2025

Setting up a small model display at my local aviation museum.
If you're in the area, Croydon Aviation Museum is worth dropping in. You can go for a flight in the Tiger Moth and if you pay the extra, it also includes aerobatics (If you have the stomach).

24/01/2025

Gotta love Jadlam Racing Models for all my Airfix pre orders, among others. It costs less to ship a kit direct from the UK to my house in NZ than it does to ship a kit from my own country, even the same island, which is a pretty sad state of affairs New Zealand.
On average, sellers are wanting stupid money, anything from $20-40+ for a mid to large size kit. If the kit is only $40 to start with, its just no viable.
Some retailers thankfully offer free shipping over a certain amount, which is great and it encourages people who can't get to a local shop to use their service, which I do myself but unfortunately, the excessive charges NZ Post want sometimes must really be hurting sales for some.
I hate sending money off shore but I hate being ripped off even more.
My new Airfix Lysander is on route and in the air as we speak, hopefully have it next week 🙂

Jadlam Toys & Models are an online Toy and Model shop, we specialise in Scalextric, Hornby, Tamiya, LEGO, Airfix, Plastic Models Kits, Sylvanian Families and much more...

18/01/2025

Well dang it Italeri Official Account I was supposed to be having a purchase free 2025 and now this...

17/01/2025

Walkway done

15/01/2025

Been out hiking... Almost pi**ed my pants when I saw this, been asking Airfix for years.... Thank you 🙏

12/01/2025

Lots of touch ups here there and everywhere but I'm fairly happy now. Did some lighter colour mottling to represent sand/sun fade being in the middle east. Hard to pickup on camera but it's there and looks better than it did just flat.
Next to paint on the walkway and I'd forgot the middle fuel filler, so need to stick that on and paint too before sealing with varnish before decals go on.
Also got to paint up the Eduard Zuni rockets and also have some Reskit mk.82 500lb bombs arriving soon hopefully for it.
Still a way to go, engine and landing gear detailing to come thanks to Anyz products 😁

11/01/2025

First round of blocking in the camo. All done freehand with no masking. Needs some small touch ups but easy enough to rectify.
Next wave will be both colours lightened slightly into certain areas, panels etc to break it all up. Then post shade with the airbrush here and there.
Painting fully assembled is a right pain in the arse...

10/01/2025

Figure painting is slowly getting there. It seems with every new session I feel the guys coming more to life. Still a way to go yet as I play around with depth and highlights to give them more pop.
I've then got to add some dirt, grime and perhaps some snow to a few of them to blend in with the environment.
All a very enjoyable experience so far this figure painting.
AK-Interactive gen 3 paints and my The Army Painter wet pallet have been invaluable so far. I also bought some Acrylicos Vallejo pro modeler paint brushes in Japan and I'm suitably impressed so far...

More to come, stay tuned

Happy modelling all - Paul

05/01/2025

Always a good day when Tom at Anyz sends you stuff 😁👍
Now the Bronco build can continue 💪

03/01/2025

These figures are going to take a while lol... It's hard learning/mastering new things and I'm definitely not a figure painter.
Blocked main colours in and now trying to refine and blend faces before detailing up the rest.
Practice makes perfect as they say...

02/01/2025

Weathering.... It's a timeless debate amongst modellers. Too much, not enough, too toy-like, not to scale, wrong colours, wrong location, bla bla bla....
I watched a YouTube video the other night about what some guy reckoned was 'bad weathering' or over weathered and what was good/acceptable, like he was an expert on everything? He did add that the video was just 'his opinion' but it begs the question, who cares what his or anyone else's opinion is really?
If you were new to modelling, watching videos like this is bu****it and just puts you off being creative through fear of being ridiculed for your efforts.
If I were to build a spitfire based on the included image, 'experts' out there would most likely say it's not realistic and 'over weathered' if I didn't include the image as reference. Why does it make it any less credible without the photo?
Maybe the modeller just decided they wanted their build to look like this without a ref photo?
I guarantee someone out there would say that spitfires didn't last long enough to get this dirty and weathered lol.
In a nutshell, build YOUR model how YOU want it built and screw what everyone else thinks.
Some out there will like your work and some won't but above all else, if you're happy or know what you did wrong to correct next time, that's all that really counts in this hobby...

Rant over 😉

Happy modelling (and weathering) all - Paul

01/01/2025

We have colour going on the Bronco finally

01/01/2025

2025 build plans....
So here it is, my 'rough' plan for 2025.
I want to add some more variety to my tally for this year so I am finally going to do some civilian stuff in the form of a motorbike (because I used to own this bike) and a race car (because it's one of my favourites).
I have three to finish, Bronco, Tiger tank winter Dio and Tempest. All three will get done this year. Bronco first with the Tank Dio closely following.
Tempest will slot in somewhere along the way.
First fresh build in 2025 will be the P40N in the kiwi scheme.
No order to the rest, I'll decide as I go.
There will also be other small out of the box builds added along the way...
I'm also most likely going to start laying out my German train diorama this year but it'll be a big project stretching into 2026...
Wanted to do as many scales as I could this year too, again for variety...
Hopefully some interesting builds in there for you all to follow along with. Most will have aftermarket additions too.

Happy new year to you all and of course, happy modelling too - Paul