Steve Schiera
Plano, Illinois
For his first time building armor, Steve chose a Tamiya 1/48 scale M1A1 Abrams. He upped the detail with photo-etched metal parts and painted exclusively with Vallejo acrylics. Steve airbrushed primer first, pre-shaded, laid down the base color, and post-shaded. Then he applied multiple filters made from thinned artist oils.