Allens Photos

Trying some new colors

Posted by on August 5, 2012 at 9:25 pm

Most of my Middle East buildings have a pretty boring concrete color to them or some variation of concrete, I thought I’d try some different colors today.  

New pix of my Middle East boards and some new GHQ vehicles

Posted by on October 13, 2011 at 7:23 am

I just spent a few evenings painting some awesome new GHQ pieces, here they are on one of my desert town boards. A lot more images (and full size 18MP versions) on my flickr CLICK HERE

First Look

Posted by on August 29, 2011 at 11:02 pm

Here is the first look at a project I’ve been working on for a while. This 285th scale airport section is based on a small portion of Baghdad International Airport, one corner of the airport that contains the approach end of runway 15R and some of the commercial terminals. Much artistic license has been taken [...]

Progress on my 285th scale Middle East town boards

Posted by on May 21, 2011 at 9:32 am

Put some primer on the roads Painted the roads and sidewalks Getting ready to start planting buildings Getting some buildings installed Getting some buildings installed Getting some buildings installed

Started working on some 285th scale desert boards today

Posted by on May 20, 2011 at 7:43 am

I just started working on some desert boards today. I have not decided what I’m going to use as a ground covering to simulate desert sand … any suggestions are appreciated. Most of the model railroad stuff I have would look like giant gravel in 285th scale.

Working on a Middle East building

Posted by on May 1, 2011 at 4:43 am
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I’m putting together a building using our new Middle East Modular series building components. Please note there are some extra scratch built stuff added to this building to show what you can do with a little imagination