=/l. "All RIAL. Fau www.akrealcolors.com www.ak-interactive.com REAL ACRYLICLACQUER REAL COLOR ACCURACY FORGET THE CLOGCING: AK REAL COLORS FLOW FOR DILUTION, OUR REAL COLOR THINNER sMoOOOOTHLY I YOUR AIRBRUSH. WORKS REALLY GREAT... BUTOTHERS 700, Wa HOLDS FIRMLY ALL KIND OF WEATHERING AND s ExTPA errects HIGHLY COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER ACRYLIC LACQUER BRANDS. £ O WP wri Pyt4 ineae TANIC: T CHNIQUES MA 53 Tanks! True beasts of war. Ther intimidating appearance tons of stel rattling towards the ‘enemy with guns blazing, spearheading the assault onthe feds of battle. That's what most of us modellers think, especlly withthe model on our bench. Admit itt We've allplayed the tank commander ofthe tank we sre building, destroying every enemy ‘that stands in our way! However we allknow that t's not always as romantic Tanks have one purpose and that isto destroy the enemy before it destroys you, Toki and conquer However this hat nothing todo with our models We dept ‘our models a «small scale copy of a vehicle wih no politics involved. We like the shape, the size the camouflage pattern... that we have the chance to bullditas 2 ‘wreck ora veteran of many battle battles with sare and parts missing, All these factors make a tank attractive for us. So my fellow tankers, keep bulging tanks 8 tanks rule the modeling word! 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These slow lumbering machines brought Za fear to the hearts and minds of the enemy soldiers, These big crawling ‘monsters, spitting out machinegun fire and canon shells were created to ‘menace the trenches and attempt to break the stalemate on the Western front. However these ironclads were not invincible and had to overcome ‘many obstacles such as the crossing of wide trenches. Special devices ‘were employed for these tasks an ‘example of which was a trench crossing device, a wood and metal construction that was carried on the tanks to be dropped into the trenches 0 the tanks could cross over them ‘without become stuck. Meng has an excellent replica of the Mark V tank. A kit with excellent detail which includes a full interior. Although we decided ‘to not use or build the interior as the plan ‘was to depict the model in a muddy field with the trench crossing device on top, making its way slowly towards the enemy. The trench crossing device is moulded in plastic, while in reality it's made mostly out ‘of wood. Injection moulded kits have their its 50 we decided to rebuild it from Balsa wood and plasticard. So it would look ‘more realistic, Ocathe tacks, 8 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR‘With the device in place, metal chains are provided by Meng tokeep it in place The lage Lniching beam is also remade with Balsa in the same way as ‘ur device 7. Measurements are taken from the origina kit parts and drawn on a piece of paper 8. Lengths of Balsa wood of the right thickness were cut to size according to our drawings 9. The pieces of Balsa are next glued in position with wood glue using the drawing as a guide. 10. When all the pieces of Balsa wood are glued together the detailing using plastcard and Evergreen profiles can begin, ths i staight forward and much teasier than it may seem. Final details are added with a Punch Die. We repeat this 4 times. 11, Some wear has been added tothe wood, as Balsa is very fragile we simply pull out smal pieces ‘of wood with a pair of tweezers This isa simple and controllable way to make the wooden parts looks sed 42. The comparison with the tench crossing device fom the kt and the new seratch- buld one, The difference i obvious and will become even more visible after painting ANKER 08 / BEASTS OF V\Next we added some AK 122 US Modern Vehicles to our base color and [After the assembly is complete the models cleaned in soapy water to sprayed ton in a doud pattern to create some depth in our paintob, ‘remove dust particles and greasy finger matks. When dry our fist layer of paints sprayed on, AK 4041 WWI British Khaki Brown Highlights , 17. After the red and white markings are sprayed on using extensive masking, the decals ae added over a coat of gloss Varnish, sealed in a oat of goss varnish and finally the models sprayed Matt we started ‘adding some tonal itference by adding local ites. Smal dts of ol paint ate applied, 16, The tracks are painted in ‘AK 722 Datk tacks. An ideal dark grey brown base color for tracks 18. These dots of Ochre, Warm Red, Dark rust and Light Sand from SO2Abt are blended in with a large brush moistened with White Sprit. 18, Using AK 122 again a layer of dust is applied to the model. This to bring some more tonal variation, 20. For the accumulated dustin corners et, we use masking tape to Create a sharp conta. 10 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WARre outlined used thinned Dark Shadows of paint SO2Abt. Cortections oF removal of excess paint happens me tine, Not only a brush but a piece of sponge is also used to create chippings effects, Although less controllable it creates nice eects, especially in he thin sheet metal ly thin ight ust ol paint to make them stand ou ‘are painted on using Dark Shadow ol paint. Our model willbe Highlight, scratches and chippings are painted on by using ‘the base color with some white added Most ofthe earlier applied chippings ar 711 Chipping color to create arice multidimensional effect, red with mud at a later ‘stage, soit speaks for itself that a lot of grime and dit need tobe present on our model TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR / 1127. A fis thin layer of texture paints applied. Dry ground AK 8015 from the ‘iorama range is perfectly suited fr this task. AS the paints acrylic based it dries au cally when applied ina thin layer 28. Over our initial ayer we dab on some ‘mud layers, Muddy ground and Splatter y mud are used, We use 2 nt colors to get some vaiation in 29, Sand Yellow Dirt and dust deposits are used to create contrasting lighter dust effects. Some parts of the model our outlined while alight wash ofthis color is added over the earlier applied mud to blend them all together. 30. A mixture af Dark Shadow ol paint and Fuel Stains is used to give the mud a ‘most ook and paint on moist streaking 31. This mixture i also used forthe Splatter effects. brush i loaded with ‘our mixture and wiped aff until almost try. Next the air pressure from our airbrush is paint against our model. I nts ters immediately with 2 rite spit 32, The tracks ate added Using an artist graphite pe metalized ur muds also apy This time using a cock siral quantities hull ofthe tank. 3 able to apply tin id have maximum contol don topo 12134, Our dark mud tones ate of course aso applied on the tracks although this time they ae thinned sightly with water to enable aplication in thin ayes 35. Thisis followed by creating a moist effect using our misture of Dark ‘Shadow oll paint and AK's Fuel stains Rt oy 236. Before we start weathering, the wood the metal parts of our trench crossing device are carefuly painted in a dark, blush grey color £37, The metal pats are treated with rust 1d chippings while the wooden parts ae treated with AK's Wash for wood, The more washes you apply the become, We did this to achieve some variation in tone on the wood, 38. Alter painting and weathering, our trench crossing device looks almost teal, and this by using some simple techniques, 39. base made of foam is prepare. ‘Some filer is used to create some sifference in height 40, The whole base is covered ina layer ‘of Muddy ground, the thicker the aye, the longer it neds to dry.‘of anoldsponge and dab Then ‘del inthe pain sears to wer in the rodls a SCUOLA,‘where dozens of paper panzers, both German and Allied, are brought to life. One of the biggest in the US tree is theT29, and itis also one of the most popular tanks used by the players. To be honest, | used to play WOT some time ago and didn’t have the T29 in my ‘garage, but, when the chance to build this one appeared then that all changed. Knowing that this tank never was operational and, even though 6 prototypes where built for me itis stil ‘the’ American ‘paper panzer’ which designers produced to counter the Tiger Il This tank ‘was not ready in time to be used during the Second World War. The results of this project were used as a source of knowledge for US scientists developing a range of engineering and automotive components. The kit from Hobby Boss is pretty complete, nothing needs to be added as the kit is well detailed and the fit of the parts is excellent. While the kit itself is moulded in light gr plastic, the workable tracks are in a sand yellow tone. However, as usual | added some extr and some parts from the spares box to make the model more unique and interesting. What's ‘more, this model is hugel I's much bigger than a King Tiger for exampl ~ ‘A motor tool witha course sanding paper ‘The ruber parts of the wheels are treated Make sure you have some vatiation is used to remove the moulding seams and with a Knife to simulate wear and tear in the level of damage you add to the roughen up the surfaces. ‘wheels so they don't al lookalike ~ S A piece of thin metal rod was glued into the swing arms 50 they stay movable. Ths is fay simple. Just make sure he rod isinserted inthe swing arm just afte the point where it enters the lower hull. The frst and last wheels on each side are glued in place while the est stay movable. ‘The Assembly ofthe tracks takes a while but i's ‘worth the effort as they are workable and a perfect addition to our now workable suspension. Some of The exhausts are textured with putty mixed The same was used onthe turret. With fine the ‘duckbils are left of asi changes the look ofthe with madeling glue from a tube! This old sanding paper the surfaces were smoothed tracks and thue makes the madel ere manatane. choo! technique wes prety well. again, th means remeing the rough edges wz. ZU EB 48. The lower edges ofthe side ski are made of rubber on the real hing, Toughened up to simulate wear 9. Th 50 cl machine was updated with pars from RB Models Ths produces a big improvement ver the original kit parts. 410. More tured metal pats ae used from RB Moasl to replace the antennas The machinegun inthe bow sls fom RB Models whe the shackles come from the spare box, Some wing is abo added tothe headlights. Netw parts ae scratch bul forthe end pats of the co-ax machineguns The assembled models realy big and looks impressive. It was a fun, straight forward build without any problems. The way it shouldbe with modern day kis. yO omencinen ‘the paint attaches itself better on to your mode!Sian 46, The fist color we apo is Tamiya XF-62 Olive Drak 17, As our goa so pat the model in a hard edge 3 tone cam and masking tape to mask off our deste pattern. The ight green v XP-2 Flat White, XF-62 Olive drab an E 418, With our masking removed our camouflage patter starts to take shape. 19, For the final color we again masked off our pattern and applied the third color which is 2 nixtute of our base color and black Before we go over nering phase the small detalis such a the tools and pe hand pain is are used to paint on the with masking tape. Make sure you protect the surrounding ares with masking, tape to eliminate overspray 22, Tamiya XF-2 Flat white was used to spray on the aking. 20 / TANKER 08 / BEAS'twas intended to have the markings as a hastily applied job. So the edges ‘A coat of Tamiya X-22 clear i sprayed over the model to protect are purposely not super sharp All the markings aso bring some more color ‘our paint job and make our surface smooth for upcoming washes into the model ‘ete, this smooth surace wil make sure our washes flow better on, in and around dete [AK's Wash for Dark green Vehicles is used to outine all details on the ‘blue green fier is applied wen the wash is dry to bring some ‘model and for creating shadows. richness to our coors, ‘small chippings are applied with the speckling technique and with the Don't overdo the chipping effects, keep yourself in control spanae chiopina techniave. Too much chiopina wil look unrealistic29, Rust chippings are painted on with several ust colored oil pants 31. The same color used for chipping is heavily thinned and used to paint Note also the heavy chipped white section ofthe barrel, This was done the streaks. uring WWW? to hide the care length ofa gun from a distance. 32. Datk grey and black ol paints are used on and around the engine 30, Edges that are subject to heavy use are metalized with a graphite penci deck to simulate the grime from the engine, 33, The exausts are hand parted in a dark rust brown, ‘ole andthe surounding area is masked of. 34, Seneralrusttones are applied withthe specling pea chipping 9 Hull ed. 36. Abrush moistened with waters xed to rere ost ofthe hulled urveling the nus tones underneath 37 The sme process was repeste but this tine with XF-63 Geman grey 38, Wiha grean color we pant onthe remaining teen Spots that have not been removed fer the exhaust ue tothe heat 39, When dry we apply a wash of ight rust ade up from ott rst ol pant fom S02 Abt mixed wth white spit 40, Shacow are added by using again our chiping olor. 41. Theresia realistic and corning ooking exhaust.45. The lower hull behind the wheels is sprayed wit a coat of Buff and left to ary, 46. Splatter etfect sted Earth from the diorama range of AK is mixed with ine sand and applied with an old brush tothe sides ofthe ull and aso on the wheels, When dry streaking and stains are painted in with a ark brown ol paint he lower hull and the sides of he wheels masked off we applied a coat of heavy chipping fluid over our model 43, A light coat of Tamiya Butt was applied to the front and rer, and tothe Sides of the hull and ture 44, Most of this dust cor is removed with a brush moistened with lukewarn 47, Ak’s new texture paint isnot only useable for groundwork but also {for mud and sand effects on your model, as you can see her, 48, More dust effect are applied with several earth colored pigments ‘applied dry witha fine brush. 49. The soot on the exhaust is done with black pigment, We also paint some ol stains with thinned Engine grease ol paint.PTOrata pe LR AB BNA1D u The Libyan Civil War, also re- ferred to asthe Libyan Revolution or 17 February Revolution, was ‘an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African county of Libya. It was fought between forces loyal ‘to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his govern- ‘ment. The war was preceded by protests in Zawiya on 8 August 2009 and finally ignited by pro- tests in Benghazi beginning on ‘Tuesday 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security forces that fired on the crowd. The pro- tests escalated into a rebellion that spread across the country with the forces opposing Gaddafi ‘establishing an interim governing body, the National Transitional Council. The United Nations Security Council passed an intial reso- lution on 26 February freezing the assets of Gaddafi and his inner circle and restricting their travel, the matter was also referred to the International Criminal Court for investigation. In early March, Gaddafi's forces rallied, pushed eastwards, and re-took several coastal cities before reaching Benghazi. A further UN resolution authorized member states to establish and enforce a no-fly zone ‘over Libya and to use “all necessary measures" to prevent at- ‘tacks on civilians, which then turned into a bombing campaign by the forces of NATO. The Gaddafi government then announced 4-2:3. We decided to use the Tamiya TS5A, Trumpeter BTR 60 and Fril metal tracks for this project. Step or assemble the lower bull of the taking measurements, we cut a piece of real Imm metal 5 base forthe BTR 60 on the top. Step 2 was to cut the BTR 60 tothe desired shape. We assembled the 2 kts together and for the front part we used 0.5mm Alurioum sheet to finalze the shape. For the rear par (orange) we designed it and then printed i fut using 3D printer. It was a fun project and ‘quick built without any problems, 28/1 bels rejected government offers of a ceasefire and efforts by the ‘African Union to end the fighting as the plans set forth did not include the removal of Gaddafi. n August, rebel forces launched ‘an offensive on the government-held coast of Libya, taking back territory lost months before and ultimately capturing the capital city of Tripoli, Gaddafi evaded capture and loyalists engaged in a rearguard campaign. On 16 September 2011, the National Transi- ‘tional Council was recognized by the United Nations as the legal representative of Libya, replacing the Gaddafi government. Mua- ‘mmar Gaddafi remained at large until 20 October 2011, when he ‘was captured and killed in Site. The National Transitional Council “declared the liberation of Libya" and the official end of the war ‘on 23 October 2011. During our research on the Libyan civil war we found 3 photo of a tank which was a combination TSS and BTR6O chasis, its name was (DRAKULA). We decided to makeit and then also todo a small dusty street with a group of rebels at rest near the tank representing the mass destruction of Libyan streets We also decided to adid more dramatic element for this story, soit was decided to adda totaly Burt out tecnica, strayed by a missile from a drone as the technical was an icon of the Libyan war. We would ike 10 hank ou friend Jamal tan who helped me to find hotas for the DRAKULA Tank.To simulate the heavy dust accumulating on the wheels we use AKOTS dust effect and 'AKO74 Rainmarks for NATO tanks, AKO22 Arica dust effect and AKO86 datk steel are Used in some places such a5 the sprocket {after painting itn a ste! color asa base), The finished Drakula, weathering ‘was imited as t's a freshly repainted vehicle. We apply some dust and metal fects, Acessories are also glued in place and s0 i the crew figure. 30 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR ‘time to give the tank its dusty fect, after studying alt of photos for tank in Libya we decided to apply 3 dusty effect without any wet streaking This was done to produce a dusty atmosphere ofa tank serving ina desert atea and also to create contrast between the black and light dust, For the first layer of dust we apply AKOTS dust effect followed by AKO22 Arica dust effect, at the end we enhanced itn some area by using AKO74 Rainmarks for NATO tanks Next we prepare the tank or some layers of pigment, Nate: (we dnt apply at this stage because! always keep the pigment until the end so a to utize the same pigment for the ground and the tank to help merge them together After a coat of AK grey primer the tracks are painted AKO86 dark steel pigment is applied on the ‘with dust and rust tones, fst X10 Flat brown is___places where i's heavily used to represent applied, is then followed by very thin ayer of XFS7_ the bare metal Buff and xF52 flat earth13, The base forthe ground work was made irom Blue foam; Green foam was made to create a more fragile layer because itis easy to remove as later ‘on we will need to ‘destroy’ some parts. layer of plaster is applied and when dry a pat from it was removed to create the broken asphalt 14, Before the plasters 10036 dry we use a metal brush to ceate a rough texture ta simulate asphalt. Now it's ime to start constructing the building, Fest we draw the shape on a piece of cardboard Imm thick and cut ito the desred shape. 15. Pieces of foam are attached tothe reat for better handling, Then we cu basa strips Smm tick and start building the mold, puting them around the cardboard shape 19 make the mold as accurate as possible, 16, Next the cardboard is removed and our mold i eady for use, 17, Paster is poured into our mold and wwe make sure the plaster is evenly spread throughout. We wipe away the excess plaster to make sure our walls an even thickness. This process is repeated forthe other parts of our building, 18. The house in then assembled using epory gue and sanded with 12, 220 & 400 ‘rt sandpaper to create some texture ‘Aer the plaster work s done now it's time to start detain, we will start by making the garage door. We create the bending ‘0 fom bamboo skewers, we glue them ‘ona piece of foam and then used a very thn Aluminum sheet which we bend and sh into shape, To build the big sign we use a mm copper squate shape | use soldering for the assembly process, forthe mid support beams copper wire was used, All the accessories are ready for primer, we se siffeent products from Macone, Mini art, Royal model, MAIM, Black dog, Pro art ‘Models and some scratch-bult doors. ‘test fiting scarned out before we go ‘over to the painting stages. a ‘The broken road section willbe an interesting feature on this litle vignette 4 and it’s faiy easy to make, KER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR J 34The ground work receives a layer of Ak grey primer and Tamiya XP1 Flat black to create some shadow for the base coor. 22. To create some different tones fon the building and to simulate the new and older paint on the walls we did some chipping with Tamiya XF2 flat white using the sponge technique. The lower parts ofthe wal ceive layer of Tamiya XF21 Sky, refering to real photos taken in Libya, a darker color than white was used on the bottom part because in this area there is alot of dit. Yellow ines on the road are also sprayed fon after some masking, 23, All the acessories receive ' primer. This is realy required ta make sure the paint adheres propey tothe metal pats 24, We stat the weathering process fon the ground by using AKO4S ‘Wash Dark Brown and AKOBO Summer Kutsk earth to create 3 ‘base for the pigments colors, and ‘alo to create a variation on the ‘round. ‘The road gets a coat from Tamiya XF69 Nato black, applied by airbrush in different thin layers to achieve the required result The side walk receives a diferent airbrush layer using Tamiya XF20 medium grey and ‘XF54 Dark sea ory, the building receives, ‘a different base coor, Vallejo 71045 us grey ight. 25. To simulate the chipping effects onthe acessories that are made of meta, we apoly chippings using the sponge technique, to get the chipging color mix Vallejo black and Valej hul ed 26. Ate ths step the metal parts recive a layer of Gloss varnish, and then receive a wash using AKDAS Wash Dark Brown, 27-To paint the Jersey Bares we apply ayer of Taya XFS7 Bul as abase coo. To create dfn shades n the brits |e Tamiya XF20 medium grey and XFS7 Buf, XF2 white, XF 54 dx rey, XF1black's apple using the sponge technique 28, Different layers from dust colored pigments are applied fon the round as shavin inthe photo,The Meng pick up i ult from the bax. The ties are omitted and thin metal wire wrapped around the rims to mimic buent out whee. The ‘damage tothe vehicle s done with acrat tol We study reference photos tobe abe to make the damage as realistic as possible. The burt ut effects are done by fist spraying the model Toma XP block, XF2 white and X79 hl te Tosstrengthen the effect we once again use the sponge chipping technique with different grey tones and pure white from Tamiya 35. For the ZU 23mm the main cori Tamiya XFS flat green, we then apply layers of Tamiya Tamiya XF1 black, XF2 white and effed referring to real photos. Here wa 23mm to simulate the burt and rusty effects 36. Ashes from a cigarette mixed ashes from the fire, Once in pace these are fixed with rom AK. These simple materials have a great real 37. The pick-up i ready tobe placed th black pigments are n our diorama, A burn-out vehicle isn't hat hard todo. Simply try to copy what you see on photos, XF3 hull red for the burnt according to our references, To create the effects we are alays pply thin acrylic layers, from AK, onto the ZU sed to simulate the sand & gravel fixe iceffec. 29, Real sand from our garden s mixed with dust pigments to create a thicker layer of sand and dust on the ground; thsi fred in place with AK gravel and sand fine 30. With ll the painting and weathering done and the accessories in place, our steet section starts to look very convincing. 31.Sincethepckpsburtout the fist tpt ‘reatebamt seats copper wre sed forthe fas To enhance the eect of burning onthe pickup we use sever separate les of ol ey and ust ‘coos rom AK. Noe the ol ere color mustbe _2ppfed on te ory area aeady psined and the ‘ustol color mist be parted onthe nstcolos ready pated er sony and n speci areas ‘er yu il end up vuth big mes.Der Sockelshop Rh Daneel Oral bis ee cei SCALEMODEL-ONLINESHOPS a a ee os S visit us at: www.dersockelshop.com More than 32.000 products online for all modelling enthousiasts! NEW SHOP EXPANSION + 220 m? OPENING HALF 2017 - = ONEY FOR HOBBY By oor ess onansPav IW Aus. Vowenazat “Fa B Invern Boston (wo) “GeoBuEvT Russia, Jury 1942 SAE early variants. But it's really not that har dust comes into the game.eine a aye12. We had this Dragon kit on our shelf for soir time and the suspension arms ‘and sd wheels had been “borrowed” ‘or another kit. So we had to rely on the ‘excelent road wheel set by Tistar to replace the missing wheels and suspension. It'sa very nice set and all the suspension stays moveable Te dive sprockets are from Fru Model. The idler wheels are very nicely detaled with some photo etched parts which are contained inthe ki. = \We used very fine metal chains (2 mm) to further refine the rear section, Also one «an recognize the PE rear mul flaps from the Voyager set. I's easy to create some damage with these metal parts and it always looks quite reals. The same metal chains were also sed on the front towing hooks, n cur opinion a eal improvement ‘er those two dimensional etched chains from the Voyager set and all he ordinary update sets, The front mud flaps also come from the Voyager set and were further improved with bolts created using the RP-TOOL? punch set. Spare tracks from leftover metal Fu tracks were placed on the bbow and on the gearbox cover All the plastic tool clamps were replaced with their omparatives from the Voyager set a MA : 2 The addtional amour onthe upper hul together ith ts conical rivets ae prt ofthe Pires. Voyager set's realy nice and thefts perfect, st the outer edges vere reworked ite o wth a Dremel fol to repcate the torch ct edges, The bow-MG barrel comes — from Aber. We decided to build the antenna storage case anew with some Everareen plastic because the plastic one inthe kit lacks some deta ‘The lft side of the upper hull was constructed accordingly. A jerry-can holder from leftover PE-pars gives some additional deta on this side ofthe model The lower and upper hull are merged together. The fitis "Dragon like" and very good. ‘The turret received far amount of detain too. The barrel comes from Orange Hobby while the commander ‘cupola is detailed with parts from the Voyager set. The turtet basket is a special version fr the "Vorpanzer’ The cover is agin ftom photo-etch and constructed ‘rom mukiple pieces. The antenna deflector on the bottom is done with an appropriate piece of copper wire, The addtional armour on the front ofthe turret, hich is the key characteristic of this tank, i nicely done by Dragon, 38 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OfSince we never do a model without alittle base and story, wre opted for alte vignette tagether with three figures. The volume ofthe s dane with some pieces of Styrodur ad signs represent the vertical element 0 tell you where the story takes pace, figures add the human touch and swell thought each other. Very but very effective vith interaction bet simple ly fg tes clr mat tan ‘The base painted mode, ready for the further treatment, As one can see, we rked using a subile Zenithal ight effect. The key point here ito keep it subtle but stil visible, The interiors ished chipping was done accordingly, but kept basic, b litle wil be vse in the endae ae i To add more volume to the paint job, we continued by adding Before continuing withthe next weathering steps we decided to add the contrast to the details with different hues. We always work with decals. Fr this we used diferent sets of dry transfers from Archer (fr the the acrylic paints in this step. Bakenkreuz) and Verinden (for the Grossdeutschland insignia To fim set the dry transfers | made Since we had some problems withthe decals Different Fites were added to produce se of Microscale seting solution fn the uneven surface details, such as on this slightly diferent color hues on all the turret hatch, we opted to paint them free hand, different surtaces, as shown here on the Once we were finished with all the decals and engine hatches, We abvays use acrylic ‘markings, we applied an even coat of Tamiya colors forthe Filters, Because ofthe fast X22 dear, to seal the work drying time, you can add several Filters in 2 short of time. So one can work straight through until one’s satisfies. ‘Some more lights and shadows were cxeated by using some ail paints. Just use Some very small amounts of "snow white” and “buff” forthe ight areas and some “Van Dyke brown" “shadow brown" for the shaded areas. Add a small amount ofthe oll colors to the appropriate places and carefully blend them in with an almost dry paintbrush I's very important to use very lite thinner in this step, otherwise one wil remove too much color and the effect isn’t visible This time we opted to use a mix of Humbrol enamels with some ol paint for the pin-washing. I's very easy to make yur own washing mix and you can vary the tones to obtain more contrast,ne litfeent mises Normally we » some light colored chips and i and a very dark centrate mainly on Dust Set Here's an example of the chipping process cn the turret basket. 194 1 detaling of the ex Panzer IV models a st mule is always a very important ‘sa ety prominent part, especialy fon those early Panzer MV chassis. The weng secs were crete ‘with some Archer textured decals and Mage Sculpt. Very easy andSTORE SURVEYOR SECTION eee a a at Compartiendo ~ pasiones SAMARKANDA MINIATURAS ‘ETHIS § YOUR CUSTOMERS advert@ak-interactive.com == DUE LC UC Cee ERP C CL) tek Abteilung 502 rea FA TAMGA atom E memes -distribution.com www.mg-distribution.com we ® Peddinghaus-Decals Re ~~. We produce decals forall kind of modelling ve 4.8 “]32) in our big range you will find nearly every subjectSS wae caaionreeaiers STORE SURVEYOR 1 SECTION — SOUT Lg SDT ATOR ODD) Ey Friendly Customer Support on Co ace) GSEs oan eee GaN Oa eR CEL) picks Lie ety tLe a 8 Pa) Poy Pe ees ks etd Perea or) DR y Cr Ru Sy 00; zsseaz2 CC21. Now itwas time to start on the weathering ofthe lower hull. For the first layer of died ud ant | mixed up some Vallejo Mat Gel Base, plaster pigments and added them carefully on the appropriate parts ofthe suspension, 22. To accentuate and vary the dust, some different washes and effects were added with AK Dust Effects, [AK Earth Effects and AK Dark Mud. For the shiny effect | mixed up some black and Van Dycke brown ol paints together with gloss varnish The rari also treated with plenty of dust and thrown up ‘mud, blended in nicely with the grey color to create an interesting contrast The area around the turet ring is duster pigments added dry and fixed with wi 23, The finished hull and suspension The tracks were treated with the same applications asthe lower hull, The treads were polished with some graphite pigments24-25, The base consists of apiece of Styrodur, which vas covered bya layer of plaster, While the plaster was til wet, some sieved groundiearth was spread allover the surface 26. 1's very important to press the ‘model ito the ground whe it’s stil et, this imitates the track mas and to lets the madel sit flat on the surface 27. Next step was to add some layers of earth colored paint. Just start, with a dark brown and continue by lighter layers until you achieve a dusty looking ground, Now it was time fora very creative part that we eal like. Just add Siferent plants, some grass and Shrubs... we avoided adding grass to he center part of the base, as ths wil be partly hidden by the model. We sed diferent products from paper plants, etched plans and synthetic products. Certainly, these parts wil also receive their layers of coor. ust Keep it dust, he scene wil bein sume, beside a dusty road, After some final touches with diferent ‘teen hues on the various pl we added some more deal, Ike an empty MIG box and the big road sign This adds the required height and a nice background for the scene. 28, It's a completely diferent part fof the hobby to paint figures and we ally enjoy this part. I's especialy fenjovable when we use high quality Figures such as this one from Alpine. Here's the complete "crew" for this tie vgnette. The sting guy comes from Rayal Model andthe two standing quys ae fom Alpine. Some ‘of them got new heads from the Hoenet range.M4843 | Patton Vietnam Jungle Beast ‘Vietnam subjects are rather rare in the modelling world ftseems to be a forgotten war, possibly because itis politically a sensitive subject. Nevertheless modellers are no politicians and some interesting models can be built ‘rom that era, such as Dragon's M48a3. It’s been on the market for several years ‘and has some flaws, but, with some aftermarket stuff this can easily be rectified. For instance the missing searchlight isa big factor so we opted to use an update set from Def Models containing not only a highly detailed search light but also a new mantet, ‘with canvas cover for the gun, cast in high quality resin. The vinyl tracks included are also not really satisfying so these were also replaced by a set of workable tracks from Def Models in cooperation with AFV-Club. M48's in ‘Nam’ did carry alot of stowage ‘and thus we needed that on our model; Legend’ stowage set came to rescue with 2a rather big set of stowage especially designed for this kt. Finally a crew set, in the ‘orm of the classic Verlinden Vietnam tank Crew was used for the human touch. We also had plans fora small base to present our model as so we had to look for jungle vegetation. Little Belgian company Joefix has a rather large array of jungle plants in many variations so that problem was solved too. With everything gathered it was time fa get the finger out and get building. We also faced another challenge, how bbest to tackle the typical dark Olive Drab used during the Vietnam War and the so ‘typical orange dust For the olive drab we decided to scale down the color and make itlighter as the real color would be too dark for a scale model and to produce effects ‘from it. Nobody uses the real German Grey right? For us it the same case for the Olive rab. The orange dust is another challenge. To make sure It doesn't look too much like ‘rust we opted to make the dust more yellowish with an orange tone. Let's find out how this turned out! 49+. After the tacks are assembled, - wear tothe rubber teat pads _- i simulated by using a bur in ‘a motor tool and ginting away plastic to make them look worn and used 2. Next anyon brush spaced in our motor tool and dust and plastic particles are removed 50 the track are clean and ready tobe pant. 3. Now we can check the tracks hve the ight length by test. fting them aver the suspension, M's cnt have much sag an their tracks so once again good reference i essential hee. 4. When joining the 2hales ofthe turret together an unwanted seam appears, Ths filled with superglue an, when dy, sanded smooth 5. To create the casting texture onthe turret we thin Mr Surfacer 500 with quid poly and dab it on with a stiff brush 6. The searchight from Def Models excellent in detail Cleaning up the parts is easy and the fits perfect. Further seta are added with photo-etch pats that are included in the set 7. The old Vetinden crew isl excellent and passes the test of tie. The ‘only things needing to be added are the microphones on the helmets and which are made from platicard and copper wire. 8B. The fender as it comes inthe kit. Nie and stright 9. Here ater some gente bending using nothing more that gentle fingers. I's important to do this gently 50 the plastic doesn’t crack. The fender now has a more used look without too much effort, 50 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR‘The grab handles from the kit are replaced by §f photo-etch copies from Eduard Builing ahase completes. (050 Cal machine guns cm the spares box Cer er < Sal 12. goad primer is adhere better and wil ‘corrected before mov to paint our Patton fon several lighter tones pth and shadows. 14. With AK 137 Olve Dra shiny small details such as bls hinges ete ae accentuated. The contrast petty stark 3 this moment butt willbe softened during the weathering proces,15, With the Dark Brown Wash for green vehicles the detail of the model are outlined to creata more shadow effects. The wash i painted unthinned around the deals 16. With a brush moistened with white spirit the excess paints removed. So the ‘wash remains only there were we want i tobe 17. When our wash has died, we move over to highlight chipping. We use the sponge chipping technique. A piece of sponge is dabbed in paint, most of ‘he paint remaved an aciath of tissue and, with an almost ary sponge, we start chipping our model by gently dabbing movements. 18, Summer Kursk Earth, NATO tanks Rain Marks and light rust wash are mixed for our dust color. The quantities ofeach color may vary to create ‘more vaiation in our dust tone 18, Our dust wash s generously applied to the model and left to dry for a couple minutes. 20. Again a brush moistened with white spits used to blend in our dust ‘wash, In hard to reach areas a smaller brush is use. 21. A star decal from the kit's decal set is cut out and used as a template. The ‘shape is drawn on the model witha pencil 2, With a dark ove drab color the stars roughly painted, This to mimic the eect of {an ovetpainted white star which would be a perfect airing point forthe enemy. 25. Next again, more chipping, this time witha dark brown color. Most of the earlier applied highlight ‘hippings are over painted leaving only a small part remaining, this creates a highlight effect onthe chippings. This fs done aftr the dust layer to create a stronger contrast. 25. Splatter effects Dry mud texture paint fom the dorama range i mixed with a rust and sand yellow color as closely as posible to our earlier In selected areas, where dust, applied dust color would collet, Vietnam Earth pigments applied and fied with pigment fixer. This is dane to ‘Simulate accumulated dust. 26, This mixture to simulate dry mud and sand is ‘applied tothe lower hull of our made TANKER 08 / BEAS' R/ 53Wet dirty stains are painted over the dust 78) Thesameis done othe lave hull and in some applied eater. Fuel stains from AK ‘cases AK 023 Dark muds mixed with the Fue ne idea color fr this task Stains to create sore tonal ference 28. Datk Earth, European Earth and Vietnam Earth pigments are mixed again with our dust color as a guide and mixed with white spirit to be applied {5 2 wash to the tacks '30, The rubber pars of the spare tracks are painted in dark grey while the metal parts are painted with various rust tones. 231. The ish ammo containers from the Legend set are painted fst with Extreme metal Mat aluminium. The containers are not used for ammunition but, because they are air and water tight, they are used for storage of personal belongings forthe crew. 32, Abtelung 502 Liquid mask is sponge chipped onto the containers 54 / TANKER 08 J BEASTS OF WARDISTRIBUTED BY Fan i sh, _TELDA»,.. MiMIKITS ae) Ly) aS a ox, * PUMARE = (ye‘And when painted in thei ‘appropriate colors the liquid mask is emoved with a stiff brush revealing the aluminium color underteat ‘nice and quick way to create realistic chipping effects ‘Streaking effects are painted on witha thinned version of our dust colar. We created some tonal tiferences in our dust calor ‘Vietnam Earth pigment is applied dry on the roof of the Fuel stains are again used for dity wet stains, this results in an turret witha sot brush. Don't use too much pigment at ‘extremely realistic stain over a base of pigments, ‘once but build the effect up in stages. 37. With a photo-etch template made up from individual letters, the tank's name is sprayed on. The crew clearly likes curves. 38. The shiny metal effect on the 50 cal machine gun is ‘reated by gently polishing it witha cotton stick and Dark stel pigments. 39. Edges of hatches or parts that prone to use extensive use are given a metal shine by going over them withthe side ofa J rormal penal Core 40. The soton the exhausts was done ising smoke pigments applied dry.sing ARs Fuel stains 49 painted and figures n place the turet becomes busy45. base is prepared fo the model, The sides are made from pasticard ‘and the inside is filled with foam, 46 Joefx has a large selection of Vietnam vegetation. Enough to make a Juno as you ike it 47, & selection is made ofthe types of vegetation that willbe used, Al of them willbe repainted in several green tones. 48, Tertae’s dry ground from A's diorama range is mixed with rust, ‘ones to match the dust and mud colos used on our madel 58 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR GROUND. DIORAMA yr 49, And applied to our base. The products acrylic based and dries quite fast, However depending on how thick your lyer of structure paint i will affect the drying time, the thicker the layer, the longer the drying time. 50. Our selected and repainted vegetation is placed inthe freshly applied texture paint. Together with some small rocks and stones. Because ofthe dying time you have be prepared.and use a small cackCeHIGH POWER BEAST Mra stuGil Aust chasis to obtain 2 vehicle with the capability to destroy a Tortiied postion or stronghold The test proved succesful and thus the StuH 42 tras created asa varianton the already txsting StuG I's The ist Stull 42's were built on a Stu Il For F/8 chasis but the majority were built on the StuG IM Aust 6 chassis The murzle brake twas often omitted due to shortages. The fist sturmhaubitze were delivered to the 3ed battery ofthe 185th StuG battallon and set inaction in Leningrad inlate November 1942, The first combat reports were encouraging and so an increase in production was ordered. ‘About 1200 units were produced from October 1942 unt the end ofthe war intoas, The it of choice i an older Dragon Telease (9058) which is showing te fge and therefore we had to obtain the necessary update sets to bring todate. An Aber photo-etch set, Fil Tracks and a RB Models turned metal barrel are used to replace most ofthe details and parts tht need attention +4. witha sharp knife with cut small chunks out of the arts ofthe sanding sticks us ns afterwards and thettenis from the kit 5.tts made oft the Although it's not really decided to np 08 | BEASTS OF6. The brackets for the schirzen came from an Aber set and ae soldered together to give maximum strength to this fragile constuction, 7. The same goes forthe rack that is placed on the engine compartment tehold the stowage in place. I's abso soldered for the same reason, 8. The photo-etch deta sets very helpful to bring the model bang up to date, The detais are more refined and really add value tothe mode! 9. Some stowage s assembled and test fited onto our model. The tarpaulins are made from Green Stuf, postioned land brought into shape when the rest. Of the stowage was in place. I's all made in such @ way we can temave the actessotes for easier painting ata later stage 410, The stowage is randomly placed, like organized chaos. It doesn’t have to be placed in an organized manner, but randomly, to get the best effects, 11, Before we go over to the painting stage we spray our model wth Mr Surfacer 1200, this acts as a perfect primer.412. For the sand yellow we use RAL 7028, AK has this color as AK713 Dunkelgelo aus 44 OG ‘We thin the paint with AK's acrylic thinner, the amount of thinner needed depends on the personal settings of your airbrush and compressor. 13, Rim82 Light green from Mr Hobby is used for the second camouflage color, 14, The camouflage pattern determines the ‘overall ook of your model. Ty to find a pattern that is suitable for your model and use it asa sample quide to spray on your camouflage 15, Microscale Set & Sols used to apply the decals to our model. These products will help attach the decals beter tothe surface. 16, The fist weathering is done by applying a wash of AK 121 Wash fr OIF & OEF over the ‘whole model, This wll blend the colors together, Excess paint19. Several smallght yoo, grey and vite dots of of pins are ape randomly over the model 20, With alge round soft rus loaded with White spit the ol pans ae blended into create tiferent hues nthe camouflage scheme, 21, German camouflage lack s used to sightly dybrush some ofthe surfaces ofthe model such as bree onthe fenders, Ts is done to replicate @ wom effect cu to corstaty be subjected to wear and tear 22. Chipping effect are cried aut wth the same coer although tis te we wea fine pointed ‘ru, 23. A pece of plastica cut to shape to act as extra armour t's {st primed with RAL 8012 from Valo 2A, Tope used to mas off the ard edge camouflage and AK'S (089 Heavy chipping fui is sprayed over the plat. Ths process is repeated for each colo we applied over thered primer 25. With thehelp of ikewarm water, thats used to dsslve the iping fi, we can brush away the pant in areas we want quite easy After the chipping process 8 done ayer of verish Sprayed on to stop the reaction ofthe chipping fad 26. Further chipping, scratches and rst eecs are painted on ‘th acy pains 22. The armoured pat is fished off wth awash made from a tranpocent nt ol paint. 28, To the brackets forthe schraen we we add dots of i pant of varios rusty tones from SO2Abt such as Abt 006 Burt Ub, Abt 060 Light nas rou and tarsparent Rust frm Tian x 66 TANKER OOM BEASTS 01With a brush moistened with white sprit we blend in the oils paints round the deta Further chipping is caried out with the sponge technique using German camouflage Black from the Valeo Range. 234, The metal racks from Fil are primed with Mir Primer Surfacer from Mir Hobby to make sure the paint attaches in the best possible way tothe racks, 32, The tacks are painted with Red Brown, Datk Grey and a drap of Blue lacquer paint, mixed into a dark rusty colo. 33, When dry, the tracks receive an unthinned wash of AKO8S Track wash straight from the bottle 34. The excess wash is immediatly removed witha piece oftssue paper. The tracks are now put aside and left to dry thoroughly overnight, 235. Various earth coloured pigments are applied dry to the tracks in random ‘order to achive different tones, 136. The pigments are fixed using AK's pigment fxer applied witha pipette, 37. The inner contact areas and also the ether contact areas are metalized Using an artist's graphite pen. Rubbing over the surface wil create a nice polished metal effect. TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR / 67True Metal AK4S7 is using to metalze the teeth ofthe drive sprocket Dark Earth and Dry Ground from the diorama series is mixed with Aer the metal wax (these ate waxes not ol pants) dry you can polish plaster and dry grass into a sticky past, itinto a nce shine 40. This sticky paste perfect to add accumulated mud and lit to your ‘model. You can apply this to your model with an old brush 41. Apply the paste ina thin layer with the brush. If you want it thick, work in multiple layers to build up the effects 42. To create even more texture a dry sponge is used and dabived in the still wet paste to obtain yet more texture, Simple but effective! 43. SO2Abt Dust, light Mud and Basic Earth ol paints are sightly thinned with thinner 4 ..and applied over the earlier applied mud effects, 45. With a brush moistened with thinner the ol paints ate blended in to ‘obiain subtle variations intone. 6Ba TANKER 08'46, Brown Earth & Light Dust deposits are mixed with some plaster. 47. And with the use ofthe splatter technique applied over the dry mud {area to achieve even more tonal ference m the earth colors, 48, AK’s O16 Fresh mud i also splattered on the mud areas to provide @ rice contrast withthe rest ofthe earth tones, 49, Don't forget to aso treat the rear and front ofthe model withthe effects of thrown up mud and sand, This fay easy to achieve with the splatter technique 50, Pigments are used to simulate accumulated earth on top of our ‘madel. For more texture you can mix some fine sand or grit in with the pigments 5.1. These are fixed in place with pigments finer.70 | TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WARHOW TO CLEAN YOUR AIRBRUSH? Keeping your airbrush clean is crucial in orde to get a good paint job Many modelers tend to neglect their airbrush for obvious reasons. Lets admit it, we all hate airbrush cleaning. I's an unpleasant, time consuming process But unfortunately it cannot be overlooked. In time you're going to realize the advantages of keeping your airbrush nce and clean "Now we are going to show you how to clean your airbrush in the most efficient way so you can get the ‘maximum out oft when it comes to painting, In this example we used AK Interactive acrylic paints, bout the process is the same with ever kind of paint. You just have to use the right type of thinner and cleaner. Some brands might not have an airbrush cleaner in their product range. n that case use thinner instead,= —_ “4 eb 5.1 you're done spraying forthe day, take the airbrush apart for a more 6. Clean your needle on apiece of kitchen paper towel moistened thorough clearing. Very carefully try to take the needle out on the front with AK 119 Perfect Cleaner, endif t's possible. This way you'l void staining the rear parts of you airbrush with paint 7. Clean all the hard-to-reach parts withthe help of a cotton bud and. £8, Use a long brush for the nozzle Perfect Cleaner, = 410. Put your airbrush together. Carefully push the needle back 8, eave athe into place, using the ear opening ths time, pieces to dry for ~ ‘about an hour xt 11. There you have it A nice and clean aibtush, Happy painting! = INKER 08 / BEASTS OF W BOF TECHNIQUES STREAKING EFFECTS “oer Streaking effects have become more and more popular in the last years, not only because there are many more products available to achieve these effects, but also as they form a big part of ‘the weathering process nowadays. Effects like water or fuel streaks, dirt or rust streaks are now indispensable on our models. AK was the first brand in offer this product inthis way. There are different ways and techniques of application as we will describe here. oO POM Oda SLL mca} = " = eae Although normally streaking’s are very linear To achieve this kind of effect we can use diferent How we paint and blend the streaking and mote or les defined they will depend sorts of brushes, some designed or usable fora effects is done in most cases witha vertical fon what we ty to replicate as there isa certain effect. movement Gifference how we paint a rust steak and how we paint rain marks a 7 Rain marks area drained powder effect thats visible on vertical Sa fufces where aps pas ofthe dst it the water and Rain marks with enamel ‘There are commercial products available to Next you draw lines from bottom to top. I'should be Now witha fat rush, sightly moistened with paint ain marks. These are best dluted with the opposite to the normal steaking effects since the thn, We tart making vertkal mavernents 2 ato of 25% paint and 75% thinner. dust layer is dragged down. Now is important that over thesurface with lo pressure on the you leave the paint to dy for 3 oF 4 minutes, bush to tag and accumulate the paint tothe lower edge ofthe plate To enhance the effect of accumulated dust at the botiom ofthe rain marks we can add some more paint and blend itinY ZZ en fain marks canbe applied in graduations. Some light, ome heavy. Rain. When dane sbty they can blend the diferent colors together. marks have nie effect on multi colored vehi. uae Its possible to achieve the same effects with acrylics, although it's abit more dificult to control as we have to work fast and there i almost no possibilty to rectify errors afterwards. Anyway with some patience and practice you can achieve good results, and fest! ws "A Unlike enamel, we must lute the paint wth _The eects are hardly noticeable when applied The effects best built up in layers, as ratio of 90% water and 10% paint. Here we but after afew moments when the pants driesit _acybics dy fast so canbe the progress. ‘eed to build up the effectsin multiple yers. becomes visible, A small tip to help to paint streaks with acrylics isto moisten the surface alittle ‘with water to improve the flow Ol pants are easy to handle as they ty slow They can form. also be handled more easly and corrections are eater to Carryout. Sending them in abo ease dus to the long drying time. And when not happy wath the resus ol pants an be apily removed with ome thinner or White spit. Paint on the vertical ines withthe ol paint Blend in the ols using a large flat brush moistened You can continue until you are satisfied slightly diluted with white spr, Let dry for with thinner and create a smooth effect. Alvays with the results, Tiss the biggest several minutes until the paint js almost touch work from top to bottom, advantage of ol paints, Be aware to not dey Use too much white spirit or you wal completely remove the ol paints and you have to start all over again TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR / 75@& SCHOOL OF TECHNIOUI We can ao use Dust & Dirt depots, ths enamel based product canbe used witha brah or even ith the ath, When you useit vith the brush the application the same as wth the enamel pais escrved eaier With an artis the way of working ib ferent. *) pus Ee) \We mix our products and dilute it with White spirit; we then spray it ‘on our model with the airbrush, We lett dry for several minutes, Next we take brush moistened with white spin and we merge ines withthe long flat brush to create streaks, ry the rest are subtle soft rain or dust marks Streaking grime is marks of rt running down surfaces. This is often dark colored as these streaks are made of clit and other sediments found on ‘vehicles, The application is quite similar tothe rain marks although there ia difference Wi: There are plenty of products avaiable such asin Wepainton ne ines from top to bottom, Unike wth Again welet the paint dy fr several minutos therange of AKIntacive for example, butyou the rar marks we do not want accumulated pint at before we tart blending in We adie to can so make your avn using enamel pats. Here the bottom, use odors thinner instead of what spit as ‘we use 40% paint and 60% thinner thinner has abettr effect and wl dssohe the pant bette. 76 | TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WARSAS SAO = This procedure is mote or less the same as with the enamels. First put the ol paint on a piece of card board so the ol willbe extracted from the paint and this results ina paint that val dry out flat Here we will paint ol streaks, Therefore mix burnt Sienna with black oil pat. Te steaks are painted on sightly diluted with odorless thinner and allowed to dry for afew minutes. Ten we start blending in the streaking with along flat brush ‘moistened with thinner to create a smooth fish, Rust streaks are, as the name suggests, made of rust, They occur from the effects of rain on metal, Here the color can vary as it an show older or newer rust. There are plenty ready to use products on the market such as A's Rust streaks If you use regular enamel paints, you have to ute the paint with 40% paint and 60% thinner Load your brush with pant, but not too much First paint some scratches and chippings, as rust would appear on ‘areas where the paint has been worn of or damaged exposing the bare meta TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR / 77@& SCHOOL OF TECHNIQUES \We apply our rust streaking product or enamel moxture onto the chippings And then again we start blending them in from top to bottom with 2 lor scratches. We paint on fine ines and et them dry fora few minutes. brush moistened with white spin We paint lines of diluted ol paint onto the sides of our model and et ‘Then we start blending inthe ois witha lng flat brush moistened with them dry for afew minutes. thinner, tis creates a smooth finish without adding too much pressure. 78 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WARThis technique i similar to that previously described withthe rain marks; we dilute the pain with water in the same consistency a5 swith the rain marks, So tostart dilute the paint with 90% water, and 10% paint. \We prepare the surface with a wash of our diluted mature, ‘Then we start painting onthe rust streaks MWe need to bull up this effect to make it noticeable TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR J 79G) GALLIER7 OF BEASTS a =" 80 / TANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WARTANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR / 81@) GALLERY OF BEASTSTANKER 08 / BEASTS OF WAR / 83QUESTIONS FOR THE WORKBENCH MARIIN VAN GILSPEL lak den Ce Leek oy x Peep oa Seu Rae ioe aes pie ge ar 1.When did you start modeling? "built my fist ml wen I was 6 years old. Wel, probably my mother did most of the wor, as was allowed to handle the sharp knife necessary to separate the pat from the sprues yet We wed Velpon generic contact lu, which we had in he house to pair broken cffe cups and tableware. "hep uling model 2 chi inlcing AF from the age of sal But when | covered the st Verne books around the age of 13, rsa knew | waned to uid ramas an that is what have been doing for the subsequent 26 years. Even when creating singe figure, n my min, tis bays ait corama "joined a ub, KMK, when was 19, hich eas and techni twemendous help 0 scralt, modem warships and ships ened my ees tthe wold Exchanging 2a dub meetings and travelag to modeling shows hasbeen 2 ve as a modeler, a5 wells lat of fun! 2.what is your favourite subject? Myles andearent projects bth cnte around Fr, gan Cogs Bish Otenan an Gea op hares doe ne Glin Viewam,a porta of Fank appa, 2 couple of sna, 2 boxed dioramas wth scenes from every if, Ihave also done some pieces which ar at ‘out of th box and ard ttle wa certain stor o even fantasy, subject. To me, whatever can tela good try can be a god subject (ver the years, have shifted trom AFV then next Butt me it essen always main the sare: dramas that tl pens tobe induded in ther (eile, ures, hips, animals, buildin, Plants ef) ar nays equal important fora satishyingresut joramas to single owes and owe ones, '3.When it comes to painting and weathering which paints do you prefer: acrylics, ols or enamels? ‘worked mostly with Humbrol enamel, bath fo base-oatng and weathering projects, | used them exsiely, and til lice them alot The last couple of have been inclding more and more acrylis for gue painting and aso for brushing my current ship prot. "have aso just purchased ance collection of AbtS0 ois for weathering my curent ship projec. ‘Awhatis your favourite technique? strongly el that nin technique that can getou the same end result. Moreover, tink its much more portant combine te eiferent techniques prope, Oly by lyeing diferent effec toa realistic blend, we can end up with amodel hat that ely hawing arc application of ene or more techniques. Tha sai, Ido ike to put alot of atetion on shading and highlighting of every deal inarmode, probably mace han many other models. This results in made that lok isp and detaled, luminous and with alot of depth and 20! inthe fesh, a8 op posed to only leaking good ona photograph. prefer to handpaitalthe shad highighs with afine bush, as opposed to (pnhwases and cybushing. This ‘maximum contol and allows me to apply zenithalSghng not ony on ius, but on everthingin a dorama, 5.When finishing a model, does it have tobe ultra realistic or can you ap- recite some artistic freedom? doe to get al the details of my models a (historical coect as | cant is ays fun to research the subject, and thik ithlps the mode get a els fel, which in turn els the model tel ts ty. But thee much more oa esti fe fa model han svnking the real thing 35 times or more and there is more to tenga story with 2 model too, Theteoe, dont see any problem in modifying colors for scale efector atmosphere, exaggerating or reducing certain weatering effects, making road naroner oa slope steeper, ec. 1 ital the ie! 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