The official Airfix Model World magazine is your complete guide to the world of scale modelling, making it essential reading for modellers with all levels of experience. Focusing on model aircraft, Airfix Model World also features cars, ships, scifi and space, armour and figures. J Vt sub 157 gen SHS ape Henry Tank VT! dog WI ALSO AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT: er avons NOW NIXON : Mi stzcreery 2. kindie fre | @ 23 lsd onecin ele f tel dova ‘ou sbpsio ngs Fes Saas ol opp gine okey bing Tho0 wel the atmosphere of the War's end and have became a source of nspration for modelers who want to imagine a hypothetical end of the conflict. While an imagined outcome might allow us to enjoy our hobby Rick Lawier Layou Antonio Alonso. ‘THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE by Original idea Article Assistant AMMO of Art dlrector lain Hamilton Mig Jimenez Mig Jimenez Copyright 2015 2 Akatsiya Management lead iin Lisl J Carlos Cuesta Styling & Community Elizabeth Wiese Pere Valls over Barbara A. Antonio Alonso Sue Mig Jimenez with @ lot more freedom, we shouldn't forget the necessary historical lerents that provide context. Using logical analysis and common sense in important in order to avoid making models bordering Science fiction, ‘models completely devoid of some kind of historical plausibly. Tha’ the reason our collaborators present us with a balanced guide of what was and what could have been, trying to put theiimagintion in some cases, but using lagi all the time in earch of authenticity. Regatding the subjects, we've Wied to show the greatest variety of vehi cles, ftom the classic Me109 or Jagdpanzer IV used in 1945, to other alot ‘more exotic and experimental prototypes. But the really important thing is that the content h 3s you with your ‘models, a sor of painting and weathering guide to mate your next pro} ects more atractve and realistic. We ako tried to show different styles and painting techniques, o you could be able to select the ones better adapted to your king or needs Without doubt, this year wil be akvays present, atleast in the heat ofthe ‘modelers. Welcome to 1945, co ‘Matt McDougall Oishi Bernard Bassous Jamie Haggo Rubén Torregrosa Juanma Vergara Yang Yu Pei Sergluse Peczek José Luls Lopez Ruiz ISSN 2340-289x March 2015 ah ar pombing cal ow, the bombo! the role of "air nena of the pened the! re-ope! tn Yang Vu Pei s aia jearing : SGaver Formations 70 counter this threat, the Lurtwarre de, to develop and produce large numbers relatively simple and inexpensive Jet fighters. A design competition rac initiatea jnce, ane Biven to this energency tighter mroneae Volks- Pash or Peoples Fighter. she paraneters verges develop @ single thrust, single seat Jet fighter. The main struc. i ture was to use inexpenst ve parts made from wood and other hon-strategic materials - and more importantly it could be “Sesembl®d by semi and non-ckilled labor, cided upon @ plan 6 / tHe waarnenme wacarrve / 1945aR a4 ~viaCe ey eestsontics ont aia tone ceeeitne ree to eT ee a Sthiye and Vallejo acryiic paints are uced to paint the Finally, T uced a light dry brishine techolen ry ee in full view, 7 fe displaying the engine 1 mould be displaying ae Te Sectded taxe a few extra monents che engine was painted gloss Geciaea T would he black overall and then certain Secided 7 Potent and hydraulic aetatle vein thin sek elements were picked-out using & Gor, wire and small rubber tubine- Wartety of sflver colored paints. 221 of those Little are carefully painted in bright red, yellow and silver colors, fo ne, the result of this extra work is very much rorth the effort as the engine now looks very busy and "real". Next, @ basic Dark Rrown wach 4s applied overall do bring out the detaile end unify the overall appearance. The wach has the added benefit of pro- viding an overall dirty, grimy used appearance. 1 finished the engine by applying & Lintted amount of Ruct Streaking and Zreck Engine O11 Ffects to Certain pointe around the engine te help bring out, ‘the metaliic aspect, but minarid not to overdo st ‘THE WEATHERING uacazue / 1945 as this engine ts operational,Keeping in mind the directive to uce "non-strate- Ric’ materials, T decided that 1 would Like to do something special on thie alrerart; that is to rep Tesent the wooden main wing, vertical tail and the Landing gear door, but only the right side of thie He-162. T began the wooden sections by fret epray. ing a base of tan colored Tamiya acrylic paints. Over the tan eurfaces T brushed a thin layer of Burnt Sienna artist's of1 paint in order to create Gepth of color, Next, nearly all of the ofl paint 1s wiped from surfaces using clean tiecue paper, At thie point the model ie set acide until the off paint plaae ts fully ary. Once the glaze layer te @ry T can go about ada- ing the wood grain to the panels. Again, ucing the artist's ofls and a flat brush, the thinned paint te Ughtly brushed over the curfaces, Mhen doing this ‘technique you should elwaye be mindful to etroke ‘the bruch in the came direction for a concistent erain pattern on each individuel panel. And here T have the final reeults you can eee how ‘the panels really do look 1ike they are made from Teal wood! OF course the undersides of the wings would aleo be constructed from wooden panels as well, however, fon the undereide 1 want to show the wooden surfaces over-painted with the sirerart’s cenoutlage cole ore. 1 begin in the same manner as the upper wing surfaces by applying tan colored acrylic paint, Next T applied a water based mask eol solution onto the underside of the wings using @ sponge and small stick, The masking solution will be weed for the paint peeling effects that 1 will be doing, Anter in the procece. Thie kind of mack sol ts dry fasting and it's very ency to renove,Fy) Next 1 apply what will be the firct layer of blue to the undereide surfaces, This first Layer of Blue is very Light in tone (with white added to the mix) in order ‘to encure greater color contract between the subsequent Jayere. Once dzy, these surfaces receive another limited application of the masking solution. ‘The surfaces are then painted in the straight color of RLM 7é light blue. Once again dete of masking solution fare applied over this layer of colors Finally, I sprayed the top layer of light blue. this final “nyer being Lighter in tone to represent highisahts. i ee Fe li ato ees underetde of the other wing, as eels on om Sot cra Sei oo Be Le he ro ie eo te and RL &? onto the upper re : Tocelage in the sane manner es te sna eta ae ete Lehter tase color > remove alll the atte > On the rormara fy Qn the Forward feetage T appited tro sltant- oe rent shades of eflver paint t oa 8 bare netal fintch, aessaint tt applied vellelo ore i ote te ee, grey color © Settern of the panel Lines {ust ae om Ape ay paint contrasts nicely eRatne eyntols etrorefte markings and #7 Pinalty, Bie now dena the Fish ped ine and weathering process by accentuating mace aetatle ueing Panel r7G-161") over the 1 begin the weathering {ine panel Lines and eurface Tine Wash (PLA) Blue orey (A Light blue surfaces. In a similar manner T applied PLW Blue Gray and Black Wight (4.11TG-1612) recpectively onto upper sur- fnee RLM 6) and RLM #2 colors. 1 have to cay the PLY producte are very convenient and eacy to use For unking the panel Lines become more distinct as melt as meking the camouflage color more harmonious, Highly recommend. continuing with the came process T use the Black Naht (PLW) color and is used for the panel Lines and eur face detetis in the areas of bare metal eflver. While etill working in the arese of eflver, T used Streaking Grime on certain areas to give the metal an Red or oxidized appearance, ‘THE WEATHERING2@d ee ct oc eS REP ech sect ane ated nat dts of fim ctr eer tauren thon pita oe ket neat fons te ection of and used a clean bruch moictened with thinner to blend end soften the effect, ‘The wheels and tires were sleo treated to the eftects of weathering by first applying a light dusting oF Airfield Dust pigment and then a touch of Dark Bron Tash. 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Within the armaments command, Ber weapons Programs were initiated in an attenpt regain the advantage - among these beina the new generation of fighting vehicles, the Entwicklung Series - or E Series: Pere nee and approvals for the new program were quickly ushered through and by the beginning Or tay Droduction and deployment of E Series weapons began making an inpact on the battletielda, Highly mobile and armed with the deadly 6.6cm gun, the Waffentrager wrecked havoc amongst onan iy cimored formations. In the east, the Russian advance was stalled in Poland, while in the we Watsentrager hunter groups tore gaping holes in the allied lines. ‘mae wearHERtNG wacazrns / 1945 / 25T began the painting of my model by Firct preparing the 1 establiched the overall base color ucing A.lTC-004 Anterior surfaces using grey primer, and then painting Recedagrun, a color matched to later war vehicles. The the red primer colors using AMMO) and AT0-0l8, model was airbrushed by applying very thin costs of ‘The upper hull was cecured in place using Tamiya tape this paint with Just a few drops of A.NTG-7000 thinner fand the center hole plueged with a sponse in order to added into the nlx to ald in the Mo prevent overspray from the Dark Yellow priner that T luced to paint the exterior eurfacer. V GERMAN COLORS T decided to paint the model ucing Color Modulation ‘techniques; adding contrasting highlights and shadows to the curface panels. The characteristic eriep edges Detmeen colors and along panels were achieved by mask- Luckily, AMINO provides all. the paint colore that T wil. ing ucing Tamiya tape. require ‘in these convenient erte. ry Here are the colors that 1 uced specifically for the For added vie “Color Wodulation (ck) paintwork. the pale yellow color ‘he cannon using the dunkelgeld color of | mac added to the bace color to lighten the bace color, AMTG-O0L highlighted with AdmTC-017 and “while the shadows mere achieved by adding the darker ‘AAgG-020. My story is that the cannon and color to the bace green. darrel were to reprecent parts calvaged from i another vehicle macazre / 1945My next step was to tint the colors with filters made from dilutea artist's ofls For the gr used 618 Permanent Green, Light and 620 Olive @3 from Talens Rembrandt range, 1 thinned the ofle mith an Odorlese thinner. ‘To enrich the red priner tones T used a iter made From 703 Cadmium Red Light from Talens Rembrandt range of artist's ofls Again, turning to the artict's ofls T created emall chips and scuffs on red primer using this lighte elnect pink color. 70 create the hardedge camouflage pattern 1 cut narrow stripes from Tamiya tape and then applied ‘heer quick macke onto the model, irith the make in place, I then alrbruched chipping Pluid over the exposed areas followed by the Light cand color of AANG-O1? Mahtened with AAl1G-017. eing @ stiff bruch mofstened with water, the Lay- er of chipping Fluid 4s activated to produce chips soutfe within the camouflage stripe Using 3 aifrerent colors of enamel effects fat the ready, T applied pin washes and overall aches; all. blended using a Tamiya sponge brush fend odorless, thinnes ‘mas wearmentnc uacazries / 1945 nfTused a variety of articte' ofl colors from Talens Re brandt range to enrich underlying colore. The colore re applied ac email dote and then blended with bruch moistened with odorleee thinner. over the cand colored camo stripes T complete the pro- ‘ores by adding green color to the previously made scratches co ac to indicate layers of ernoced paint. Tn ‘a sinflar manner, superficial scratches are represented fon the green areas ucing a lighter chade of the base green color. In all caces, using a fine tipped brush in ‘Rood condition ts nececcary for bect reculte. A t In addition to the cponge technique, another good way of reprecenting emall chips and blemichee te by flick: Ang emall epeckee of paint onto the curfaces. Tf, by i some of the spots are too big you can always ‘then with a clean druch motetened with thirner. Next step, and one of more important techniques that I like to use in my modeling, 1s the creation of Long scratches. To ald me in the process I apply stripe of tacking tepe horizontally acraes the eurracee and then paint thin lines along the edgee of macking tee. ‘The emallect and moct irregular chine and ccratchee are created by dabbing (using @ sponge) Light amounts of Humbrol matte white tinted with » little green onto ‘the surfaces. Tse logic when doing this and only apply to thoce arene prone to wear and damage. Ite important to renenber that using a variety of col- or tones and products willshelp to achieve devth and ‘vieuel interest, se you can see here, T uved quite a wide range of producte when creating the rust end oxidetion on the Watfentrager.as =e ‘The came techniques of sponge and paint flicking ere again used to create rust effects. Ac elways, restraint 1s the key when working these types of oftects, A fine tipped brush de used to paint dn the defined areas of exposed primer. I used this came Tine brush to create chips, soratch= ec on other arene of the vehicles. Darker brown and rey colors give the appearance of expoced metal, while the dark rust colors add a clightly oxidized or rusted tone to the chins. Up to this point all of the chips, ceratchee and scuffs have been applied using acrylic paints. Now, I turn to ucing artists! otis in order to create in- creased depth and extra interect into these arene. ‘The photo chowe an example of the ruet cil colors that T will be ueing and a pile of clean sponges let'e get otarte Artiste! ofle are loaded onto the omall bite of sponge and then applied ucing a dabbing motion. Tt's important that the of1 painte remain thick co that only email bits of paint ere transferred onto the surfaces. As mentioned, these layers of of] paints fare applied over the small chips and scratches pre- ‘iouely painted using the acrylic colors. iow, very carefully, 1 blend the ofle uring a brush and thinner. only a slight amount of thinner ts used, Just enough to moisten the area along with « Light touch'with the brush. The idea 4s to slight= Ly Alecolve the painte in order to produce cubtle stains,wacazrve / 1945 As shown here, using a combination of different: chipping techniques and paint types has resulted in fa very convincing sppesrances ‘The dust effects and reinuarke were crested using AnTO-103 Washable Dust, applied with an aibruch snd then wached cut with various brushes and cot~ ton ewabe. Ae compared to ucing pigments for this effect, ducting with machable acrylic paint can be ‘a good alternative ar it te effective and eney to control. Of course, heavier ducting 1s acompliched using pigments mixed into duct colored enamels from the AUMO range, The addition of the pigments addr cone texture, aiding with the heavy duct appearance. Finally, the areae of heavier duct are blended ue- ing odorlece thinner. This etep te important in ‘order to renove any un-natural brush strokes and helps the duct colore flow into the recesses andsont, es3sn ; : eer men defenders made al, Ger in their attempt qn the final ‘attics ang rapidly every Cornel excellent vse ito slow aown the 2: a acenent Sy een aray fore aa acteee a oa n mente eee eae tet HT ee me ae th estigates the ° ene at ert ape 50-16 1008 es te oro of ST Tout of cnt of OT of ruine’ avancine palted elone sags death-treps the © Be coments to 8 comrades a German equad cautiously creeps up the U-Bahn station step, pre~ paring for the moment when they will strike at the unsuspecting ‘Russians. ‘his diorama will be one in a se ries of dioramas that T plan will be built based on this concent} the nplevated Diorama” Concept. T en~ yistoned this concept so as to Rive the diorama and its surrounding more life. The theme behind it js to make it look as if it has ‘yen freshly plucked out of the ground and raised up. This concert will alco enhance the artistic approach to presenting a diora- ma and to highlight its different Levelsex Enjoytrom enite base of the diorama by eutting st £ fe ate ied reancutter, 1 then Rivet the ? im parte together using white elu. ork sheets were glued onto both ends of the £ nde of the foam to Provide a sanding guide and etiffen the structures I then carved the shape T want into the foam using a coarse wood file. ‘th thin cork cheets, T cut ‘cobble ctone shapes Tor the Sricks for the building and’ alk. peginning wil undreds of groundwork, {the tiles for the sid fry ‘The curfeces vetween the bricke and © cobbles ctones were filled ucing wall oo fMler. To eid in the epread of the F111- | After all the stonework ie fer, the cork curfacee were prepared by covered with the filler T us ‘THE edges of the bricks are canded to eliminate the “cut” appearance and then glued in place using Pat- tex. and ‘the house Oe nee sp to eet 8 Pre fitet wetting with tap water. Then, over the dampened surfaces, T epread wall filler ucing a plastic cord making sure that T get it into all of nooke and crevices. ee By ctr Soon te ‘the shapes laser cut buslain lanning, tainly vortn tne SAMNINA, but T think the ny fa wet cponge to clean the ex- cece and smaothen the surrace. Once finished, the work should be cet aside for at least 2 days to ary well. curtaces of the house we {aes and thicknesses of the “cone oe atae the 1g ehapes, This step taker cults are cer=the framework an Popstele sticks, ALL were glued using with the dutlding went tite, etntoant tnder wey T start ith Flee wentti-Art accesses Ge iadns bat or te Oe eee eae Giorame; the U-Bahn en- trance. Again, the basic zasl and wieght ban structire te conetructed conetnae RIPON fo from foam board and then he O-nah textured ueing pre-cut cork and enall plastic After competing the baste construction of both pants of the ‘icrana, prepared th surfaces wing a #0eh oF Nighy attuted plaster, this plactersnesh will give ti Tote se texture anda fee bace to pein Goan She tare Canvases nore dove wing Temiye > te putt, recut ane vecte material needed to do urban rubble. F aa eer iae ‘rooney, ame eae otonen and fn peach sand. First T laid the sand and then adding each ant Tgonee and pre-ovt bricks and Zen Stent ce aile from the destroyed roof ani ponenly, 7 nd the etliee a mizture of white ale andy mraken igi everything to placeChi puring thts stoge 1 use ano "Blue for Pan, Purgrey’ Mech to color different tones of Brey on the cobtie stones. For the sein Gcior 1 uee Mig Amao "Light dust” Effects Goa pive it an equal coverage all over with fhe oricke peinted using "Streaking Rust” Befects diluted @ bite FE) the cobbie stone road ts painted ustne A100 IF) Sheruan Derk Yellow” Wash. Arter the color tear eet for about 10 minutes T use a brush feanened with thinner to reneve the exces- domPensint form cobble stones. This tech Sique of eddition and renova will belp to miimte more depth end color modulation $n he groundwork. 7 the glass windows are created using thin, sD Preneparent plastic card. I rub wetted sand faper on the plastic card to achieve the eed eppearance, and then used a Rode Tike knize to crente the jagged edzes OF the broken glace. Last but not least, T add Piament colore overall and secure then in Place using pigment fixer. orana ts sirbruched Seer pour or two and hie time using also sacle finiched effect sh white techniquesThe (SU-7 exaust ineulation was created ust bread-wrape rolled over the exhaust pi The 80-16 as from xint-art, the canvas tarpaulin is TT08 Cured to Tice wing yon! pipe and) Royal Model and the aluninum barrel from RB. 11 of the place using super gli other detaile were scratch built or from old PE sets ‘the weld ceame were re-created using Vallejo thin-head putty. (Pithe Panther tank was cout down to the desired size to fit the ecene ana penther were and then detetied ue- fy Both the SOT oe wae ing PE, brass pipes and primed ore) and white servis alurinun paper- kano vied primers. The SU-76 was painted using Mig Anno Russian green, allowing the pre-chade of the black’ and white to influence the tones. The reteed details were hand-painted in Lighter colors of green. Pintching included an application of green toned fitere and overall weathering us ‘ing AMMO enen- el etfecte and plenents rhe ther tank was painted in a sinilar manner as that of the SU-76 using AMMO acrylie colors for the base and camo colors and then weathered using AIO enamel effects and pianente, ¢ > tone camouflage echene of the Pane vee for ‘he ftqures T chose to Ti."'Rene are She fuceta the tro German officers the Ruceian casualty are 1 Verlinden Productions.All AMMO of Mig Jimenez Peete ce Tes info@tankmodelshop.com LZ Models Resin wheels Coming in March: the producer of 1/35 accurate and highly ere ee 1/35 US Army LeTorneau AEamsY detailed models and accessorios Nee eee ae rks CarryAll SP Scraper tes Visit our online shop at WWW.LZModels.com — Ralivay and Miltary resin models 1/35 D7 Crew Figures B IAlllyoulneeditormoceling, available We offer ipping with UPS es ur Cdn eae sry ar ay rl worldwide for orders >200€ (only with Ht). cial B eerce our, Facebook page and) stay, informed|on modelling news, specialloffers, etc. www.facebook.com/pages/Modellbau-Konig/16337.07.37 046382)uring the final days of April, 1945, Soviet troops had puched to within a few hundred yards of ‘the Reich Chancellery as fierce fighting continues street bY etreet, building by building fas the last defenders of the Reich make a final stand. the shelling intensifies, the Pithrer’s concrete bunker, once & raven, is becoming increasingly threatened with collapse. Wa~ ter seeps through the cracks in the crumbling walls, emergency Lights flicker and fade; chaos and fear are the order of the @ay as the Bunker is quickly de- scending into chaos. It is here that @ devastated and gaunt ‘Adolf Hitler decides to put an end to his turbulent life. sodag “ aris a mm figure portraying = Xion uring ho aeet, a ‘ointilliem, a great te sh ie ae can be used to pene. s ure ~especially in the 1, sg om scales, A2thouh it can bea ow and perhay =,” cedure, it eee. is @ simple technique that doesn’t fs of alt with a brit oe ste through thts article how e asy it 4s, and thet with @ arect deal of : * patience we’ s t a really Patera a ee But ll show a 1ow to paint the face, =1 pegin painting by giving Herr Hitler an overall paint layer ucing Tamiya gray spray primer. 1 have been ueing Tamiya gray spray priner for years with Concistentiy good results. For the ekin base Color T use fay usual mix consfeting in 70% Brown Sand, 13% Enalish Tesporn, 10% Vermillion and 5f Violet (all Vallejo tod EL color). T always add a dab of Tamiya X-?1 Flat Base ‘to the mix to be certain of flat sheen. + apply the hahlights in the following manner: 1 add Feline Red to the bace mix for the three first highliahtsy the fourth hMahlight is pure Beige Red. Throughout the process, ny paints are diluted with water and the pruchetrokes are always in the direction of the high- Light areas: cheekbones, tip of the nose, chin, etc. For next highlights T add Medium Flech in increasing Znounte until T epply the pure color. With the right Ghrution and airection of the brushstroke T try to get ‘the color gradation as encoth as possible. However, if ‘the color transitions remain too stark T prepare (high Ty thinned) mediun tones, adding thea in a stippling Puenion to help tone down any ctark traneitions. het continue in the highlighting process, T increacina- Jy reduce the areas where the Mahlighte are applied, be painting « enall ares at a tine. ith the face rintehed T ctart to paint the coat with the wool ter! faving el] Mahlight, shadow and plaze tones mixes at hand te that ant elwaye try to atrect the Hen ete cit te rt tomas oF final highlights Filech : say sgn noving Covad the po clot ane ne strokes. These last highly are applied very fail areas tn the ighter€ arene following ot eeahecd ‘light echeme. Sane tous toh esas ae mix them from the be ; ie eae approximately three applications. nee Peres, Eames Garam | se ot fatal Se ee shadow color. Again T ee fhadow color. Again T use medium tones to soften any Then Nghe on tne ce tn in cite Tents rene Soret ie a ta an eh et birt T apply red tones in the cheeks and tip of ie ieee, say in the neck, temples and sides os oo ret lips were painted with a Burnt | ot Toda ture, The rationale for for the pointillien 711 the ftrct tine 1 used this particular technique T started in The usual Techtor, applying highlights firct, then the shad= tht, to Finieh with the medium tones Followed by the elazecy Sue with time Y've modiriea my approach, making it Less or= pantved and chaotic, but within some Linite, Eighlight colors fra chadows ere now placed in the proper locations on the ‘aut just not in the usual eequerce. Now, T start by sdd> Tne the chadow and then apply the extreme highlight followed: bya mid-tone and then again with the shadows. But in the end ‘the results will be coherent and natural, piece Garker colors ® bit nore thin than the highlights, ang f tas wearnentng xacazms / 1945 / 32 'For the uniform 1 tried to depict the character istic pele pastel green of one of Hitler's conte, T’ve used AMMO - NAPPEN SS - POLT?ET ORIN ac the Dace color, T add Alto Desert Sand for the high. Lights and AUNO Flack for the shadows. use other palettes with more or less the same highlight and shadow tones, but hahly diluted and adding Violet to the mixes. In this manner we'll have diferent shades available for the painting process. For this technique T use a well-kept brush, although ien’t necessary to have a new one as the stippling ie hard on brushes and 4t won't be in a good condi tion when T am finished. ith well-thinned paint and unloading the bruch inn kitchen towel T ctart etippling dark and Veht tones depending on the ‘area: Ment tones for the highlights and the dark fonts for the chadow areas. [} Tt ts because this technique takes some tine that 7 refer to paint only one enall aren at a tine. Por example, first T paint the chest area, secondly the ack, then one arn at a tine, followed by the Front ‘part of the coat, to Finish painting the back area, rearasamic uacazms / 1945 To finish the procecs and add color variation to ‘the coat T return to using glazes - hMahly diluted fand applied in a stippling motion, The uniform de- tatle such as the buttons and eagle on the lePt arn T used printers’ inke and artiste’ efile As T mentioned before, this type of painting pro- cess may become tediotc, £0 st's advienble 40 paint only one small aren at'a tine thus avoiding long painting sessions. So far I have been working the Upper sections of the overcoat to completion now T use the sae process to bring the lower portions ‘to completion. It's also Snportant to remember thet thts process takes time, so don't give up hope with the reculte half-way during the process as it will look quite bad until it’ almoct Finished. As we saw with the face there will te cone zones (euch as this fold at the bottom of the coat) that MALL not look natural - the color gradation re- mains too harsh. To coften, T will simply work sone mid-tones to the area, letting it ary between brushstrokes to avoid an unwanted sheen,Ae T aidn’t want After priming, T paint the dase that might ti te brown and black colors from the tmure, ply s color with a litte ally, the groun:Enjoy the Wat eee Pee Ca eS José Luis Lopez Ruiz ne year 1945 was the year FOF the winners. Tt was the year of BNReF foward the Germans and & honger, by many, for Fe¥en German and as the war Grew clos ont for strategic objectivesr bi 4am: roe aigee and villages. Zach BUIAENE ‘they defended be orca to a friend, © TeLotives OTE ‘their homelend- Tach doy that they resisted Te nother dey of hope fOr: ‘the refugees; 2 chance fOr Morvivel. this work 38 Ge@t> cated to th ree end wonen who fought and diet to the ena, covered by a makeshiFt certer just for saving the 1476 67 Sirpcent civilians reReratecs OF nationality and creed: gen The Weathering wogazine’s team contacted me to teke part in this reaue T automatically decided ‘thet my work had to be nopired by the artwork OF qhaudio Fernandez end the * mrehing team of the 1949 book German color: Camouflage profile guide. In particular 7 es Touptred by on E-7> included ‘at page 61 of the book. YI use BY Gan Technique Sor this tacks ren achieve nice zensthal and Fe sulabions effects on our Kite Eeneasy wey. £0, this ts the, st0ry of the way 1 painted this test defender of the homelands 34 / tHe weaTHERING Kacazinz / 1945ccantys’s 3540 Kit te Just a ges $n my opinion, ALsnoVgN seer eee many available kits fron this vehicle (Dra Boor aleri), Tanlya makes it again with @ really cacy om eoanle Kit, nicely and cleverly engineered and Sth mice, erisp details everywhere. ‘the Kit 4s buLt neasty OO7S excepting the Little Pan. The Hit gund the casemate and the wire for the Bosch cies (Tights I eleo purchased @ metal barrel, changed Teo tangl racks from the Kit for & set from Priuin- fuel and added a Karaya towing cables orten overlooked or neglected, T feel thet i€ te very, Sitar ant to clean your kite before painting. Dust ant fopere on your fingers creates areas where the pain Bree primers do not Rrab to the surface, Just sone and She ter with cone soap, Tub Lightly with a clot rae ae tne soap. Let it ary and get ready to paint! / me wearmentnc wacazrns / 1945 te of couree the primer mmportant to have & nice colored 1eye Mart painting, but the primer layer also helps ‘the next step in preparation ayer. Not onty 4s $ 4 verte any flewe and allows the paint arip trrespec- sree the materials used in construction. using the white primer as ny overall base colory 7 ren, Taine ie paintine process 1m ay Telack and white” peeenique, 70 beein, 1 apply dark grey to the lover teers ine veicle and into ell of the nooks, creat xy ie then weed. to create soft trencition fron the marimum SFbaow to the mediu= grey of our primer. next, using a Light grey and pure white T etrbructes Ths upper surfaces and the more prominent areas: ‘te pera enjective ie to artificially highlight the 14% 1c of grey, white and pure black Using different shades waehie our kit was under a vertical zerithal 1iaht-over the BAN base T airbrushed ny red brown Orre. For this tack, do not forret to dilute Sour paint oo that it does completely obvcure Your Jy pace, 7 reconmend at least 60:70 thinner Te paint retlo, clowly building the color usin thin layers. ‘once the paint te ary the red brown areas are macked off ueing tape. ‘the arens of red brown overspray are touched-up 47 Pee ration of the eecond camouflage color (ate reparek yellow). Tn this picture you cte just the Te ctep with the darker grey color being Fe_8Pr S3jua along the ednee to help to hide the red brown once the dark yellow camouflage stripes have dried: cree st was epain used to create the hard edaes Bttern. “I stronaly recomnend varrishing the bese caer ith a clear coat before macking to protect farainst ary tape dances park green, the final color, te applied ell over the care seer of the tank. Once Gry, Fenove all the mack sea youll rind the applied base colors with nice Color effects thanks to the BAM Base. the prominent details of the vehicle axe highlighted Toe Dronrine brush, ‘Thee details include the raised using © eatures along with the hinges, claspé and surfiiee Hort of the details are on the rear deck, 20 Tipaid epecial attention in these areasy ‘THe WEATHERING 2[.teing Amo acrylic colore that hare Deen SLiRny. Tightened, T made superficial seratcher and. ¢hTe Lighter the tank. Remember, the shape of sch Shtpoine depends on the nature of the anerescior qiyReTcurfece, ©o make then with conEON sence, Searer them mey be caused by abrasion, others 470m Ynocking, eoratches, shrapnel se you can ove alt the ecoeseartes have been paint As yon Cell. Take your tine to paint then in the wet rey poesibie ax the final result of your kite rect ie met oriy on the general painting but the aetaile! TG once the chipe and details have been completed 7 one nch Tamiya clear ell over the Kit follored Gere general wash ell over the vehicles For, Wie Be Picea AlITG-1005 wach for NATO camouflaged tak cles this color 4s nearly black colored enamel ‘Yensciee: ry sulted to my Reneral aren base COLT: / oes weateentna uacazns / 1945 opinion, artiste! ofle are the best weapon in ei to accentuate the zenithal effects on oar erse color, with the added benefit of achieving Jour Tictic Faded 100k. As you can see in the picture, Sux Santer colors (white, Naples yellow, buff, ane tre rand orange) are in the upper, part of the plates are rae darker (raw umber, black, dark red and cepte) fn the lowers sme weathering of the lower hulle begins with @ cub” see net cf mnno Washable Dust Paint. 1 used to 49 ties cith ramiya’s Enamel paints, but with this prod tis achieve the cane effect ucing an acrylic pain’ ust Jorhat neceesary to cee each step with Yarnish {Ri protect each paint layer as T used to dow ext, sone of the paint is removed using @ flat brash weregced with water. DO not let the paint dry to seth minutes) or &€ will become too difsicult to re. Buch nie is the only disadvantage of using acryli¢ aortic versue enamel peinte, as enamels can stil) be Penowed even days after being applied.oe yor vertical effects like rain marks, drained Tors airt etrokec, 1 always use acrylic paints Rigniy diluted. The desired effects are achieved Tyrnnbiying several, nearly transparent Layers: 1 added plaments only in very specific jana logical areas euch alone the #88 Sr of horizontal surfaces and smaller, Sotected corners. Once epplied, pir Tote tend to hide every painting and Reathering effect used underneath, £0 use Yrs with moderation. Remember, @ dusted yo- Hite tea rekicle fust with dust over logical, meres not everywhere. I fix the plaments using ‘the rusted effects over on the exhaust pipes are The cin the cane way, mixing eeveral shades bf ruck colored planents and fixing the pigment with thinner. must end greace effects are Bede using Ammo Heht rust wach and frech eneine oil Gsivted with Anmo’s thinners Remove the excese using pure Thinner and do ot be exceselve with theee types of effects. por the base, T created a email scene using Fer cene's products. ‘The features include a wally wemiriestiy decianea for the piece, alone with Ro tperd pavement, hydrant and paving stone road cet ‘the aevris end ground textures were made from sae te brickworks, eand and broken pieces of Flaster. —A lack and White techniques painted base? Why Mott ihe ame technique of using black end white Toreeate chadows and highlights ac used on the te Sole ie a helpful method to achieving the came Gynamie results within our scene. pane to paint the bese detatis using a fine brush Tims, ceone, debric and brick 1s painted and weath- vet ina singular way to achieve @ maximum of Garferent chadec and textures vegetation ie added to the base and adhered us Teeretues The type of greenery uoed is nix of Sie for and tiniature brand products along with ssing come naturel materials fron the back yard Stee gana and small branches. Always strive to sie a lot of variety into the veretation as thie Pr whet will pive it the look of reality.tas wextmenrie wacaaine / 1945 yo47fand Revell g 1c with the painting ttself. T pre- Lage behind, fof tir. Surfacer 1300 to pro- fer using @ black bast sons Tice depth end avold "cover the primer fixathi In the closing months of the war, air defense over the Reich has become a deadly it cccupation of air curvival for the pilots of the Luftwaffe, Prom the mest, allied i bombers pound German cities and industry day and night, while from the east the , Russian Air Force enjoys superiority over the battlefields as the Red Army pushes every closer to Berlin. 1 Tve been itching to build one of Trumpeter’s 1/3? BF 109s for a while now, to see how | they stack up against the Revell and Hasegawa competition. when I learned the theme of this issue, 1 leapt at the chance to build Trumpeter's newly-releaced G-10 variant ‘as BF 109G-10/04/R? "Black 12". This particular aircraft sports a scheme that T've had my eye on for some time; along with many distinctive elements and very heavy exhaust staining. Overall, I found this kit better than its competitors in come regards, but jacking in other aspects, but still a good platform for painting and weathering. wre used to represent 0 sepresent the putty lines on the bare ne tal wing raniye Hull Red and NATO Brown wet wed a Liquid frieret peer tS: ‘to mack off the panels, the Fed oxide in the panel Lines. a 5 ‘the ayer ueing Ria 64 onto : y as Jnades of BScK 12 apply a finel Blending 2 Ree ro Anka down a apply © ‘that the underlying black . Titi paints conte ore aid Sony tae STehe tonal yetlalectcee, vote that i a random m arte OAc Syrecems Tanke levers @f Sect event Tariatiens edged over thie "pre-shade’, the Rot el aera eset mae Cer shale eted. Wes es 1) Mein gnnry seman, meen mtr som ROMS aoe tte ey ie sedate hich promote cubtle The overell. eppearanc wottling was done ith an Twa~ ‘ta cll-B airbrush and a mixture of appropriate mottled colors land then over-sprayed with & heavtly-thinned Layer REM 6% ‘The Landing gear and Barracu- da wheels (recin atternarket) fare painted in Gunge RLY 02. Although black was the stan~ Gard color for, the most R03 wheel ube, this particular 6-20 sportea RUN OP colored |i) Meketar macke were used for all of the principal ineta- nias. Tn this scale, painted markings just look’ better. fonce the markings ere painted it's tine to step beck nd lock at my ProRrecs 0 far, £0 008. To give cone initial depth to the Bar- racuda wheels, T used ANNO Trtertore Wash to accentuate the RLM 0% and AMO WAPO Frown Wash to dirty up ‘the AMMO Rubber & Tires coler on the tires. Wheel weathering continues as T sprayed a thinned mix of Tamiya Flat Earth and Wediun Gray as foundation for additions) enanel effecte, ano Earth provided the next layer of sthering on the Rarracuda wheels. This wae etippled onto the surfaces mith an old, round brush.This particular G-10 shows streaking beneath ¢ exhauct etacks and on the ofl cooler. Thece were reprecented with Dark Streaking Grine. ‘The ctreaking grime wac cleaned up and refined with a flat brush lightly dampened with thin- ner. T found ucing the bruch edge-on, as a blade of corte, really helped me to hone the chape of ‘the strenks. J) Lhate stencil decals, so T jumped at the chance to try HGW's Wet tranefer ctenctis with this Dulld. Once dry, the carrier peels away, leaving Jurt the number "12" ae if painted, 5) T've become a big fan of ANMO” Panel Tine ashe It’s nice, subtle and concletent. Application couldn't te easier - just brush ton. JJ) Removing excece panel “tine wash ts easy. Just wipe ft off. 1 prefer to use a cut up old t-shirt, but cotton bude, makeup removal sponges and :The variety of Axo Panel Line Mach colors 4 cimnar Orr Drocent eh Oy mine RU Merde bare meas” TM 76 and Rtar og, tts camouflage scheme. sn on the BF 1080- jah nu 2678 enter Oe painting 20 mee ee noe ap to ee orders calten {go 1 weed Tasiya Ded clear varmieh Sq then Dehely vied an er old ever UTE nar Uaccenina O88 paar iia ]\A0 shown where, the panel Line weches do a great fob bringing Gut the rivet detail tn the Seu peter Kit. Ti a particular fan of Une orange Brown wesh For yel- Tow surfaces as it pope without being henwy-handes.” 7 replaced the Rite gune with brass HG 1508 from Master ‘fYnished using” Tron Polishing Powder from Mech Van coopination of Ger Rocten. re cect pat, cn rsntering cunt 26 ‘The exhaust stubs were treated with Uschi Van der Rosten Iron Polishing Pow- der and AMMO Track Wash. = watnonavo wacarrne / 1945Fuel cteine and fluid Teake were added ucing a mirture of ‘AUMO Fuel Staine and streaking Grine which T applied with ‘a round brush. Once the enamel effects were nearly ary, the fuel etaine were worked back using a flat bruch damp with ANNO thinner nie particular 209 show ii, enpestay om naseerfor the heey oe ned mix of Tamiya Smok ‘pen epeand- tom i foo nce oa dy thior sprayed amount ot Jf) to eimulate foot traftic, exhaust partic~ ulate, and general grime, T etippled ANM0 Dark Brown Wach onto the inner wing sur fnees. yea extremely heavy exhaust “ene starboard sid finin was laid with 0 ke, Black, and Brown a faction, Finally, @ sell rents was applied to 8° fentuate the appearance.Fee cariy 1965, and after intensive fighting the German Army is able to halt the approaching Russians at the Vistule River. With the Sovict cavance stalled and the German arny firmly entrenched on the river's western shore the Reich tekes full advantage of the reprieve. Albert Speer's armaments industry is able to put into production the next gen” creation of Entwicklung, or E series vehicles. Chief among these was the Sogdpazer E-100, weighing 130 tons and sporting al50em aun as its main armament, the #-100 would be an immediate influence on the as the war continued into late 1945 and into 1946? For those who may be familiar with my work, my usual subjects tend to focus upon ech War- Tore, Gundams and Sci-fi, and so when the thene of Endkampf was presented to me I innediately thought of the "what-1f", or Wehrmacht 1946 subjects. T personally like the hunting tanke end 50 my choice was clearly drawn to the 3-100.