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C) i ae C Siro Bieter | orem fee ak Sad a ed opt ern en el dl "sand Tee ee rlcrmen a am ihn este corti‘THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE by ANIMO of Mig Jimenex Copyright 2016 “Oniginal ides Are citector ‘Mig Jiménez ‘editorial Management Carlos Cuesta {aki Camtalapiedra cover “Antonio Alonso layout ‘Antonio Alonso ‘Omar Andrés \aiiie Asian {ain Hamiton. ‘Akatsye Photoarenher ost tin Styling & Community Monager Elizabeth Wiese ‘Models ‘Barbara A. & Elizabeth Wiese {Colaborators Mig Jimenez vichal Dostat Jamie Haggo ‘Mani Femnéndez Stefano Marchetti Oishi Tama Mackawa Taniation Riek Lawler Iain Hamilton Bye ay sat WEES wevethouesteingras fearon ISSN 2340-289x March 2016 “wat * concept quite easy to understand tinvoles an atemate version of histor facts, @ ‘wold where one of mote events has occurted with a much dtferent outcome. The very best subjects _koep an otherwise realistic agproach, using common sense ard starting from known historical facts. For instance, some of the first "What If" models where based on weapon plans that never materialized or concepts devised by the Germans at the end of WWI. Concepts for jet aircatt, enormous tanks, or other extremely ad- vanced weapon systems are out a Yew examples. Basically & hypothetical world was created where WW went ‘beyond 1945, a world vihere these weapon projects came to fruition. The possibilities offered by this modeling genre are virtually endless) Were only lmited by our own imagination, giving free rein to our creativity end snaking new hsiocal cenaros posse But ebony, thi elternate word mast be eescneble aha n> ‘temal coherence to be piausible enough. it's not fentasy or Science fiction, but about creating a credible chain of events which could ely hae happened. Ob/cusy, WWlisnat theonlysoure of nsptaton avaiable we Can tae the "What If cncept to te Cold Way, te Star Wars universe, the mast econ mary confit, oF anyerstustion, pat, preset, and fantasy Ths new sue of TWA inte to nspe and encourage yeu, to state your catty and proud anew sattng to have fun and ty new ting. Forget about making modes taking of shows and compentions Perhaps you wont nda “What category tal shows, but we guaran you wil navertnes be aleatec as punch! Lay we ike to pin out the cover mages neces by an imagines what it cenoro where the Nac eve ope thing saucer technology and useitt made the US. Inould hve made qe Signa Life magnzine fant cover, weuldn tt? Pash your ieainaton! Mig limeneeee a www.takom-world.com TAKOM1:14 ARMATA “aims Deal” ~ Ativing dreeiy from the Victory Day pared round tothe Syrian battle ‘Front Rasta sends tr newort bate tank the E14 Arata thle aly. Wace. ptore deployment ‘the grateful syrian army (wath ‘he hand of ii Jimene:) does hsv repaint of the beast istptive desert colors before Senaing into the fay pag.6 HAUNEBU Mra! Daal takes “what I 10 the facia with a German Worderwaffe, the | Houncou ‘Asoucer aah that would eae. fy Sweep the tes car of ele bombers and fighters, and whore tong range. capatlter wom bring terror upon cosas stant 24 GLASNOST AND PERESTROIKA In an extreme thawing of the (old War, ascuadron of US Fa fighters are given in exchange to Rusia so aa tobe tested od ted a thelr ov, These cafes eeorne fuly sntegroted wt ‘ho Russian force site, ‘ding the roquiete Ruesan amoutlage scheme 26 present. fey lame Haase. pag. 30 THE LAST KING OF BERLIN Following 2 mere. “rational ‘wnat I approsen, Mant Fernan (ez vis cormany. 1946 ith 2 production model of the ES estates down the Soviet on ght. Combining compen tarvoutloge patterns priver ond Fie" etocive wouthering tech iques Mad makar thie 1946 Aina i otoable ao. 43 TIE FIGHTER “RED FIVE” “The Force is strong with Oishi she expos opted Imperial “Tie Fahters, repurposing them ‘and repainting in Rebel ols for use against" their former ower. OF couse laser burs, (olor duct and bate sere wil tded in thie glace pre peg. 58 ‘THE IRON TOMB snare, 1846, te peal aps hee Aimy continues to. ight “making desperate stand at ‘ho Tama Rivet neuded in th reseror fone king tiger tne prowl ote opanesafor test.ia. a A eta L = i ,Mig Jimenez When an US-led international coalition invaded Iraq to ‘overthrow Saddam Hussein in 2003, no one would have imagined that the lraqi Army would be using Abrams tanks a few years later. These American machines are now crewed by Iraqis, sporting Iraqi numbers and insig- nia, and soldier alongside T-72 and Type 69 tanks in the ight against the insurgency and rebels in Northern Iraq ‘and the Islamic State. This idea served as an inspiration for ‘an imaginary similar chain of events in the recent Syrian conflict, when Russia started to back the failing regime. Back when | started to build the model for the present ar- ticle, the Russians have only started to send Sukhoi planes and helicopters, and sending ground vehicles seemed out of the question. Curiously enough, they started to deliver ‘modern ¥:90 tanks to bolster the defenses of their airbase in Syria, but also to reinforce the Syrian Army with newer ‘and more effective tanks than the old T-72AVs or T-55AM- 8 | THEWEATHERING M TAKOM.2029-15 TAKOM Vs. Of course, the T-14 tank based on the Armata platform is still a prototype in development stages, and the model seen in the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade will almost certainly undergo numerous changes during development, probably including a different and bulkier modular armor package of the turret. But, | thought it will be fun imaging "What would have happened if the Russians had sent their newest T-14s, as seen in TY, to help their Syrian allies?” Most probably the Syrians would have applied some kind of disruptive camouflage, because their silhouette makes them highly visible from afar. And of course Syrian tactical symbols and numerals would have been painted on too. The opportunities offered by this kind of crazy ideas -but not completely beyond the realm of possibility- are almost endless. Welcome to an alternative outcome of the Syrian conflict. Takom’s Kt has great detail ft and overall quality. I's very easy to buld with no serious fiv sues. The tracks and running gear must be painted in advance due to these sits.‘Atte applying a primer coat the base colors airbrushed, inthis case Dark Green ‘(AMIG 915) slightly lightened with Green Base A.MIG 916. The Victory Day Patace decals are applied and chipped off using the same base color The camouflage patches are matked using Camautlage Masking Puy ARMG 8012. Ths is vary easy © uke product, it doesnt leave marks on the surface and it's completoly ‘The sand camouflage color airbrushed on next. Now the masked putty is moved to reveal periecty defined «camouflage patenss ATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IE (9Nest using a large orush the sutece ic moistened with water and then the paints chipped off with a toothpick Vie use rush again we're stil working on & ‘Once the chipping process is firshed a gloss varnish coats aifrushed to seal and protect, 410 / THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT F): New it’ time to apply ters. They add depth and variety 0 the fed brush, ane the was wil flow by capilay action ifthe surlace is gloss or satin camoutlage ‘Apply the filters in uniform layers; avoid flooding the suricce and) Letitest fr 10 minutes, and once it’s dy to the touch the excess notice how the colors undemneath change, can be removed, Wat 24 hours for the fers to chy properly before applying the oli) Then, a stif make-up sponge & used to gently wipe the sutace ‘wastes In this case we used NATO Cameuilage Wash A MIG 1008 and remove the excess wash, toget a strong contrast. Touch deteils and ane! ines with a load P75) You can use sree sponges in hidden and other dificult to teach areas THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE ) WHATIF) 1.AcRyiic com oan \ 12.1 THEWEATHERIVG MAGAZINE WH \ ee /Dust and dirt buidups are created using chipping Fuld and enamel products Remember that these effects are much easly achieved with enarrel products and not are paints Begin applying 2 couple coats of chipping fiid (Once dry, & dark colors eps over the turret, engine bay ‘and the sand cclored areas inthe sides. Baht dust tone is Used in the rest ofthe vehicle. The rode! looks awiul now, but don't ganic! am F4 Now use a large fat brs mistaned in mater to remove the enamel product. => Moisten and remove the Bant andor, eavng Bf clean atees and oer with dust and drt accu ‘ulations: If teo much preseue ie applied with the brush youll remove the enamel prodtct Completely, 0 be cael THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE) WHATIF) 13vfs Petal ce ‘Apply the dak lin cone ovr the light camoutlage etches n the Sces and the light duct color in the rubber skirts and the dark camoulage areas, Tis creates 2 rice contrast. The resuiting eects are extremely realsic and ade lets of interest to the mod 14. / THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IF\We'can create even more contrast wth some other dist areas using the new product SPLASHES. it has a sight ony texture of dy caked mu, Apo, ‘the product, and after lowing i dry 3 ew minutes is blandad with 2 lean brush and enema! thinners. THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE. (.WHATIF 1546 / THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IFTHE WEATHERING MAGAZINE } WHATIF.) 17{5 finaly, the earth is foed in place permanently using Sard Gravel & (3) Torecteate the metal aspect of some panes and details we use a graph Give AMIG 2012, Wat until its cry and then add some touches with te pen, pigtents to get rid of any possible shiny spot {) For a realistic fish, we will add some Arab numbers and other hand The mode! finshed off adding some died mud splashes in the hut made tactcal symbos to add mow ite to our kit sides using a toothpicc and an old brusht ree MMe Yoo oe oe I “Au 16e Escadron is the ultimate model shop | in Brussels, the centre of Europe. Visit our | website for everything the modeller needs cole models of aircraft, military vehicles, ‘ships, cars, figurines, . We offer a huge range of paints, weathering } products alu, equipments, decals, update sets, Heap) sess rterence wort ‘Au 162 Escadron also offers many hard-to-find ‘brands! 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Amongst these concepts is the Haunebu, a disc shaped flying object that would easily sweep the skies clear of allied bomb- fers and fighters, and who's long range capabilities would bring terror upon cities as distant as Miami and Moscow. A\limited number of these craft were built and tested ~ and even a few brief combat engagements over northern Germany in late April 1945. However, the quick pace of the allied advance prevented these crafts from ever being Ut into full production, thus never fulfilling the dream. The theme of "what if” is exciting as it allow us to stretch out and build something a little bit different from the usual topics. As for the Hanuebu, apart from a few concept sketches there are no reliable sources as to the actual nature of this craft, let alone any photographs! | will use this “fortunate” lack of information to my advantage and allow my imagination full reign to create one of these crafts, abandoned; post-war Luftwaffe UFO, circa 1952.Tis model, 2s bult fom the bo, looks a bit too clan and too bagin painting by laying down a coating of surface priv, fol ‘much We a ty for my taste, and so reine the surface datas by ‘owad by 2 duane bake of aluminum Mr Faint metalic color 1 scribing pane! ines and adding rivets tempered the bright metalic metal shine with a liter layer of semi-gloss varnish Nest, © lever of AMMO Chipping Fluid is sproyed over the entire apaly water to activate the chiping fd, scratching off the color ‘adel and allowed to dry, followed by 2 nowunformad base calor | F with @ toothpick and tweezers to reveal the aluminum colar un ‘oatirg of Mr. Paint RLM 75 applied as the base color. | purpose erneath Since Mr. Pant is very resistant its almost imposibie to {uly focused the heavest accumulations along the rats and panel sea regular brush, making these sharper instruments 2 nacessty Ines to act asa quick pre-shade, “Te previous pantwork and chipping sealed using Gar varnish [then tane off areas fr the splinter camouflage patern ane brush 2a layer of chipsing fuid within these areas. Once the flu is dy oll by a thn layer of the derker camoufiage color, Ms Pint IM 74,Conee the camouflage color = chy, | repeat the chipping pro- ess the splinter camo ages Nev, POW Bice WOME a5 cone before. 5 vas applied tothe panel and ae lines only, avoiding an overal eppicetion t might overy darken al of camauflage colors ve used makeup brush damped with White Sprit 10 wine any excess wash in the diection a i pula by gravy The Bolkenkrevz decal is cpplied and then sealed with clear varnish fo lowed by another lcaized round of ching inorder to blend the en- bem wet its surroundings. [i Postshading includes the highlighting ofthe rivets and pare! ines wth @ very dluted mix of M1 and XF-64 Tamiya acrylics ‘Aternar, the rivet ines are polshed using a GSI Me. Grinding Cloth that adds and a subtle level of dotail and intros to the surtaco, Jo) Anexta evel af shadows and grime effects ae addedby Koby arrush= ing a alyebrow color onto certain areas, concentrating mostly around the inner cide.5 Ie use very cilsted black colar a5 base forthe streaking grene effec. Vatious shades will Help to Gstinguish each area and in crease reals 'AMIMO Sttecking Grime Effects are used to create heavier concen: tration: of streaks, grime and dit depots over the surfaces, The quid aap on the surface, pang minatulto simulate the dec: tion ofthe aitlow over the surface. ‘Once applied, the streaking effets are alowed to cure on the surfaces fora few minutes before blating the effects with brush dampened with thinner = agait keeping in mind the direction of fgnt Exhaust stains are cested using @ vey diluted mix of Tamiya 1 ‘and XF-9; sirbrushee in an ineguiar pattem vith ow pressure. I wanted to porta this as an abandoned pice of hardhare, post ‘war, wit ight cover of st. To achieve this dea, Lat brushed 3 ight ayer of enamel Pacific Dust Effects ‘oma the unger ha of the made The dust effects are then immediately blared after application using dep cotton bud and brush, Progiess © slow, but the result is eye catchn,i) | apa pigments on the h might have faced during the p sain thet defistion,i t eu iy Peres PEC oe eae Pre nae sree info@tankmodelshop.com aa) gh Ne Che i | ur Facebook page: ("F] Tank Makett Bolt Der Sockelshop all AMMO products in stock OPEN 24HRS A DAY Online at www.DerSockelshop.com Sa On) pee Perper peesGLASNOST AND ThacHocTmarakkeynepecipouika Rarty Jamie Haggo ‘The Cold War Is thawing, the newly elected President George Bush and Premier Gorbachev are 1g to each other as the old ways of distrust and fear give way to hope. One of the earliest projects to foster that early trust was "Project X-Pol” which was NATO parlance for ross Pollination. The idea was the preceding US President Reagan's to exchange a squadron each of fighters in order that each side may evaluate each other's aviation technology and maybe, enter into a joint manufacturing ven- ture some day in the future, The MiG-29 and F-16 were chosen from the WS and USAF. Gorbachev had wanted to ex- change a squadron of Yak-38 Forgers with the UK's Royal Navy and theit Sea Harrier who had recently fared superbly in the racant Falkland’s ‘War however the then Prime Minister Margaret ‘Thatcher had blocked the Idea. So Gorbachev ‘again turned to the US and in an extraordinary example of trust allowed the brand the new Su- 33 “Sea” Flanker to be exchanged for a squad- ron of F-14’s. Russia had recently converted its brand new Fleet carrier to a steam catapult RING MAGAZINE / WHAT IF and arrestor wires and with little modification the F-14 was deemed compatible. The Tomcats served with distinction and with their power and performance were loved by their crews. Certain modifications were necessary, Russian weapons were adapted to fit along with the fire control system. In order to keep some measure of compatibility, the seats were exchanged for Russian examples and this meant all the Rus- sian flight gear could be used simplifying main- tenance. In 2012 the F-14s were retired. In their place was the new Boeing-MiG-47 Shershen (Russian for Hornet), that joint venture first proposed by Ronal Reagan all those years before.THE MODEL ‘The kit is Eduara’s “Danger Zone” boxing of Hobby Boss's F-14 and as such you get resin jet pipes, wheels and a photo etch fret along with the ever useful canopy masking set. In order to make a Russian naval Aviation aeroplane ! wanted to replace the eats, in this case Quickboost’s excellent offerings. To arm the bird | pinched some missiles from a great Wall Hobby MiG-29. ‘The model was a straight forward build but | did have to break out the filler in a few places. Because of this | thought af priming but as | was intending to add quite a few layers of paint to this,This is a big model even in 1:48 scale, and some of the seamns an joins needed 2 Ut of remedial wor. In hindsight | should have used 2 primer, however | was worried about all the paint layers Allad Duralumin is used as an undercoat, The rubber wing seal are patted in Taya RuD> bor Black and masked and where | wanted the chipping to go through to the bare metal and these areas were then masked of Now the other under coat colour in this case Mr Paint excellent Lamon Yellow primer Leok= ing at relerences of the Fanker, many have 1e- aly badly fleking and faded peint jobs with the primer colour corning through, With the masking removed the model was ready for camoutiage. You'l note I didn't mas the panels on the raarfuselag,| dnt see the eo 10 be honest 32 / THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IFA coupe of coats of AVIMO Scratch Effects vas appled belore the paint jab. Idi’ take any in progress shots ofthe paint jb ast tock ute whle | did't went the chipping fue tory out! | purposely lft the finish patery in places, esneiat Vy the rear fuselage and the teil TF Tre patchy paintwork on thereat fuclage i shown in this photo. The eects subte is the contrasts low between the Lemon Vel- low andthe light lue colours 7) Now for the fun part! Some: Flanke's have dreadful paint, realy ‘worn. Wetting the area, the water soaked through to the chip- ing fli lftng eff the camouflage when scrubbed with a soft brush FE} The same techrique was used atthe rear end of the craft. You can easly see the areas of prime contrasting with the erea of bare metal, G)__ Note the chipping effects here on the tal plane and the contrast between the undercoats Now for the pane ine wash. I med up 3 few tones for {tho which complimented the carnouflage colours. a= ing that the scheme is both light and dar. just one overall tone wouldn't work, A gloss coat using Mt Paint Super Clear Goss really helped wth the toa.| actual find ths stage on such 2 big rode! quite tedious, sol used acotton ‘oud, gent rubbed at right angles tothe panel linesis great time saver. Dov't rub too hard, though, you'll remove the wash Jn areas of rieting, 2 worn sanding sponge i used to poish away any excess panel wash Some area have really fine detal: you just can't beat 2 moist brush to doa thorough clean up job! 1) Hove the fnshed rear fuselage where you can see afew chips using AMMO of Mig Slver have been added by sponge and brush, Not many though, | went quite easy here! [5 The underside los tao clean wth just a wath, we'l s90n sort that out with some post shacing ‘and new for a hie artste ence. The tall hook would get really battered, so fist it wes undercoeted with Ammo of i Nia Chipping acryic Following a blast of Scratch Effects, the top co» jours were sprayed. Then the fun could begin, a wet brush nas scrubbed over the area revealing the underiyng colour “FS 3d / THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IF 2) Nothing can reproduce chips lke chip: ing Had or haispray!‘The crew would quick wear away the cockpit sil, This time the sponge method was used, as | was concerned that using chipping id woud result in the photo etch brass colour coming trough THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHATIF J 3536 SUKHOL a MAB Andy Brown Thave to be brutally honest from the outset and say that. my perspective on the world of ‘what if! modelling has always boen somewhat pompous and before | go any fur- ther, | have to extend my apologies to any and all of you who dedicate your creativity and modelling skill to the pursuit of what might have been. 1 had somehow con: flated the idea of ‘what if’ modelling with that of ‘fantasy ‘modelling, but where fantasy is unconstrained by the any existential rules, ‘what if’ modelling seeks to operate en- titely within the bounds of a plausible alternative version cf the past, present or future. When it occurred to me that Tcouldn’t simply make it up, the idea of building a “what iff model became all the more appealing. So. when Jamie Haggo and | had finished discussing a credible background story to explain why Russian and US combat aircraft had ended up being flown, in significant numbers, by the en- emy they were design to engage, the challenge of creating this believable alternate reality tured out to be as stimu- lating mentally as it was practically. THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IF SUS NAMY VF Created using the Academy 1:48 Su-30MK Flanker 1:48 (Item 12223) -B4 “THE In my version of realty, the USN took charge @f 4 squad rons of Su-27 Flankers, which they employed as dedicated counter tactics deyalonment platforms. They operated the Flanker both to prepate US aircrews to neutralizo the typot capabilites in combat, but unusually they inkiated a devel opment programme to improve the airratte’ capabilities thus depriving the Sovlet Union of the advantages of any enhancements that they Incorporate, The alrraft | have built was assigned to the famous VF-84 ‘Jolly Roger’ Squad- ron and depicts one of the aircraft early in its Service life with the USN. The airframe was employed to explore the limits of the flightenvelope and to familiarise aircrews with the handling characteristics of the Flanker. Consequently. the aircraft was operated in a clean configuration because ‘compatible weapons had not at that point been supplied by the USSR and the USN saw little value in conducting the complex modifications necessary to integrate US missiles.THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IFa 38 / THE WEATHERING MAGAZIN There a fist time for everything ard this project intiecuced me to a few new materia, fist of which was the superd ‘Mig Amma Modern Russian Cckpis Se’ cf paints. The base colour and wash were applied to the Necmega Su-27UB resin cockpit ter 3 progressively lighter shades of dry brushing, splashes of colour were added to var ‘us switches and buttons, the remainder were then higHlghted with whte, Out of con te, alone and without the surrouncing fuselage theetect might lok. litte exaggersted, but once shaded hy the cackpt wale and canopy, the effect should lack good ‘The only troublesome eree of this kitis the forma fuselage, where the fitof parts Sa ile avikward. Wile working with the poor joints, some ofthe surrouncing pane nes took @ beating and were damagad or eraced to reinstate them aazor saw, guided by tips ofthe new ‘Tamiya Pledble Mascng Tape’ was used, Ths wae the fst te | had used the new feb ape and it was a Godsers, | was datghted with the resus that he feeble tape heloed to produce and even the compound curves were scribed ac- couratly na single pass. This mage ilustrates perfectly, the need for the exaggerated painting of the cockpit, given t doth of shade now cast over it by the fussade sidewall hnow thats photo wil ase rs, especaly those who have never saen Revell Mace Sam- oa but rust me it snot a joke. Sadly the product sno lan 2" avalable, which is why Ihave stockpiled 4 cans, but ery < antistatic Cearng foam for computer equipments perfect substitute, Apple wrth 2 toothbrush, this foam helps to ear all sencing residue, it degiesses the mode's surface and Proves an antistatic coat that raduces dust builchup; there you go, not so stupid ater al smile amongst many rea: “The model primed with an evar i ef paint tht is sigh lighter than ‘he FS 36440 Mat Gull Grey that vill goon top oft, the reason for this wil become apparent during the weathering proces,A nee photo showing the Jolly Roger tal nsgnia and 2 of the mary ‘Hist Pint” stencil, 10 gether with a fration light on the outside ofthe starboar to. The next product debut on this project nes the we of AMOS new Metal Acnlic Colours. The base colour i ‘Polished Met- al wth "Bras apple in patches over the ton. “Wathesd Metalic Blue! (R1MIG-0196) was used to produce the heat staining which is so characteristic ofthe Su-27% rear fend. you think the effect is exaggerated then walt just one minute a all will become apparent. Aiter lasvng the acrylic colours overnight to harden ful, 2 coat of AMIMO/Aldlad 2 Mota ‘Burt iron’ was progressively applied fo blend together the staining underneath | used the decals fom Eduards 'Dange: Zore’ F-144 but the ‘ite areas ofthe national insignia where insifciently opaque when apaliad over the black fusclage bard. A homemade stanol held i place with 2M Photomount was used to apply few coats of acrylic white, which soon solved the problem “Wical ofthe chalenge that | described inthe introduction to this article, wes the problem of vhete to pace the stencl data fon the ara, lauded the data layout onthe Sukh and zt ‘ut to apaly corresponding US steno nthe same areas. Here 'No Step’ marcings have been apgliad aleng the ecge of the mening surtaces THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHATIF | 39A bare ine wash of Raw [i Umber of paint on the TE one of te grat things abou the new ‘rey atees and medium “Weta” acryics is that the quay of ‘rey il paint on the Diack thet finish s not duled by weathering surtacas. ‘wth ol pants The panal line wath nas been remaved vith 2 cotton cloth moisiened with white soir i. The surfece now gently scuffed with a fine sanding sponge to expose patches of the slgnty lighter primer coat underneath; this technique is “The effec ofthe exnased colour matched per coat is particularly effective along lead visible here, dose to the oor wing root. ing edges and pane! ines. ) Ss The medium grey wash on the back areas helps to fade the backgiound colour and) pure black chips and scraiches were 5 anplied for contrast, The fluid streaks so typical around the engine compart rents of the Su-27 were replicated with Ammo dark brown ane flack washes whch were left to dry and screaked wth a fat brush mostaned in white spit Corte staring arcund the gun muzzle was re GE) ated itn» crfuly a brushed bloom’ of acyl ic NATO Black which has 2 ark brown tint idea for ths purpose 40 / THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IF__ - THEVEATHERING MAGAZINE / Wear iF / 41Auiciad I WARPIGS Hogwash from Alciad It will change the way you look at bespoke modelling washes forever. This exclusive and afysolutely original formula ensures the wash retains is susnension for an extensive neriod of time, allowing ‘you the ability to work longer before stopping to shake the mixture, Once on the model, the wash will remain workable tor up to available, with more to come soon! Alclad it Modellers Page Alclaa it SPAIN » EUROPE ; 4 34e 38 Ale WORLD WIDE SHIPPING COST INCLUDED REST OF THE WORI THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE = = a 3 fe bY filbea! Maxi Fernandez What if subjects offer us an unique opportuni: ty to do something out of the ordinary, com- bining unconventional vehicles and camouflage schemes; even the well-known red oxide prim. er for late war vehicles, but always with an eye toward plausibility. Imagine for a moment: the year is 1946, and Nazi Germany has checked the Soviet onslaught on Berlin. The war continues, and the respite allows Germany to put the E series panzer -which ‘existed only on paper just a year ago- Into production and enter combat | chose Trumpeter’s E75 model, my favor ite among these paper panzers. | tried to achieve a paint finish according to my liking for vehicles with heavily weathered and worn camouflages. U hope you like it| applied thin layers of AMMO. primer and ietit dry for 24 hours. 2) The Late Gesman Camouflages set proves the necessary colors fr final nar camo, excelent for ‘2 paper panzer Reel Crystal was aio used (093) 0 change the hue of the 8012 Rotbratn A risture of Rotbraun (8012) and Crystal ec 093) acryis was used to acheve 2 more reddish hue on the upper hull Final this coor wil be lsc colors of the camutlage | asked "L5G laser kits’ to make the disks mask. They were made on Frsket masking film, cut in 2, 3 and 4mm ces ach crcl wil be the final red dics on light yolow camo. | parted al ses with resedagrun (003). After that | ated the new Asks previous to apply the next color Finally painted the model with Dunkeigelb AUS'44 OIL ett he lower hullin red colour To ennance volume | arbrushed a ighter version of the base coler on olizomal surtacesferent colors are applied, lghier colors ai the top, and dark colors on the bottom, ith 2 fat brush moistened with odourtes thinner, | blended the ol dots ‘rom top to bottom, ciesning the brush on each pass to avoid mixture of colors | made the superficial chipping witha YO bush ande mix of bese color and ‘ite, 25 well s scratches lines alona the sides. Alter that applied the deepest cps above the previous ones, mith acrylic chipping colo (0). f) Another way to meke small chips iby fcking speckles of pint using stiff brush, being cereful to dscharae excess on pape previous to apply on the model. | used acyl paint fr thei quick drying time. The sales chips ate mage vsing a sponge. for add a rusted tone tothe chips fst meisten the area with odorless thinnes an then apaly teested senna ol witha brush ine tapping matin, Precio MAGAZINE # WHAT IF7p) To replcate the rain dir. craqging, | used Rainmarks EHects applying it with fine brush in vert line. ‘walt a fow minures and witha brush molstanas in adourless thinner | softed he ines meng the brush vertically, until he ines Get almest transparent, Earth colors pigments are dstrbuted on the lower hull. usng a darker color inthe most hid den areas, Then apely Pament Fer ANIM (3000) to fix them, Once the fer drs, | added Nature Effects Dare Mad (1405) 10 replicate wet areas Finaly | applied Wet Effects on the comers, where mud be weer forthe dy muse the Best the help of the stick £0 91 the splash con the paces nents for dust Efecs | added 9 in some hot them with odours tiene al surfaces, 1 fsed Vw eave dit 16 wh Ea © ature effects ‘wh a cound brush | softened tHe orders wrt tines Sais 1 for adding JERING MAGAZINE / WHATIF |RGAZINE / WHAT IF [5 | appied sails end leoksof grease and ols stains tke coud with Fresh Engne O1 | insted on the same out thinning to simulate never Fresh Engine OIMWET EFY gf Auic2[READ THE FULL ARTICLE FOLLOWING THE QR CODE POSTCARDS FROM THE WORLD LUCCA (Italia) ‘The AMMO staff recently had the pleasure of visting Lucca, italy, at tending one af the most incredible events in the world focused upon the Genres of fantasy, comics, anime and sci Lucca is usually a small town mith @ popiilation of 30,000-40,000 residents, however pe ‘on this special weekend the population swells as more than 200,000 fanatics descend upon this impressive and beautiful city to take part in this wonderful event. See the extended report of our visit by following the QR code!!! weimtiareraTaTHEAVY MEDIUM DENSITY MUD LU OT de HYPERREALISTIC MU ONLY WITH ENAMEL! Winer Pee aii SAR1/35 scale scratch built model Personally, | believe that ~ a modekmaking context ~ there's nothing better for killing time between long. challenging projects than constructing fanciful military typed vehicles. It’s both fun and practice to fight off the boredom. This project is to be pert of the ongoing theme that I've chosen and decided to pursue: that of the world of UCRONIA, or ‘Alternate His- tory’. A parallel reality to ours, seen through mechanical subjects, straddling different eras, technological hybrids borrowed from his- tory and revisited though a Retro-futuristic lens, not exactly science- fiction, but rather an alternate history in which past, present and future merge to create vehicles both plausible and impossible, con- structed using materials and technique historically accurate to their ‘time period, whilst simultaneously incorporating some distinctly ‘un- usual’ features. By now | am firmly convinced that in my own style of model-making, artistic licence may be applied to aesthetics and func- tion, but not to materials, colours, context and mechanical details... a fact that has sometimes meant I have to respect standards which, are far more rigid and inflexible than those I follow when wor so-called ‘classic’ models. But back to the model itself; as Italy marked its 100 year anniversary since the start of the First World War, | decided to make my own personal tribute to this great tagedy by creating a Dieselpunk ver- sion of the iconic British Mark IV tank, re-imagined as a huge, bipedal mecha. 1 eventually chose to include a character, positioned alongside the mecha, within the setting of a bomb-scarred trench, so as to add dre- ma to the scene while stil showing respect and conveying the human side to the horrendous global tragedy. 52 ( THE WEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IFooA sigifcent amount of the mecha is med of forex (expanded. PVC) of varying thick ness, Which is easy to cut ard work. From this sprung the id 2 purpasetuly asyrmenrca, with 2 rotating turet at the front, maroring te lateral uring posts of the criginal the main actersed by the cassic rounded wedge shape of the MK IW, andthe loft si equiped with 8 mechanical acm win exposed vanes sion, lof the armour plate has been tex tured with cited Tamiya pity, debe o wth @ cumpled-up paper ball and sanced down with 1200 poper to achieve uniform dupes the look fhe ark wath he ca thick sheet of nol ar the tied ond tested Pach and Die seth bot heads cae fom the Nena rence le, even though once | foun pose that | deemed = suficenty vaguely ayreme (ns much as such © an nelegant bless veticl can appear yar) locked everything in lace with some blobs of component glue Every tme a group of components was completed, | applied the CONSTRUCTION Se ZB Why 1/35 scale? | opted for this mea- surement for various reasons, but firstly because it would allow for sufficient detailing of the vehicle, and secondly due to the enormous ‘amount of aftermarket material of the prow char available, ime. this case, Fused Array Painter Black spray Alter witing a few deys for the primer to dry comp arduous task of ing the primer ance agen afterwards 50.05 nat to lose any belt heacs come from the Meng range. For the mechanical components | mace great use of the Brit sy | began the long are ish Hitoboys technical miniatres(serews, nuts anc bots, 35 well 2 the everasel minutia of costume jewellery! Other smal pars ete realised in lathe, bras, copper and alumi The eriginal inten 1 reek we a vehicle designed to operate in harsh conditions, such as those of the WM batted, but no theless erly recently put into ac i sero aed hs with Some noi hk ot cee waa sa te eel clas sae st, seca inert Bh WH fenks compceed of thee ela that ca be Ua i sciain ie x iho hay Wf rprincpal toes AA) These same cclours were used again slohty lightened with a sane y tone to accentuate the lights. @. THE WEATHERING MaGAgiNe WaMMAT JF —=——, aie it althan proceeded to werk on this base coat with 2 some selective washes cn al the tvets and panels as well as with a series of srl scratches and sculls, br some of the more excosed spots | added especialy at the font of the mecha, eccompanied 42) ll the mechanical perts, once assem ne targeted scraping with a lacquer and by ‘ain steaks and oxide leaks, which | realised led, were washed with heavy dluted tecique using Ammo Staking Grime and Ameo Engine ark Wash, folowed by sore targeted nme, For the washes | used che AMMO range ct ——apalcations of Smoke Tamiya, red Dark Wash and Brewin Wash, 2 wall as Dlack and tha pont ef transparent yellow — stil sepia tone ink. The kegs recewed a move ‘intensive Tamiya ~ to simulate leaks and grease tteatment tosimulate the continuous march through ——_—buik-uns. harsh and muddy terrain The general idea was to emphasise the dramatic nature of the model's context. | thus did some extensive research, searching through countless images of the trenches and no man’s land. Once I'd found the right photo, featuring a portion of mortar scarred trench, characterised by a wall of distorted, undulated metal panelling, | began work on realising it in miniature. The sil ofthe wrench wat reaisea in heat-sculpted and cut polystyrene, Over this base | added a layer of Cay Oa to add uniformity tothe surface and alow for grater detail ork. then coated everything wit a mix of winavi crushes send, purrice pave, rood ‘micro-chippings, micro-ftered sal an various dyes, all of which applied with @ painting spatula [iat ts point added some barbed wire made of aluminium wire, which | positioned next to.come sand bags, n turn reals! by cloning ane modifying some Temya elements. The Lndulated metal paneling nas obtained using several sheets of tn“concnons Compared to my more recent ~ and complex ~ projects, 1 must admit, that | took on this piece as an ex: cuse to let off some steam and re- lax. For sure, along with the usual sense enjoyment experienced when, constructing a new model, this time | also felt impassioned by the his: torical context of the project, and moved to make this ‘alternate his- torys version of the First World War.SPARMAX Internatignal em Airbrush Competition WIN PRIZES - GET PUBLISHED Catergories: * Model / Hobby + Fine Art + Automotive Art (cars, trucks, motorcycles) Awards (for each category): ARISM 1 Place; USD$500 + ARISM VIZ MES 2°4 Place: USD$100 + ARISM VIZ 3" Place: ARISM VIZ en Category winners will be featured in international airbrush magazines. Top ranked submissions will receive a free Sparmax gift Email your entry, with your completed application form, to contest@sparmaxair.com. The application form can be found on our website Www.sparmaxair.com/contest Like us on facebook .facebook.com/SparmaxAir Entry Window: April 1 - May 15, 2016 Entry Limit: Maximum 3 submissions per person ws SPONSORS: a= gx © sects Fes a, YE. QNDE <> R.. No.oe030116un E FIGHTERTo egin, the surfaces are prepared by spraying Gunze primer #100 ander of the fighter in the X-Wing grey colors the jinted in sightlydifferng colors so as to add tothe efintion and vewng interest 60 / THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IF For those fariiar with my work you wil know that | general fhe to pint foloming the modu Jaton techniques. Honevey, with this subject | choose forego my usual modulation techniques 2s 1 want to replicate the vison in keeping to the move. Instead of modulation | add depth tothe firal finish by usa heavy pre-shade around the surface features. -ge wing panels are painted ina Rebel red color silar 0 that seen as aim color on the X-Wing This next step is important as it wil help give cur model that aged and gereraly look appearance, | paint light render squiga the surface. The white cole can spr layers, the more discoloration inthe final te ain and again, the more whiteeee a a See Lnch ere ee ree) CO 28 Dee on tee TULA ck 4 OVIi & Focke-Wulf Fw-190 AG of Jasta 79b Luftstreitkrafte WW1 Focke-Wulf Fw-190 D9 of GCIIl/6 Vichy French Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Vill Jasta 11 Luftstroitkratte WW1 So Supermarine Spitfire F21 of JG26 Luftwaffe 64. THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IFGrumman F8F-2 Bearcat of the Soviet Air Force Focke-Wulf Fw 190 AS of the Mexican Air Force Grumman F-14A Tomcat of 244 sentai, UAAF WW2 MeDonnell-Douglas F-4D of the Polish Air Force Lockheed F-22A of the Soviet Air Force Tornado GRA of the Spanich Air Force THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHATIF ) 65Sukhoi $u-27 of the Argentine Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A (of the Dominican Republic Air Force 8-29 Superfortress of KGA0 Luftwaffe B-17G Fortress of the People’s Republic of China Air Force 66 /THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHAT IFSuper-Defiant of Red Squadron Rebel Alliance Colonial Viper Il of 5 Squadron RAF Incom 7-658 X-Wing of VF-1US Navy Incom 7-658 X-Wing of VF-84 US Navy Eagle Transporter of 30 Squadron RAF THEWEATHERING MAGAZINE / WHATIF | 67MeDonnell-Douglas AH-64D of the North Korean Force McDonnell: Douglas AH-64D of the Thames Valley Police Force Napier Railton of the RAFFOR ORDERS OVER {BRITISH HEAVY TANK) Mv FEMALE’ a wu vane aacer) In March 1946, “Operation Coronet”, the allied in- vasion of Japan's main island began. Operation Cor net is four times larger the Normandy Invasion, Operation Overlord. Facing the allies the Japanese army has only 350,000 men under arms, and of those about two-thirds of them are untrained re- cruits, In addition, the defenders suffer from se- vere shortages of weapons, with the average ful- fillment of only 30 percent. Strong Allied forces continue to push through the weakening Japanese defense lines one after anoth- et. In Kawaski, an industrial city near Tokyo, even a Tiger ll sent from Germany as research usage is preparing to go in action, At that time, the tankers. receive a contact report from the front line. “Allied tanks are coming very close to Tama River, only 5 kilometers away from here!” There's no turning back now. The last-ditch stand Is. ‘now begunt What if Japan had not surrendered unconditionally Jn August 1945; this is the backdrop to this scenario. In order to make fiction believable, the story must be based upon facts, and this is what | have done {for this project. The Tama River is a major river in eastern half of Japan and Tokyo lies along a wide sluggish expanse of the river. The river was sup- posed to be a final defense line of the homeland defense war in the metropolitan area. read a lot of books, magazines and photo books about Tiger Il and Imperial Japanese Army. And also | had a lot of discussion about the matter with my fellow model- ets in Osaka. Finally, the vehicle is placed into a small vignette next to a pole of the “Torii”, or gate- way of a shrine; it reads “Peace reigns throughout the Empire” And yet, why do we keep that kind of history and repeat it again and again?iN : Dragon / King Tiger late production (Item No.6232) ate cen a era —— chee ee eee a” ———— llUpon teginning the construction the frst hurdle found was this big {2p betwean the upper and the lower hull, quickly Fad by placing 2 bead of supergjue along the aces ang holding in place uti dy, | anced the side ard the font surfaces of the hud witha fla fle (10cm Ser). fee! thet this very imporant step in the whole ‘modeling. If you do it ust s0, you wil be able to recreate a tight toxtue on the hull and a feeling of surface hardness. At this tre | marked the location of OVA bracket Noles using a red felt en. ‘After that | filed these empty holes with supergiue to protect the markings. Abo, [traced the location of all surface detalls on a sheet cf tracing paper then scraped of these molds with a knife. | took plenty of time to recreate characterise "German rolled steel Plate" terture, careuly making the surface fat and smooth, and then applying a thee coating of Mr Hoody cement. After the surace had melted and become tacky, spread the cement ove the surface ‘ lateraly using e firm brush, At ths step, you have io by to make Undulations end rough texture in 2 conscious way Next, | made tiny bubbles en the rolled ste! plate, These bubbles ‘occur at the tire of press forging, & malic bush s used to rare- ate the bubbles. iting the surface at right angles Ws betier to do it from surace to surface, not al at once Ate the surface is cry, softy sand the surfaces again with the fat fle, not too strong. At thes point | am hexpy with the outcome of the “rolled tae! pate”, and think that it halpsprewide interest and a reastic appearance tothe vehicle, ‘Another look at the led steel plat texture. used “melted” plastic pve to create the new wed beads, ‘Moving my attention tothe turot, the same process Wa Used to create the foe sie texture on the hull as was used onthe iret. | decided to deial the top edge by scrate-bulding a new plate in corder to refine the deals. The new weld lines were created using 2 smal chisel. | enhancea the cst steel reture of the matt by stp thick Iuid surface primer amo the surfaces