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painted the Hinomarus uSing a templatecutout

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in Tam iya masking tape to avoid covering large riveted areas with decals.Icotlld then spray a good coatof Aerom aster Gloss before Ptltting on the decals.'Phese went on perfectly,w ith the help ofa little Aero Sol' theh..re notastlaick ast 'hey appear on the sheet,but they're Very Opaque.

and rivets lines.This ls a very easy and efficientway to enhance the rivets asa subtle dark shadow and also helps tone down the shine ofalum inium .treated areas.The exhauststains were done with a slightly darkercoloursprayed along the airflow w ith vertical streaks to sim ulate the Stressed metalskin.A

wEAIIIERI.(1.:.n FlxlsllI%G OFF After24 hours,Istarted the regularweathering qrocess.

finalapplicationofan even heavierbrownish mixwas used atcriticalareas (wing. fuselagejunction,aftofthe

Ialwaysusea comblnation ofwashes and post.shading to achieve a subtle effect.I

extra altlm inium chips and streaks around the cockpit engine and arm am entpanels.Ithen

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1w alted Just unnaturall yclean.qulck,someone Iong enough untll ihC Paint w aS b i. ore the paint is fully dr.y on surface O cC uredandyoumustchange t he a ftie cv ae urs and taPPed the it lot sa ep seitb. tsn tio ck nn esbse '. ye al 'rjram e On quIictk l3r.leftthe whole hen Sejected areas modeltocurecompletely wI 'tj)Scotch tape Z lt lki asng t2t4hehoai ur efo eo mt as rs frb am er t tO CI 'P .Sm ajjP a' jnt p aintthewhitefuselageand >: wing bands,yellow leading Ch1PS Off edgeID andtrailingedge warning stripes.For the

likepost.shading (applying

ashadedeffectafterthe ma t hannpr coe.shading because l f inditeasiertocontrolthe finallook.especially with darkcamounages.Ifirst r ahh eaiv yobt rh oe wn k oa ilnwas nt d. ebtl aaic ls a nped dpaintewi lli ssaof nd th0t en wi tn hea t c1 h. itactsasafilterforthe b s ,wicarca uhe l'la c. o.laoubi rst. ita, mmo st mge up a ndkillstheshineofthe gloss coat.rj'jjen I slarayed aslightcoatofAeromaster .

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engine exhausts etc ..). I prepared and w eathered the various

accessories(landing gear. antenna, guns,etc...) them atthe last stages of

the weatheringprocess. In the end this H ayate provedtobetheeasiest mo el bu' i lt in 0+ mod de llI ing ' c ar eemy r'':2 no p roblem whatsoever, perfect fjt,a realpleasure forbarelythreeweeksof s tead1yf.t phaecepeopl mode ling. Now el at S zuo rePin4t e mh oi od tk oa mwe ake 7hand 1n.51familiesofthesamc qua1ity...@

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In his frst article forTM hll!D arren T hom pson describesthe extensive , . , procedures required to brlng D ragon s 54cm M orser Lökiinto shape. ver the past few years,Dragon have gained them selves

the m odel also limits how you are able to display your finished m odel.The real

drp fitted the upper& lower hullparts,to check for5t & found thatthey didn't,l

& drilling new ones atthe correctheight.Atthis point Ialso began adding one of '

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KarlM ortar in 1:35 scale. Following such superb

raised travelling position.

Going back to assem ble the upperhull Icam e across

ofthe parts had been oversim plified or were justplain wrong. l chose

& H um m elself.propelled guns & the Ferdinand & Elefant,Iwas keen to see how the Karlshaped up. Assem bly begins with the lower hull& running gear, although apartfrom fitting the front & rear plates to the tub,I skipped m ost ofthese firststages,choosing to fit

the torsion bars.this isalso where the firstofthe kits inaccuracies can be found. Dragon have moulded these in parallelpairs,rather than offsetting each one but unless you fancy some m alor surgery,it'sprobably bestleftalone,besides.it's m ostly hidden behind the

foldable walkways,that extend down both sides of the vehicle,finishing flush with the top ofthe hull but in actualfact they should sit 3.4 m illim etres below this.Iachieved this by rem oving the sm alllocating points thatthey saton & fixing them in their new,

obvious parts.in particular the 8 Iifting lugs,so that they closer resem bled the realones.This involved hollowing out the solid mouldings correcting the overallshape & adding the large bolts thatattach them to the hull.

The torsion bars are already m oulded in place

a few stagesahead.The instructions dealwith the

the corresponding support bracketsalso had to be

used to detailthe hull adding som e much needed

which,whileofferinga

assembly& detailingofthe

adjusted.Idîd thisby filling refinementtothe kit.The

good strong platform for

upper hull butas I' d already

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releasing som e ofthe m ost accurate,well-priced & modelling scene so Iwas very pleased to hear that

suspension,from the driving position.allowing it's belly a m ore stable platform to 5re from .The torsion bars

getallthe 5l1ing & sanding outofthe way,while there offl

recentreleasesasthe $lI$PEK$I0N the nextbi 'gflaw with the PantherD & A the Nashorn W hile we'reon thesubjectof kit.Dragon have thelarge,

theroadwheels& toolsafter painting.

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Ihad for this kit,detailing the walkways & vastly

Therree et*xtured bree a- m blydlmlne :th*M reralareaefth* weam apd @@ luçh nœ ed a 1Kt1e extra tregtm ent-explaln*d leter.

As further details were added to the upper hull

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runninggearwhen finished. corrected position.AsIhad MORE EBIM RB ETCII Atthispoint,1jumped droppedthewalkwaysdown, A second Eduard setwas driver' s com partment in

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did wasto glue togetherthe m ain body com ponents,then removea11ofthesurface

nice instrumentpanels pedals & controllevers.to repiace the kit's basic parts. detai l.Thealterationswere Nextin my assembly cam e m ade with plastiecard & the pipework added from fine the huge barre)housing i & breech.along with COPPerW re . the sliding carriage that

Theroundsforthe se m weapon weremasslve andasultablybeefy loadlng cradlewaeneceu ary.The exlrem lllesand runnlng surlacelhave been worn to 'be rnetal,an effectcfeated w1th graphlle based palnl.

supportsit.Thecarriage

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was assembled with a few im provem ents,including replacing the m oulded linkageswith brass& plastic rod & scratchbuiltplatform s from which theexplosive chargeswere loaded.Ialso added the manym issing bolts & rivets to the upper & innercarriage walls. The barrelhousing was next,butthe corrections were notso sim ple & in m y opinion.this represents the poorestpart ofthe kit. The way Dragon have designed this partis incorrect.showing awide channelrunning along both sides.it also has som e rather crude pipe.work.m oulded in place,which really had to be replaced.The first thing l

To represent the cast texture.lused the excellent 'Cast.a.coat'system .The surfacewasrubbed with a nylon scouringpad. to providea keyforthe following application,then ImixedtheCast-a.coat setting solution with the 72.35 surface sim ulation powder to m ake a thick slurry.This was then stippled on with a brush taking care notto make the surfacetoo uniform & then leftto dry.Once dry 1 wentback overthe surface with som efine wet& do' paper.picking outpatches at random to try & further representthe casteffect. The beauty ofthis system is ifyou're not happy with it,

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H* R- -- .œ .- .% > you can sim ply wash offthe wet slurorunderthe tap & start again.The breech & barrelwere assembled as per the instructions with no alterations including the addition ofthe etched rifling

.re.making or adding m issing parts,stlIdecided to finish the loading tray un.altered hoping thatthe painting would renew my enthusiasm .

The finalassem blytobe m adewasthe loadingtray, again this partis grossly oversim plified l started otlt with a11good intentions, rem oving the m oulded in rollers & replaeing them with scratchbuiltones.from plastictube& rod.Isay started out,becattse by this timethenovelty had worn off& Iwas rapldly losing m omentum !Itseem ed every step involved correcting

Thevarioussub.assem blies wereallundercoated with mattblack car prim er to both prim e the metal details& providea post. shading effect,followed by an overallcoatofTam iya XF60 desertYellow.The camousagecolourswere then added again using Tamiya paints.X1258Olive Green & XF64 Red Brow n, whilstconstantly checking m y references.toensure @

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Next,before the weathering com m enced,itwas time to apply the decals, unfortunately.they had

Iknew that1 would need to use som e weathering powders in m y finish.but I

wanted to try & represent

apply theseeffectsto the

lron forthem etallicparts

otherideas& decidedto disintegrateuponcontact

the majorityofthisdust with paint ratherthan just

horizontalsurfaces,where the dustwould settle.The

ofthe breech & Dark Iron forthe roadwheelsurfaces.

I'donlïlostoneofthe

tomynormalfinish'soI

treateddifferently'asany

outfrom myrefere ,nces'

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asheavierpin-washes.to

with athin brush,taking

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adding som e XF5 /Buff to the originalm ixes &

with thewater!Fortunately ' T HOR decals so 1used the other to make a tem plate.l laid a piece ofm asking tape over the decal& carefully cutaround it'soutline with a new scalpelblade. Itwasthen sim ply acase ofcarefully positioning with M attBlack lightened Slightly with the'Buff. Allthe Rom an num eral m arkingswerepainted

surfaces & running gear.

byadding pastels& powders verticalsurfaceswouldbe made my dusty washes to match these colours.The washes were made up of various ratios ofW hite. Yellow Ochre,Raw U m ber, Black & PaynesGrey,these wereapplied firstly as verythin l' ilters then again

dustthatdid settle there would be washed downward by the rain.1suggested this by using the sam e thin washesasbefore,only thistim eitwasapplied in narrow verticallines applied over& ovevagain

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the exhausts didn tseem to show m uch sign ofrust but the base colours had been darkened significantly by theheat.Irepresented this w ith som eBurntSienna & Raw U mberwashes.

representthe dustthat care to keep them perfectly had accum ulated under& upright,otherwisetheeffect around the raised details. would be lost. Afterthesehad dried,Iwent Thebare metalsurfaces

back overmanyflatareas

wereallachievedusingMr

W ith the KarlM ortars havinga largecrew of19 men,allhaving studded soles on theirboots lfeltsom e

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again,thistime with the

Hobby's'M r.MetalColour'.

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instead to try somethîng

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the realvehicle as closely as possible.Once the base coiours were laid down they

heavierwash & applied with 1'd neverusedthesepaints a stippling,scruhbing action. before butthe.y gfk'e an torepresentthedustthat excelientmetallicfinish & scuffedby thecrew'sfeet. Thesestepswererepeated severaltim es untillwas happy with the effect.I

On topofthis,they can bebuffed toa high sheen once dry which only takes about 10 minutes.l used

restrainedchfppingwould

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O wearwasalsocarried over to the lifting lugs,used to dism antle & transport the undercoated with the M att Black prim er.butnotbefore I had filled ailofthe 400+ sink marks 2 on each link & drilled nearly 600 holes.3 missing from each

weathering powdersto form Karlquite appealing. sm allpilesofdustin allthe the reality however was corners & inaccessible areas. som ewhatdifferent& I found the kitqtlite hard MAKIRG THE BâSE guing,Afterseeing many The concrete hardstand oftheir previous releases was again made with & know ing whatDragon is 'Cast-a.coat'.this time by capable of.Icouldn'thelp sim ply painting a pieee of being morethan a little Styrofoam with the Setting disappointed with this kit. Solution.then sprinkling However.with the addition

link.whatjoy!Theywere overpainted with m istcoats ofllark G rey & Buft then

the wetsurfacewith the texturing powder.This wasallowed to dry.then

given stlveralwashes ofthe dustcolours.The points of contact with the ground & the gtlide teeth were eaeh picked outwith the 'M r M etalColour'Dark Iron & then buffed.Finally the tracks were given a liberal coating oI'dustcoloured weathering powder.mixed with Tamiya thinner.W hen this was dry,Iused a stiff brush to rem ove the excess powder from the raised detail& tht!n a damp cotton bud was used to represent the areasoftrack.cleancd

repeated.Thiswasthen done for a third time.but while this lastcoatwas stillwet.Itook a piece of alum inium cooking Gil& placed iton the surface.l then began btlrnishing the soil in random places with my fingertips,this served to sm ooth otltparts ofthe concrete offering som e changes in texture.The sections were ctltin with a 'P'cutter & the railway linesare m ade with plastic 'I'bearns.

bythe roadwheels,Once al1

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M ike RinaldibuildsTam iya's new I:48 Sturm geschut IIlA usf B and describes how he creates his distinctive w eathering techniques. ny timea major

INJECTION TRACKS

modellerofthe Panzer

(orlargerscale depending

m anufacturerdecides to create an entirely ew line ofkits in a historically ignored scale one muststop and take notice.Any timeTami)'a comes outwith an entlrely new line armour kits never before released one m ust

Besidesthem etallower hull the other unique and desirable feature ofthese kitsare the plastic link and length tracks.Personally Ihave alwayshated vinyl tracks and was very pleased to see these new style tracks in the kit.' Wrhile it does

I1l/IV seriesoftanksknow the hollow track guides of the early Atlsfs is a very distinct feattlre ofthe tracks.Iwould have been happy to have atleastsome indentation on eaeh guide 1;00th thatwotlld be a bit more convincing oratleast

on yourpointofview)and speaking from my own standpointofbuilding mostly 1:35 m odels.1 have nothing but m y highest recomme ndationsforthese kits.l,11save you the trotlble ofgoing to my concluding paragraph to find outwhatI

%oand bui1d them.Ihad

mean thatsome effortswill

allow me to have adecent

think ot'thiskitand the new

been craving a state-of.the.

minorejectorpin marks.the accuracy.Ihave no doubta

they aresuperb modelsbar

juickl) $r.thatwasaccurate

superiortoavinyl/rubber

an entirelineof1:48scale

yourselfadisserviceby

construction ofthemodel. Iwantto say a word about

COKSTRPCTION 1started thisprojectwith

llttle choice m yselfas 1have artkitthatIcotlld build

1n scale.beautit 'ully detai!ed and allow me . 4 canvas with 12 $.painting W hich to expand 1' and weathering techniques. Tam iya's new line of 1:48 scale are allot 'the above.I

be put towards filling som e detail sag and fitare far

replacem entsetoftracks for

style oftrack.On this Stug kit in particular Tam iya

kits is notthatt' ar from hobby stores and I know

24 June2005TMMI116

line as a whole by saying none.Yotlwil!be doing

ofcasting the appropriate am ountofupper track sag that when properly painted

tttrning aw ay because thest? d()not m atch yourcurrent offew tr ompaniesalrcady scale. Build one and you w i11 em barking on such products. see what I mean.Now onto One lastnote before the m odel... Im ove into the actual

scale.'Pheonly realletdown ofthetracks(and theentire kitforthatm atter)was the solid guidehorns.Any

thenew scale.There have been many debatesasto thevalidity of''lqam iya's moveinto thissm allerscale

hasdonean exce'llentjob

love them beeausethey are and weathered rivalsany very affordable(regardlessof aftermarketsetin 1:35 currency),sklperbly moulded with excellentfitand l' inish.and areofsignificant vehiclesin history,

shotofdrilling them outfor

the utm ostdesire tobtlild completely OOTB.but1)y my very natureIdeviated slightly from thisplan. 0

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The baslc dark grey Is In place and ,he marklngs were applled m ostwere lhand palnted!btd the skulls came from the decalsheel.

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'tW antinj to show some minordamage,Iheated a couple ofcornersvery Iightly w lth a sm allcandle and added som e m inor bends and dents to create the desired look.ç; Below the predormed traçk sag can be obseaed here a phenomenon gulte common wlth these 'ntm -live'type of

track.Tamlyahavemadeanexcel lentjob ofIneorpofatl rlq the effectIn the m ouldlngs,

Cp Ihavea nasty practice

M y firstm od was to remove the frontand rear fenders

and uniquestlbjectan(l

in preparation toshow a

and straightibrward and

thatIspenta little time

ultim ately this m odel was no different.I did however,keep it sim ple

The amountofdusland dld aceumulated on the roadwheels Iook naluraland ofthe corred amount.bearlng ln mlnd the overallcondltion of the vehlçle.

veteran vehicltlin winter servicc. The kithas some nicely m oulded hinges

the mods Idid are well within tht!skills ofeven a beginning m odeller.W ith the new .to-m e m etalhull I decided to play it safc

separatlng carefully to retain the mounted half's detail.1tht'n sanded the inner racesofeach corner to give the approxim ate

and startbï foIlowing the

scalethicknessto thesheet

kit instructlon's closely so l would not m ess an easy thing up.O nce Ihad m oved past tht!usttalroad wheel constrtlctien Ilearned a realbonus ofthis kit m aterialstyle.Because the upper and lower

m etal.W anting to show somfzm inor tlam age.l heated a couple ofcorners veo,lightly w ith a sm all candle and added som tl m inorbends and dents to create the desired look.1 recom m end waiting for som e

sim ()ly screw together l

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MI%0B MOBIFICATIONS

ofalways m odifying a m odelt()create a singular

PFureplacementgendersto

really get a beat-ttp look.

Theothermajtlromission

Thelnltlalscraped palnteffed hasbeencom plele descrlbedfully Inthe text.Note lhatthetracks were IeR offthe modelallowlng the roadwheelsto be palnted effectlvely.

which has a Iinely rendered diam ond pattern screen that

need to fillthe kitcable m ounting hole ifyou choose

wasin scale and Ithen built to do asimilaridea.

the kitparts as masters and bent some new ones from

Stugs were introduced in the later partof1942 and

a sim ple frame from cut

their uniqtle shape.N ote

finecopperwireto re?licate

foughtthrough acoupleof

Evergreen .010sheetstyrene FURTHER âBBITIONS tohold itin place.Again W ith the majorityof nothing fancy.butithelps the finallook a lot. Also not wanting to show a coiled tow cable.I found thata l:35 smallTiger I

m odifications com plete. Icontintled through the instructions tlntil1had the kitproperly constructed.No hicctlps to report.nothing

thatthey arewelded to theouterhulland are not

stlfferedvisually because ofit.To begin,Ifirstpre.

nasty Rtlssian winters and

drilled through the sidewall. shaded the entire m odel Atthis pointldecided to with Tam iya's NATO Black. add a few more key stlrface This is one ofm y favourite details thatwere om itted colotlrs thatis a very tlseful from the m olds. scale dark grey.Once dry

easit!r tim e painting and weathering ofthe chassis and tracks separately withoutconcern ofhow to com plete tht!finalassem bly

from the kitwasthe lack of propertm gine intake screens. A prominent part ofthe full size version lhad no choice but to scratch build them .1

tow cablefrom Karaya was avery good match forthe

butclippingthe partsfrom thespruesand gltling them

PAINTING

Igrab my beloved Vallejo M odelAircoloursand put

1:48 Stug and prepped the rear engine with a couple ofem pty tow cable clam ps

in place.1also replaced the kit's plastic grab handles with fine wire which is a

lhave always wanted to do a heavily weathered winterwhite wash and this

a few drop oftheirGerm an Grey and a little W hite into m y Iwata Eclipse airbrush

ofthemajorcomponents.

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tt-r'he basic principle ofa filter is to tint the w orld through w hich you are Iooking at W ith a cam era or film ,one uses a coloured filtered Iike blue or yellow to give a slight tint to the surrounding environm ent as seen through a Iens'' O PanzerGrey.1didn'tspend

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too m uch time in the postshading m ode as 1 knew l would cover most ofitup with the winter schem e. W hen I painted the road wheels Iused a draftsm an's circle tem plate to cover the rubber tire to spray the inner circle.A very useful trick whcn painting rubber

which are a saviotlr since they allow for fading ofthe symbolto be accom plished asit is sprayed on .a necessity when building a veteran fighter. Now onto the white wash. M ixing a smallbatch ofM att W hite and Gloss W hite.I airbrushed a very casual

Painting any modelin overallwhite takes a little faith and frankly at this stage the little Stug doesn't look so great.However,I know from experience that the finalweathering stages willbring this modelalive. Soldiering on,I am always very anxious at this point to

weathering techniques are a blend ofa lot ofvarious styles introduced overthe pastfew years.Since I wanted to show a heavily weathered winterveteran l knew thatthe white wash was going to be severely chipped from the getgo.

moveon as labsolutely love

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the base colour applied I decided on the Red Skull decals since I liked the colourcom bination the best.Ionly used the Skull decals from the kit and hand painted the restofthe vehicle m arkings by hand

surfaces.Ididn' t concern myselfwith the lowerchassis asl was going add a lotof dirt and m ud to thisarea later and itwould have been pointless for this model.To preserve the m arkings as com m only seen in photos I

to do the filters and wash procedures.which is where the realm agic begins.lf you are new to this type of weathering,you m ightwant to sitdown while reading what Iam about to describe as itcould really ehange

Partly because I wanted to progress the m odelforward and partly because I am lazy m odeller I have com e up with an easy solution to the chipping m ethod. ln our kitchen I found an old dishwashing sponge

with a finebrush (easier than you mightthirlk and much moreconvincing).The

placed smallpiecesofSilly Putty(Blu-Tack)overeach markingpriortospraying

yourmodelling world. Those ofyou thatknow mepersonally,know thatl

thathad smallbrushlike bristleson oneside thatl quietly stole from under

white Germ an Cross was

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pattern allovertheupper

anicedarkbrown/steel

thetime).Applied to model

rust/mud colourpigment

. painting.it sim ply m eans to take a very sm allam ountof paintand slightly tint the tlnderlying cam o diirerent shades ofanother colour. Note this is very different from applying a wash as a wash is designed to do something else entirely. It is now tim e to begin adding m ore ofthe other criticalweathering elem ents .washes and pigm ents.Note,Isti11 have notadded the tracks for the finaltim e and want to geta bit further along before ldo so.Starting on

N otethedarkenedareasbetweentheenglneatmessbatches,createdwhen t:e engine was belng worked -m e hatçlw s being ln the open posltlon would avold a1 otoftbemuchbuil d up and palnkdamage.smal lbutlmportant touchesIlkethisadd Il felo model and arewortlpractisl ng.

W llhlheux ofMigProduëlonsWeathedng Pigments,anamazlnglyreallltle, naturalbuild up ofdrled mud and duetçan $/ cr/ated.Tbls effectIs Inflnltely varlable accordlng 'o tbe rnedlum uœ to flx the powder,the colours mixed and the weighlofappliœ lon.Mr- .m lgprodudlons.com

asseenthrotlgh alens(we see this in movies allof

colour then applied a heavy wash and slathered this over both in and outside of cach track run.After this had dried thoroughly,1take a shortstiffbristle brush and scruffthe outer contact areas with powder graphite to show worn m etal. The areas where the road wheels com e into contact and edges ofthe guide teeth are also gone over with the graphite.Icarefully unscrew the two hul1s and then glue the tracks into place replacing the upper hullonce dry.

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use a collaboration of M ig Pigm ents in the various earth and m ud shades and apply large quantities ofthem with a large soft round brush dropping Iarge clum ps of pigm ents on the suspension area.Ithen took another large round brush soaking wet with

lam into the hom e stretch now as I add the radio , antenna and hit allofthe high wear edges with som e graphite to show som e worn m etal especially around the crew hatches and the engine/tranny access plates. One finalarea oînote is to add the lastweld bead to

Humbrolthinnerand Ijust

the fronthullplateafter

touch it to the surface with the pigm ents and letthe thinner flow over allof it. Once dry,itlooks superb and m aintains a nice adhesion quality ifnot

the finalre-attachm entof the upper hull.l used a sm allstrip of Evergreen styrene to fillthe gap and then applied a weld bead with M r Dissolved

messed with too much. Thisis key -try notto go

Putty (theboxartis greatreference hear)and

back and play and w ith the pigm ents since they usually work bestwith the first application.1 do this a1l over the Stug,wherever Here.thelracksbave bee aesembled,and tlwirrlgidplaxl c namreis Iwant to show settled dirt obvlous.A I ayerofdulty,rustycolourha&been applled.Once I n place on and m ud varying the thevehl çle,furlherprtycp- l areuœ toblendthetracklnwl ththeoverall jevejs by jaow m uch pigm ent levelofweatberlng. 1apply. the M rs.and cut a sm all in scale.Do practice on In between pigm ents, corneroffthat was easy for scrap beforehand to getthe lam also applying dark m e to grab with two fingers basics down ifyou decide to black/brown oi1paint and use as a quasi-brush. try this m ethod for the first washes to key areas of You can guess where 1am tim e once you getthe hang detaill wantto pop out going with this as I quite ofit is a great tip to have more such as hatches

carefully paint back over the seam to blend in with the rest ofthe m odel. Som e finaltouches of pigm ents and washes and violafLike stated earlier in the articles 1 am very fond Ofthe new'1:48 Tam iya kits.They willnot be alone however,as Skybow is not too far behind with their own line ofncw-mould l:48 kits.As it stands!this scale is a realpleasure to work in .not too sm all

simply dipped itinto some thinned NATO Black and German Grey mix and very

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tools hinges.dark crevices and corners etc.A couple a black oilw'ashesaround

and they don'ttake up a lot ofshelfspace either, plusyou aircraftmodellers

lightly dabbed the sponge over the appropriate high wear areas to recreate the look.In all Ithink ittook about 15 m inutes from startto finish and once underway goes very fast.l do make sure the quantity ofpaint ofthe sponge is nottoo great and always dabbed it on a paper towel before applying it to the m odel.W hen the sponge is alm ostbone dry,you can get the m ostdelicate scratches that are beautiful

Now on to m y favourite partof modelling . filters. For those ofyou that are unfam iliar with this technique or the idea behind it an easy explanation is to think of it in photography term s. The basic principle ofa filter is to tintthe world through which you are looking at.W ith a camera or film one tlses a coloured filtered like blue or yellow to give a slight tint to the surrounding environm ent

some ofthe shock absorbers and the centre ofsom e road w heels gives a nice oily look which was another very com m on sight on the realthing.It usually takes a couple oftim es to com pletely finish the entire modeland I added a few finalrust streaks for effect hear and there as needed. Ican now putthe tracks on for the finaltim e. Painting and weathering the tracks was a sim ple affair.Ifirstsprayed them

have a good excuse to try som e high quality arm our m odels.Even in the face of som e unbelievable recent 1:35 arm our releases this year,Tam iya has show n m arket savvy and engineering excellence with their new line of 1:48 kits and with a future release schedule to include m ore Sherm ans an M -l0 Hetzer and T.34/76 I willbe very busy this year having a blast. 1hope you w illtoo.*

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and as an after.market addition.m arkettheir

own setforthekit. This

includes fullharness sets,

radiatorgrilles,brake disc

faces,body fasteners and tyre stencilsfor the Pirelli m arkings.This set only suits the 2004 subaru w Rc and Tam iya have taken the step ofincluding the photo.etch instructions within the m ain kitto avoid constantreferral between differentinstruction

sheets.A neatinclusion,

orcolourcan be laid dow n som e other orepar ation ' mustbe done ' . A11thehol es

1000 gritpapertoremove

the mouldlng separation

linesbeforebeingcarefully washed toremovedustand debris.Then itistreated to a coatofTam iya W hite Surface Primer and as the inside ofthe roofm ust rem ain white,this portion is m asked offusing Tam iya tape.Now its tim e to apply the fabulous Subaru blue colour for which Tam iya TS50 M ica Blue was tlsed.

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foristhepositioning ofthe straw over the nozzle dtlring the decantingprocess.r l'he paintthatisdecanted into thejarisvery cold dueto the propellantin the can and itis recom m ended that it isleft to sitto recover to am bienttemperattlre before using it threugh the airbrush.The decanted paintis also very thin so does not require any further preparation before use.

v eryfragile.n ebodywas then clear coated with

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(generally with a medium needle)and a JF.Air20S com pressorwith a pressure

ofabotlt 1.4 to 1.6 bar.Three layers ofpaintwere applied. but itis also worth noting thatwhen the paint is applied through an airbrush. the layers are thinner than ifapplied straightfrom the aerosolcan allow ing you to btlild up the depth ofcolotlr

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Due to paintcuring tim es it m ade sense to startwith the body, butbefore any primer

ofdecanting from a Tam iya sprav can into an airbrtlsh N jar.' 1he solution came

before thickcning occurs. To paintm y m odels Itlse a Badger200 airbru'sh

although care has to be taken with the fluorescent

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this in the near future and give you the results ofm y testing in a future articlc. W hatever varnish is used, itis im portant to rem ove a11traces ofdustbefore itis applied.For this I tind thata coachbuilders swab ortack c10th isideal

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secretwas.jtv;as as sinzAp1e as Tam iya TS13 Clear.7he zctand YVeS result'YpCEbft a finish that is both strong andsmooth.Iwillbe trying

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; ç ao ss me ocs l at l re adlgha trf d ro wm are Tamlya'sPE setand Iook farsuperlor to the kItsupplled decalverslons.

Th@ design and posltlonlng oflbe roll cage dlctates thatthe shoulderbelts have to be afflxed before alsembly.

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'Tam iya have u ken the step ofincluding the photo-etch instructions w ithin the m ain kit to avoid constant referallbetw een different sheets.A neat inclusion'' O varnishctlred theblack

portions ofthe window surrounds were masked off and painted using Htlmbrol Satin Black.

tIMBER TIIE SIIRFâCE The chassis m oulding is produced in blue plastic as per the body m oulding. However the cockpitfloor needs to be white so after basing the cockpitarea up with Tam iya W hite Surface Prim era coatofTamiya XF2 was applied.On the underside ofthe chassis, the area where the exhaust passes also needs to be white so this was painted at thistim e along with the othersuspension and exhaust parts thatneed to be thiscolour. Then the floor.the rear exhaust zone and the partof the exhaust thatcom es off the engine were allm asked offusing thin strips of Tam iya tape and Humbrol M askol.Then the engine brakesand shock absorbers

amongstother parts were coated with 'Pam iya's X32 Titanium Silver,The different filters on the engine were highlighted w ith X. F23 LightBlue.

Allthesedetailsare then masked as previously and the restofthe chassis painted TS50 M ica Blue. Allthatis then leftto do is to paintthe gearbox in X10 Gun M etaland the prop shaftoutputin X12 Gold. The rear differential1,6 is criticalon it's positioning and l had to m odify it slightly when itcame to locating the propshaft partC14.Also Ihad a m inor issue with the rear suspension com ing un-stuck when affixing the wheels so take care in this area too. W hich brings us neatly to the wheels and tyres. The gravelspec tyres that Tam iya produce fortheir rally kits are superbly rendered and recreate the asym m etric tread patterns perfectly.In the photo

etch detailset Tam iya

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m arklngs.Sim ple tf a use firstly the tyres m ustbe pressed onto the rims as -' there are two locators on the stencilto give the correct positioning ofthe m arkings. The stencilis then held in !. position with Tam iya tape and the restofthe wheel and tyre assem bly masked up to avoid overspray.The stencilm tlstbe held flat againstthe tyre dtlring ' '' painting to avoid a feathered Taml ya' saccessorykItfortlhelf edge to the lettering.It l alestsubaru.Aswellasthe seat can then be airbrushed the bel tsandolberPEparls outllne l t required colour. In order a1*0 i ndudesmudflapmaterial. to keep the maxim tlm The crew' s seats are dcfinition Ialways clean the prepared for the seatbelts stencilafter each usage.As by drilling their strap holes you can see,the results are tlsing a 1m m drill They are very good indeed. then painted glossblack on orderto have a smooth

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surfaceforthe kitsupplied

Theassembly now continues wîth the interior.To begin. some parts have to be ' carbonised'and Studio 27 carbon fibre decalwas used to coverthe dashboard co. drivers tread plate and the door interiors.Patterns were m ade using Tam iya tape to gain the correct shapes and proportions ror the decals. The partscovered with carbon decalwere then left.

carbon kevlardecals.After these have been applied the whole seatis coated tlsing HtlmbrolSatin Varnish. leaving them for24 hours so thatthe varnish can dry fully.Now comes the tim e to build the rollcage.Daoking at pictures ofthe Subartl's cage.itwould indeed make the mostelaborate children's climbing fram e butTamiya manage to recreate it

fora day to dry,then treatetl perfectly usingjusteight

W hen uslng lhe tyre stenclls ltIs im porlanlto make sure lhattherp Is no cllance ofoverspfay.

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The resul!ofuslng the stencllIs a clearlcrlsp m arklng lhal1* applled in the same way as tbe reallhlng.

with a coatofSikkens Autoclear.ltshould follow

pal-ts.Justtake note ofsome ofthe angles involved and

thatthe gearstick (B5)and centre console (B1)shotlld

doa dry rttn ofassembly' beforeattemptingtogluest )

also be carbon decalled but

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topreserve my sanity (0,. whatrem ainsofit)Ielected

orientation oftheparts. TamiyaaddstheN 4and N5

to sim ply paintthese parts.

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is slightly inflexible.but som e strategically placed glue m ade the beltslook as though they were laying under their own weight.

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setincludesproper seat belts.Fullinstrtlctions are provided for the assem bly ofthese butone fiddly area was the rearw ard fixing ofthe m ain shoulder harnesses.These wrap around the rollcage rear cross m em ber so itwasa case ofthe rollcage in one hand.fine pliers in the other m anipulating the belts while looking at the whole lotthrough a m agnifying glass'One thought is why did 'Pam iya notprovide pre-ctltbelts? Som e belts need to be 2.0m m whereas others 2.4m m wide.lm ust confess that Im ay not have gotthe necessary

Tim e for the finalassembly ofthe body,with more of Tam iya's forward thinking m aking the process easier. W indow m asks are provided to facilitate easy painting ofthe glazing stlrrotlndings and Tam iya have also moulded the front scuttle asa separate parton this kit making painting and assem bly easierin this area. There are two prominent fixing location pins for the glazing moulding ensuring that thisis located correctly. Pre-coloured lights affix overbrightchrome plated backings and give a very realistic appearance.W hite glue was used to affix al1

0.1mm precision using my rudim entary toolsconsisting ofa rttlerand acutter...

glazinj;sand lights.One nice touch ls the Stlbaru logo ysi s vlew ofthecompl etedehasslssNowslberoullng oftl w which ismadetlp from a 0 shoulderbeltaontheharnessandthelrroutlngtbroughthecage.

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