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We start a new series of Model Laboratory with a Sd.Kfz.171 Panther and the intention of offer you
an exhaustive step by step of the realization of this model kit, from the building to the painting.
Also you can find some profiles and a gallery with Panthers of several authors.
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A/-.,a'%a) M13/40
We have here interesting piece of work on an Italian tank employed by Australian forces on
northern Africa. It is accompanied by several color profiles were several camouflage versions are
suggested.
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This armored command vehicle was used by the Germans in northern Africa and it stands out
for the extreme wear of its paintjob and some very interesting effects. The review is capped off
with a number of color profiles depicting different camouflage schemes for this vehicle.
PTO SHERMAN
M4A2 of the US Marines placed on the Pacific theater of operations. This is an example
of building a kit out of the box without further complications.
MODELLING LESSONS: Aa+.%)# !ca'-
Demonstrating a simple method for adapting decals to a rugged surface.
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This is one of the small Japanese tanks destroyed in the battle of Iwo Jima. The
painting techniques are simply excellent. Afterwards well find a photographic review
were we can see a number of real life details of the real vehicle.
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A magnificent figure portraying commander Karl Bromman, the Untersturmfhrer of the
1. Kp. from the sch. SS-Pz.Abt. 503.
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Diorama centered on the battle for Berlin. The stars of this diorama are a T-34/85 and
several Soviet soldiers in action.
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The last units manufactured of this vehicle were sent to the front without camouflage,
these units only had a layer of red priming paint. A singular kit in terms of quality and
originality.
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The logic evolution of the M11/39 was the carro armato (a middle weight
vehicle 13 tons in 1940). The first prototypes were available on the first part of
that year and soon mass production was secured from Fiat-Ansaldo. It was
equipped with a turret armed with an M37 L/32 47mm gun (In the M11/39 the
principal weapon was placed on the right side of the hull), and had a secondary
group of Breda 38 8mm machine guns, one of them was co-axial with the main
gun, another one on the roof of the turret and two on a global assembly located to
the right of the drivers seat.
By: Antonio Toms Aguilera Cano Pictures by the author Color Profiles: Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo
Zvezda 1/35
he protection offered by the
armoring to the four crew men
(40mm in the thickest parts)
was not very good when compared to
other vehicles of the era. This situation
was worsened by the lack of resistance
to tensi on of the pl anks and the
assembly of this with bolts. The SPA
125 h/p diesel motor was not powerful
enough for the vehicles weight and
the air filters couldnt prevent sand
from getting to the motor, which final-
ly harmed it. The bad reputation of the
M seri es was l argel y due to the
M13/40. Finally, the model M14/41
incorporated better filters and a better,
more powerful motor.
Nicknamed motrorized coffins by
the Germans, we can say in defense of
it, that originally these vehicles were
designed to operate on the northern
Italian mountain area were the Regio
Esercito planned to fight as opposed
to the radically different north African
climate.
These vehicles were captured in fair
numbers by the forces commanded by
General OConnor during the operation
Compass that took place between
the latter part of 1940 and the begin-
ning of 1941. The vehicles were given
to the 6th British Royal Tank Regiment
and the 6th Australian Cavalry Regi-
ment. The squadrons of the latter one
called Dingo, Rabbit and Wom-
bat, painted huge white kangaroos on
the turret and the hull of the tanks to
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avoid being identified as enemy vehi-
cles. These curious designs made the
vehicles pretty attractive, and I tried to
reproduce this in the kit reviewed.
We are dealing with a mold from an
original decades old Italeri kit, manu-
factured and reissued by Zvezda a
Russian brand in the mid 90s.
I basically grew as a hobbyist with
the products manufactured by the Ital-
ian brand, so I cannot say anything bad
about it and my comments will not be
entirely objective. Even if I think that
we are dealing with a basically good kit
that can be assembled with almost no
trouble, we can put our skills to the
test by detailing and rebuilding some
parts in order to obtain a reproduction
closer to the original.
If we want to get a vehicle of the
first run like one of the captured tanks
mentioned earlier, we should do a few
changes to the kit. The most important
ones are the following:
1- Get rid of the rectangular struc-
ture on the roof of the turret which
allowed for a greater swoop when
directing the gun down.
2- Substitute the motor grilles with
a transversal to the axis of the hull
design- for photo etched parts with a
longitudinal design.
3- Eliminate the lateral rims of the
rectangular piece on top of the water
intake of the radiator on the rear part of
the motors cover.
Other than this we should etch
with a scriber the union between the
armored planks, because these are not
featured. We will also have to rebuild
the suspension arches which show
excessive molding lines.
The general detailing of this kit was
secured with a photo etched set with a
few Royal Model resin pieces, a Jordi
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A S S E M B L Y
KITS USED
Kit:
- M13/40 Italian Medium Tank,
Zvezda ref. 3516, 1/35 scale.
Photoetches:
- Italian Tank M13/40, Royal Model
ref. 199.
Gun:
- Italian 47mm Mod. 47/32, Jordi
Rubio ref. TG-60.
Tracks:
- Carro Armato M13/40 Tracks,
Modelkasten ref. SK-43.
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primed the entire kit with white paint
and then I did a first statement in
shadows using XF-61 on all nooks and
crevices. The next step was to apply a
highly diluted layer of XF-13, trying to
direct the paint jet towards the edges
of each armored plank so I could still
see white in the center of each plank.
Then I airbrushed on the center of the
planks a mixture of XF-65 and XF-4,
lighting it up with XF-15, and finished
this with a maximum highlight with
XF-65 and XF-57.
Now I was ready to paint the kan-
garoos. I traced on adhesive paper the
motifs found on the decal sheet and
used it as a stencil; in order to avoid
paint filtrations or an unnatural thick-
ening of paint I airbrushed it (white
paint) in real thin layers dirtied with a
tinge of XF-4. All paint references men-
tioned are Tamiya acrylics thinned out
with Gunze Sangyos Mr. Color Thin-
ner.
Once paint had dried well I applied
a few hand brushed paint filters using
green toned Humbrol enamels. This
was useful to integrate the previous
colors applied and the contrast created
with the Kangaroos.
A couple of hours later I created a
few discreet paint chips with a thin
brush; the superficial ones are made
with Model Color acrylics 980 and 916
and the deeper ones have Panzer Aces
302.
At this stage I varnished the kit
usi ng a 50% mi xture of Gunze
Sangyos gloss and matt varnish which
served later on for enhancing the pro-
files of the kit. This I did with a mixture
of Windsor and Newton oil paints 331
and 554 and these colors greatly bene-
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tracks by Modelkasten which also
include the tractor wheels molded in
whi te metal and some wonder ful
sprockets used to improve the suspen-
sion. The pictures show these improve-
ments.
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fitted from the varnish treatment, flow-
ing much better and preventing the kit
from getting a whole lot darker.
After allowing a few hours of drying
time, I created with Humbrol enamel
61 and oil paint 637 a few dry brush
effects on the rivets and some edges
lighting them all up from the dark color
behind as previously left.
Then I took oil paints 644, 646,
744, 637, 395 and 554 to add chromat-
ic richness to the kits surface and
recreate paint wear. I applied oil paint
as usual: I soaked the necessary areas
with turpentine and applied small oil
paint pellets melting these with a
brush soaked with turpentine as well.
This process can be repeated until you
are satisfied with the results.
After a while (oil takes long to dry)
I appl i ed some di r t on the ki t; I
researched this on many pictures of the
vehicle in action. First I took my air-
brush kit and sprayed really diluted
Humbrol enamel 72 on the areas that
dirt usually accumulates. Before paint
dried up I took my turpentine soaked
brush and removed excess paint on the
areas requiring it. When paint dried up
I created a few nuances and effects but
using a brush and Humbrol 72, a mix-
ture of oil paints 644 and 744 and
when these dried up I applied Mig Pro-
ductions powdered color pigments
P027 and P028.
Later on I increased the dirt effect
on some areas usi ng Panzer Aces
acrylic 310 and Model Color acrylics
927, 917 and 977 all well diluted in
water mixing them together directly on
the surface of the kit.
Then I applied dirt trails, grease and
oil stains by mixing oil paint 80 and
bitumen of Judaea and linseed oil. I
used this oil to make sure that the
results remained glossy.
I finished the areas with greater
wear signs such as the edges of the tur-
rets hatches and the hulls, the port-
holes that cover the motor, etc., apply-
ing humid Tamiya pigment 87088
included in the Weathering Master D
set.
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COLOR CHART
TAMIYA (acrylics)
XF-2 flat white
XF-4 yellow green
XF-13 J.N. green
XF-15 flat flesh
XF-52 flat earth
XF-57 buff
XF-61 dark green
XF-65 field grey
TAMIYA (wet pigments)
87088 oil stain
GUNZE SANGYO (acrylics)
H-20 flat clear
H-30 clear
HUMBROL (enamels)
61 matt flesh
72 matt khaki drill
76 matt uniform green
120 matt light green
PANZER ACES (acrylics)
301 light rust
302 dark rust
303 yellowish rust
310 old wood
MODEL COLOR (acrylics)
890 reflective freen
916 sand yellow
917 beige
927 dark flesh
977 desert yellow
WINSOR & NEWTON (oils)
331 ivory black
395 Mars violet deep
554 raw umber
637 terre verte
644 titanium white
646 trans. gold ochre
744 yellow ochre
TITAN (oils)
80 bitumen
MIG PRODUCTIONS
(pigments)
P027 light dust
P028 Europe dust
TITAN (asphalt)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PIGNATO, Nicola. Italian
Medium Tanks in action, in
Armor Series No. 39,
Squadron/Signal Publications,
Carrollton, Texas, 2001.
- VV.AA. Los ms
extraordinarios carros de
combate, Ediciones Altaya,
Barcelona, 2005.
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Once the US had conquered the Marianas archipelago, this was used as a
platform for sending bombardiers to Japanese territory. However the
distance between these islands and Japan was still considerable and that
meant that the B-29s couldnt possibly be escorted and that in turn
translated into very heavy losses.
By: Javier Redondo Jimnez Pictures by the author
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he eyes of American strategists
were then set upon a small
island some 660 miles
(1200km) to the south of Tokyo, which
would mean to the B-29s about three
hours of flight. The island was called
Iwo Jima (Brimstone Island) and was a
part of metropolitan Japan. It measured
a little over 8km long and had a width
of about 4.5km in its northern area, hav-
ing a total surface of no more than 20
square kilometers. On the base of the
island stood Mount Suribachi a sleeping
volcano about 168m high were you
could master almost all the island. It
had two airfields (Motoyama 1 and 2)
and a third one which was in progress.
The terrain was a mixture of gorges,
valleys, rocks and hills. Throughout the
island there were sulphurous emana-
tions coming from cracks on the sur-
face. The poor soil only allowed the
growth of crude plants and small trees
and there was no drinking water.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was
in charge of defending this island and
he did a good job by taking maximum
advantage of the islands qualities
including its volcanic ashes that were
thrown into the concrete making the
island into some sort of a Maginot line,
turning it into a labyrinth of subter-
ranean tunnels, chambers, casemates
and command stations which were
filled with guns and machine guns. He
had highly motivated troops that
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accepted death and wanted to inflict as
many American casualties as possible.
On February 19th 1945 the invasion
began in Futatsune beach. The duration
for this operation was planned and esti-
mated for five days, but the star span-
gled banner didnt float on top of the
island until March the 26th. The price
paid was the highest for the entire Pacif-
ic campaign: 6,766 US soldiers killed
and almost 20,000 wounded.
Among the Japanese units in charge
of the defense there was the 26th
Armored Regiment commanded by
Colonel Takeichi Nishi, a famous jockey
who had won a gold medal in the LA
Olympics of 1932. The unit at his com-
mand had 23 tanks: twelve Type 95 and
eleven Type 97.
The 1st armored unit first saw com-
bat on February the 20th, fighting until
its total annihilation on March the 1st in
hill number 382. On the 25th of that
month the 3rd company was sent to the
Motoyama Number 2 to defend it
against the US marines fighting fiercely
until it fell on the 27th. In the morning
of Februar y the 28th the remaining
KITS USED
Kit:
- Type 95 Ha-Go, Fine Molds ref.
FM16, 1/35 scale.
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- Type 95 Ha-Go, Fine Molds ref.
MG28.
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armored vehicles from the 2nd company
had been hiding in caves and attacked
the 21st Marine Regiment which was
initially surprised but eventually
destroyed the tanks using bazookas.
For the Japanese, the fall of Iwo Jima
was an insurmountable tragedy. It was a
piece of national territory that fell to the
price of 21,000 lives. Only a little over
200 prisoners were made. Kuribayashis
body was never found, and he only
delayed the inevitable, making the island
only fit for the devil.
The Type 95 Ha-Go is a small
styrene treasure with a few white metal
pieces manufactured by the Japanese
brand Fine Molds, and is therefore highly
recommendable. The same manufacturer
makes a photo etched sheet and a metal
gun to add further detail to the kit. How-
ever the vinyl tracks are quite mediocre
and had to be replaced by a Modelkas-
ten plastic reference which includes trac-
tion wheels. The quality of the Modelka-
sten products is well known, but due to
size, assembly was rather tedious.
In order to create the impact that
destroyed the tank, I opened a hole with
a knife on the right side of the armoring.
I also reduced the thickness of the wall
using a Dremel driller tool with a small
head piece attached. On the base of the
tractor wheels and on the front part of
the hull I had to recreate some rivets that
the kit does not reproduce. The assem-
bly phase isnt a big deal as youll judge
by the pictures.
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I painted the kit after consulting
available research material and begun by
covering it with base color
Kosoushoku, some sort of green that
came out of the factory with. I did by
airbrushing a mixture of the following
Tamiya acrylics XF-57, XF-55 and XF-49.
Then I augmented the amount of the
first two color references on the mixture
to create a couple of highlights.
After a couple of hours drying time I
was ready to hand brush the remaining
two camouflage colors. I employed for
this Model Color acrylics applied in sev-
eral thin layers. The first color
Soushoku was a dark green color
which sometimes was also used as base
color. I created it by mixing 894, 980
and 953. The second color was a dark
brown known as Tochishoku; I used
for this one 941 right out of the bottle.
The emblem for the 26th Armored
Regiment was a white disc with an
upright blue arrow head. The armored
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vehicles of this regiment were lost to
the sea when an American submarine
sunk the cargo vessel that took these to
Iwo Jima. As a consequence, this unit
had to be reequipped with vehicles in
store and therefore these didnt have
any such markings while fighting in the
island.
Once I had this emblem thing right I
began to shade the kit using a highly
diluted mixture of Tamiyas XF-10 and
XF-1. I applied this mixture with con-
trolled air pressure in my airbrush kit and
a firm hand. That is how I enhanced a
few contours, crevices, etc.
Then I applied a few Humbrol paint
filters and oil paint to get the ageing
effect on the paintjob, by melting differ-
ent color shades on the kits surface. I
used oils 623, 227, 105, 411 and 409. I
had to insist on oil 409 to enhance a few
details.When my oils had dried up I cre-
ated a number of superficial paint chips
using a lighter version of my
Kosoushoku base color. Then I did
deeper ones using Model Color acrylics
985 and 950 distributing these through-
out the vehicle in a rational and orderly
fashion. I complemented this by apply-
ing a metal worn to a polish effect
using graphite (pencil lead) and smudg-
ing it.
I concluded by doing a few grease
stains using oil paint 80, Marabu gloss
varnish and thinner. I also applied sever-
al Mig powdered color pigments either
dry or in washes created with the pig-
ments and thinner in order to obtain dif-
ferent effects.
COLOR CHART
TAMIYA (acrylics)
XF-1 flat black
XF-10 flat brown
XF-49 khaki
XF-55 deck tan
XF-57 buff
MODEL COLOR (acrylics)
894 Russian green
941 burnt umber
950 black
953 flat yellow
980 black green
985 hull red
HUMBROL (enamels)
72 matt khaki drill
93 matt desert yellow
VAN GOGH (oils)
105 titanium white
227 yellow ochre
409 burnt umber
411 burnt Sienna
623 sap green
TITAN (oils)
80 asphalt
MIG PRODUCTIONS
(pigments)
P027 light dust
P030 beach sand
P033 dark mud
P037 Gulf War sand
MARABU (varnish)
1106 gloss varnish
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- MOSZCZANSKI, Ilja, Typ 95
Ha Go, in Militaria No. 185,
Wydawnictwo Militaria,
Warsaw, 2003.
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he combats are quite bloody,
and take place both day and
ni ght bl ock by bl ock and
room by room. Bombings are frequent
and heavy. Several plans to evacuate
the population are handed forth, but
the Fhrer rejects them all. The town is
full of trenches, ditches and machine
gun posts and all sorts of artillery anti-
tank obstacles, etc. German forces
diminish every day and the civil popu-
lation too. The anti-communist fanatic
attitude will help reject every Soviet
offer. On the 24th of that same month,
the town is completely surrounded and
under siege. The fights are cruelly
intensified. On April the 30th Soviet
troops finally reach the unreachable
downtown area; Hitler commits suicide
on his bunker instead of surrendering
to the enemy forces. The Soviets take
the Reichstag on May the 1st and
Berlin succumbs the following day. On
May 8th Germany surrenders to the
allied troops.
The conquest of Berlin meant heavy
human losses to both contenders and
heavy material losses as well. 45.000
German losses were counted between
the military and the civil population,
and the Russians had around 155.000
losses and 250.000 wounded or sick.
The idea for the diorama was basi-
cally to show a fierce Soviet advance
on a downtown street in Berlin. I had
to use a typical Russian tank of the
period and a few infantry men spread
throughout. Al l of thi s had to be
placed on a devastated, bombarded
and heavi l y fought on scene wi th
traces of fleeing Germans.
The T-34/85 1944 model Dragon kit
is easily assembled right out of the box
and does not need improvements or
modifications. I airbrushed Tamiyas
XF-27. Once paint dried up I applied
decals using the Micro Set and Micro
Sol products which are very necessary
to fully adapt these to the well repro-
duced rugged metal surface. Then I
painted the horizontal white band
around the tank using a white pencil.
After I airbrushed a thin layer of
gloss varnish (Gunze Sangyo) through-
out the kit I began ageing the kit with
some dirt and mud. I first painted a few
chips using a mixture of Model Colors
985 and 950. Then I applied three color
filters using a three filter set (allies)
manufactured by The Filter. I also
applied a few Mig powdered color pig-
ments (P028 and P037) insisting on
dirt prone areas such as the wheels,
tracks and fenders.
Before doing the final effects I mat
varnished the kit airbrushing Marabu
mat varnish. I let the varnish dry for
about four to six hours and then pro-
ceeded to recreate the metal polished
areas around the edges of the hatches,
tool boxes, etc. using Mig pigment
P231 applied with my finger on the
edges. I conveyed some fuel stains on
the auxiliary fuel tanks using Mig prod-
uct Satin grease and oil.
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KITS USED
Kit:
- T-34/85 Mod. 1944, Dragon ref.
6319, 1/35 scale.
F0.<9,::
- Soviet Motor Rifle Troops 1943-45
No. 1, Tank Models ref. T35009.
- Soviet Motor Rifle Troops 1943-45
No. 2, Tank Models ref. T35010.
- Soviet Motor Rifle Troops 1943-45
No. 3, Tank Models ref. T35011.
- Soviet Motor Rifle Troops 1943-45
No. 4, Tank Models ref. T35012.
- Soldier Running and Shouting,
Hornet ref. RH07.
- Hands, Hornet refs. 01,02 & 03.
A**,::690,::
- MG Ammo Boxes, Tank Models
ref. A-56.
- MG 34 Set, Tank Models ref. A-11.
- German Helmets, Tank Models ref.
A-39.
- WW II Newspapers, Posters, etc.
Verlinden Productions ref. 12.
- German Military Roadsigns,
Verlinden Productions ref. 18.
- German Comercial Signs,
Verlinden Productions ref. 24.
- 88mm Shells & Cartridge Cases,
Verlinden Productions ref. 1101.
- 88mm Ammo Crates, Verlinden
Productions ref. 1102.
B<03+05.::
- City House Corner, Verlinden
Productions ref. 1385.
- Cobblestone Section, Verlinden
Productions ref. 2250.
- Bricks & Cobbles, Verlinden
Productions ref. 2275.
- Tiles, Royal Model ref. 296.
- Building Accesories, MiniArt ref.
35005.
T HE S C E NE
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I added as a final touch, the arm of
a tank driver holding the hatch from
the inside.
All figures are manufactured by
Tank Models except the one thats run-
ning which is a Hornet reference. The
armored vehicle must be assembled
before assembling the pieces that will
ultimately become the soldiers in order
to avoid fitting mistakes between the
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arms and shoulders which is not as
easy as it seems. I changed many fig-
ures hands for Hornet references
improving thus the realistic effects of
holding weapons and handles. After
placing equipment and other stuff on
the figures I painted them all using
Model Color Acrylics.
Its very important to create differ-
ent shades of the uniform colors and
the knapsacks on the figures to add
chromatic variety to the scene. I paint-
ed each figure individually in order to
var y slightly the mixtures used as
opposed to painting them together. I
began painting the figures on top of
the tank, which was glued in place
immediately and then painted the
remainder and placed them on the
scene as soon as the ground was
done. I looked for dynamic figures
which would transmit movement and
tension.
The ruined building is manufac-
tured by Verlinden Productions and is
made of plaster. I had to cut one of the
walls on the corner in order to fit it bet-
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ter on the scene. I painted it alternating
both brush and airbrush. I used yellow-
ish, cream and grey acrylic colors by
both Tamiya and Gunze Sangyo. I aged
the building using a filter set and pow-
dered color pigments made by Mig Pro-
ductions which I mentioned earlier.
Once finished I glued the building to
the base which was a piece of artificial
cork cut to measure.
Before I placed the debris I glued
the street tiles manufactured by Ver-
linden Productions. The area covered
with debris and the area where it is
right by the ruined walls was created
using a mixture of white glue, water
and tissue paper. I created the mass
of debris using Royal Model roof tiles,
absorbent sand used for pets, thin
wooden rods, Verlinden bricks and
floor tiles and some remains of the
pl aster bui l di ng. Al l was gl ued i n
place using white glue. Once it was
all dry I painted this using the same
colors used on the building; I also
painted the floor tiles using browns
and grays. Then I saturated all sur-
faces using Mig pigments which were
also swept in some areas to vary the
texture.
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COLOR CHART
TAMIYA (acrylics)
XF-1 flat black
XF-27 black green
XF-57 buff
GUNZE SANGYO (acrylics)
H-11 flat white
H-30 clear flat
H-85 sail color
H-401 dark grey
H-403 dark yellow
MODEL COLOR (acrylics)
877 gold brown
912 tan yellow
941 burnt umber
950 black
951 white
967 olive green
985 hull red
988 khaki
ANDREA COLOR (acrylics)
AC-15 ochre
THE FILTER (enamels)
P247 allied filter set
MIG PRODUCTIONS
(enamels)
P410 oil and grease stain mixture
MIG PRODUCTIONS
(pigments)
P028 Europe dust
P037 Gulf War sand
P231 gun metal
MARABU (varnish)
1108 matt varnish
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I capped it all off with a few fuel spills on the
ground, a MiniArt street light, shells, ammo boxes,
wire, bottles, pipes, an MG 34, helmets, some papers,
kitchen utensils, traffic signals, etc. All these add a
realistic feel to the scene. Once I glued the vehicle in
place I dirtied the figures using brown pigments.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ZALOGA, Steven J and VOLSTAD,
Ron. El Ejrcito Rojo en la Gran
Guerra Patritica, in Carros de
Combate No. 71, Osprey
Military/RBA, Barcelona, 2001.
- CANO MUOZ, Gustavo.
Frontovik, in Eurouniformes No.
9 (febrero-marzo 2002), Accin
Press, Madrid, pp. 2-12.
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T25-0%4%2 1/35
owever the chivalr y units
found the Hotchkiss project
interesting enough, so even-
tually this vehicle was chosen for the
Divisions Cuirasses and branded as
Char lger Hotchkiss modle H-35.
The hull of this vehicle was smol-
ten in six separate pieces: motor cover,
combat compartment, front part of the
hull and two longitudinal sections to
right and left forming the lower area
with a total weight of 11.370 kg. The
turret was an APX-R made of smelt ste-
el about 40mm thick, identical to the
turrets mounted in the Renault R-35
and R-40, armed with a 5A-18 L/21
37mm gun and a coaxial Chatellerault
M6 modle 31 7,5mm machine gun.
The H-35 was equipped with a
Hotchkiss 1934 six cylinder 78hp gaso-
line motor that reached a maximum
speed of 28km/hour which theoreti-
cally was better than the Renault R-35
at 20km/hour, but the superior design
of its gear box actually made this a fas-
ter model.
The French chivalry wanted a better
speed rate, so a version with a more
powerful motor was built. The result
was a prototype with a Hotchkiss 1938
120hp motor and a modified hull to fit
it in. Total weight for this vehicle moun-
ted up to 12.100kg. Now speed grew to
36,5km/h. Thats how the Char lger
modle 1935 H modifi 39 was born.
Model H-35 had to be substituted, so
H
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an initial run of 900 units was comman-
ded. The name created some confusion
and both vehicles ended up being
named H-35. Later on this model was
referred to as H-38 or H-39.
In 1940 these vehicles were upda-
ted: new periscopes were installed and
a long 5A 38 L/35 37mm gun was also
adopted. This updating only affected
350 units. Starting on April of that year
units with the new gun were already
coming out of the factory.
When the war began, France had a
total of 640 Hotchkiss vehicles. The
Germans captured 550 units that were
later on revamped as PzKpfw. 35H
734(f) or PzKpfw 38H 735(f) in its
armored vehicle configuration, or modi-
fied as small self propelled guns.
The asiatic brand Trumpeter offers
the German version of this armored
vehicle with rocket launchers on both
sides, but also includes the long gun
version that I needed for this job. The
kit is not exactly up to the standards of
other kits that the brand has released in
terms of quality and this is quite dis-
couraging. But on the other side the kit
sells for a ver y fair price, which is
something to thank for on an otherwi-
se expensive hobby. This kit is therefo-
re perfect to mutilate unhindered.
35
AS S E MB L Y
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I carefully followed the instruction
sheet assembly sequence, but I soon
found out that if Id put the bogies in
the assigned place I would definitely
run the risk of getting a misaligned
axis. In order to avoid this I had to
sand the unions until I got the right
position for all pieces.
When I glued the bulbous pieces
that conform the base of the tractor
wheels, in the front part of the frame I
had to convey the smolten effect on
the steel planks by using putty on the
joints and sanding the surface even.
I soon found out that the tractor
wheels would also be off centered if I
followed the manufacturers instruc-
tions, so I forgot the instruction sheet
and centered these minding the trans-
mission.
I also had to use some putty and
sandpaper on the front part of the fra-
me to unify the surfaces and later on I
took a scribber and clearly marked the
welding lines between the smolten pie-
ces. On the rear I also used this tool to
create the joint line between the com-
bat chamber and the motor compart-
ment.
I replaced the two sheet hatch (a
typical German modification) for a
standard French dome from an old
Renault R-35 manufactured by Heller. It
is a startling coincidence that this piece
fits perfectly on the Trumpeter kits
turret.
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COLOR CHART
TAMIYA (acrylics)
X-6 orange
XF-1 flat black
XF-3 flat yellow
XF-9 hull red
XF-12 J.N. grey
XF-50 field blue
XF-63 German grey
XF-64 red brown
MODEL AIR (acrylics)
59 matt varnish
THE FILTER (enamels)
P242 tan
HUMBROL (enamels)
29 matt dark earth
502 ABTEILUNG (oils)
1 snow white
20 faded dark yellow
25 brick red color
35 buff color
70 dark rust
100 faded grey
TITAN (oils)
80 asphalt
MIG PRODUCTIONS
(pigments)
P027 light dust
P033 dark mud
P037 Gulf War sand
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I finally I chose to dispose of the
pathetic vynil tracks (too rigid and
long) and replaced them with an exce-
llent Friulmodel reference molded on
soft metal and composed of individual
links.
I began the process by airbrushing
some priming paint (Tamiyas XF-12)
in several thin layers. Then I customi-
zed the vehicle using as a reference a
Trackstory monograph (n.5 Juin 40
limpossible sursaut) which offers in
page 57 a wonderful profile and a color
picture of a very particular H-39.
The last H-39s left the assembly
plants with some secondar y imple-
ments uninstalled and sporting a red
priming paint. This is therefore a very
interesting subject to reproduce remin-
ding me heavily of the Stalingrad sty-
le, however we should bear in mind
that the T-34/76 STZ without paint
seem to be just a myth while these H-
39s were real and theres photographic
proof of it.
I began by covering the kit using a
mixture of Tamiyas XF-9 and XF-3
(90/10%). Then I applied different
color tones on different areas using
first a mixture of XF-9 with a little XF-
64 and then added X-6 to this mixture.
Then I created a few basic shadows
using well diluted XF-1. I always used
my airbrush kit on the process.
Then I reproduced the manufactu-
ring numerals on the vehicle. I used a
Verlinden transfer sheet with numerals
on different sizes and then protected
these with a thin airbrushed mat var-
nish layer. Then I applied a few well
diluted filters using Humbrol enamel
29 diluted on the manufacturers own
thinner and The Filters P242 applied
right out of the can.
After it had all properly dried up I
further altered the base color by mel-
ting a few oil paint references: 1, 20,
25, 35, 70 and 100 all 502 Abteilung
references.
The areas of the vehicle that were
not primed (wheels and sights for ins-
tance) were painted with a mixture of
XF-63 and XF-50. Once paint was dry I
rubbed these parts with graphite pow-
der (pencil lead) using my finger, I
masked the turret because I did not
want a metal effect there.
I finished the job by recreating mud
and dirt using Mig Productions pig-
ments P027, P033 and P037. I also
applied in different quantities the ubi-
quitous Titan oil reference 80 used to
recreate grease.
I created a simple and small ground
piece to place my armored vehicle inclu-
ding in it the turret of a Panzer I that
was left from an earlier project. (see
Panzer Aces/Armor Models N 16).
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P AI NT I NG
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- DANJOU, Pascal, Juin 40,
limpossible sursaut, in
Trackstory No. 5, Editions du
Barbotin, Ballainvilliers, France,
2006.
- DANJOU, Pascal, Chars
Hotchkiss, H35, H39, in
Trackstory No. 6, Editions du
Barbotin, Ballainvilliers, France,
2007.
- BINGHAM, James, "Chars
Hotchkiss, H35, H39 and
Somua S35" in AFV Weapons
No. 36. Profile Publications
Ltd. Berkshire, U.K., 1971.
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On October the 19th 1944, the
sch. SS-Pz. Abt. 103 received its first
four Tiger II. On the following month,
the battalion was renamed as
sch. SS-Pz. Abt. 503, and between
December of that year and January
1945 it was finally equipped with 35
additional units reaching a total
amount of 39 Tiger Ausf. B.
By: Jos Manuel Flores Prez
Picture credits: Jordi Escarr Gonzlez
Alpine 1/35
n October the 19th 1944, the
sch. SS-Pz. Abt. 103 received
its first four Tiger II. On the
following month, the battalion was
renamed as sch. SS-Pz. Abt. 503, and
between December of that year and
January 1945 it was finally equipped
with 35 additional units reaching a
total amount of 39 Tiger Ausf. B.
On January the 25th the unit was
transferred to the Oriental Front, where
it saw bloody fighting on the area of
O
O
The front right corner of the hull of
this Tiger II is a resin copy. The handle
of the hatch is made of copper wire
and the protection of the periscope is a
Plasticard strip. The clasp for the axe
is made with three Aber photo etched
pieces.
40
Neu Stettin that saw the escape of the
refugees coming from the east of Prus-
sia. Throughout the night from February
the 17th to the 18th 1945, the sch. SS-
Pz.Abt. 503 were transported on the
railway to Danzig. During the combats
that took place in this city (between the
districts of Oliwa and Wrzesszcz) and
Sopot, the SS-Untersturmfhrer Karl
Brommann Commander of the 1st
Company destroyed 65 tanks and
mobile guns (including a few T-34 from
the 1st Polish Armored Brigade), 44
artillery pieces and 15 transport vehi-
cles. Because of this, Brommann was
awarded with the Knights Cross.
This is an excellent resin figure up
to the usual standards of Alpine Minia-
tures. It has very fine details and an
overall high quality level. He is dressed
in leather clothes and has a bandage
on his head, something that matches
the pictures of the real life Tiger ace
Karl Bromman, I only had to modify
the shoulder pieces to portray the SS-
Ustuf rank (NCO) and put a cigarette
on his left hand.
I used Model Color acrylics. For the
flesh tones I began with 876 as my
base color, and kept adding 815 for the
highlights. Then I added 814 highly
diluted in water for the shadows. Then
I took care of the leather clothes with a
mixture of 950, 872 and 841 which I
lighted up by increasing the amount of
the last two colors for the highlights. I
used some 856 for the final highlights
and for creating a few worn areas. I
used a brush soaked with just water
and rubbed i t agai nst the cl othes
(insisting in some areas and neglecting
others) to create the natural satin gloss
of leather. This is a much better system
than using gloss varnish, because youll
get a fake looking shine. Afterwards I
shaded using highly diluted 950.
I painted the 43 type cap using a
mixture of 950 and 988; I used greater
amounts of the last color for the high-
lights and water diluted 950 for the
shades. The skull in the front and the
eagle were done with 883, and then
this was lighted up with 951. I also
used 883 to paint the small officers
rope around the upper rim of the cap.
The front buttons (2) I painted with
Gunze Sangyos 213.
The bandage (988) was highlighted
with 951 in several applications and
then I dirtied it with 962 to simulate
blood.
The belt, holster and boots were
painted with 984 mixed with a little
950. I added greater amounts of the
first color for the highlights and ulti-
mately added 856 which was finally
used plain to do a few scratches. I
took care of the shadows using 950
highly diluted in water.
I finished the figure with a light
staining of the lower areas, the back of
his pants and the elbows on the jacket
using pastel earth tones.
I decided to place the star figure in
his Tiger II, or rather a piece of it cut to
measure with a small saw and glued on
a 4x4cm base. I already had a styrene
Dragon kit for the purpose. I was not
exactly ecstatic about bashing this high
quality kit, so I kindly asked the favor
to my friends in M4 Models of repro-
ducing a corner of it in resin.
I have not much to add about the
painting of the portion of the vehicle
because I basically followed the stan-
dard procedures reviewed elsewhere in
previous issues of this magazine.
41
F I G U R E
BACKGROUND
KITS USED
Figure:
- Late War Waffen-SS Panzer NCO
1, Alpine Miniatures ref. 35045
1/35 scale.
P&,1,#1!&#0:
- German (WWII) clamps and
clasps. Aber ref. 35A20.
A!!#00,/'#0:
- Sd.Kfz. 182 King Tiger Henschel
Turret. Dragon ref. 6208.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SCHNEIDER, Wolfgang.
Tigers in combat II, J.J.
Fedorowicz Publishing Inc.,
Manitoba, Canada, 1998.
- BITOH, Mitsuru.
Panzerkampfwagen Tiger,
en Achtung Panzer No. 6, Dai
Nippon Caiga Co., Japan,
1999.
- TERUI, Yoshihiro & B.S.K.
Uniforms of the SS 1938-
1945, Dai Nippon Kaiga Co.,
Japan, 1998.
- BUFFETAUT, Yves.
Normandie, juin 44 la
Bataille de Caen, 1. La cote
112, en Armes Militaria Hors
Serie No. 58, Histoire &
Collections, Paris, 2005.
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COLOR CHART
MODEL COLOR (acrylics)
814 burnt cad. red
815 basic skintone
841 Andrea blue
856 ochre brown
872 chocolate brown
876 brown sand
883 silver grey
926 red
950 black
951 white
984 flat brown
988 khaki
GUNZE SANGYO (acrylics)
213 stainless
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The Kl. Pz. Bef. Wg. was a small armored command vehicle built on the frame
of a Panzer I Ausf. B. It was originally designed for training purposes, but
needs forced it into combat. It was first used on the Spanish Civil War where
its weapon and armoring deficiencies when contending against Soviet tanks
was soon seen.
By: Mario Gabs Ruiz Pictures by: Ral Fernndez Ruiz Color Profiles: Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo
Dragon 1/35
47
ater on, during the Polish and
West campaigns, only the supe-
rior training and advanced war-
fare techniques employed by the Ger-
man Army allowed this vehicle to work
as an efficient weapon. This vehicle
however was consi dered obsol ete
although it also took part on the North
African campaign and the Barbarossa
operation where it didnt actually play a
major role.
The frame of the Panzer I was used
to bui l d command vehi cl es, tank
hunters, self propelled guns, anti- air-
craft and ammunition chores, etc.
Among all these I always had a soft
spot for the Panzerbefehlswagen. I
especially liked the late run of it with a
huge antenna on its upper part and a
few additional armoring planks on its
front. So as soon as the Chinese manu-
facturer Dragon Kits put this vehicle on
the market I bought it fast; here youve
got the results.
This is a new generation kit with
excellent details and a perfect fit. In
order to add some more detai l I
employed Lion Roars photo etched
sheet. I also changed the tracks for a
specific Modelkasten reference.
I began as usual with the barge and
wheels which are very well reproduced.
In fact this is the first time that a Panz-
er I styrene kit includes the guides for
the tensor wheel s. Thi s assembl y
phase didnt offer complications and I
just changed the bogies axis for the
corresponding photo etched piece.
I continued building the main struc-
ture. You have to be very watchful,
because Dragon instruction sheets are
generally confusing and you cant fig-
ure out correctly which pieces to use
for each of the three versions possible.
I recommend you to do your own
research and look for pictures of the
real thing. Once I was clear about the
pieces I followed the instructions and
assembled it all. In the commanders
armored dome I put some welding lines
using heat stretched plastic rods glued
with Tamiya liquid glue (See Hobby kit
school Panzer Aces/Armor Models
issue number 22). I textured these
using the tip of a knife.
Then I gl ued the Photo etched
armored shields in the lower areas of
the front and in the commanders
dome. I also added the wires for the
headlights and the antennas support.
In order to give some personality to
the vehicle I changed the front and rear
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parts of the fenders for those included in
the Lion Roar photo etched sheet. This
is a tiresome thing to do, but the results
are well worth it. I decided to leave one
missing to simulate combat damage.
Now I only had to place the anten-
na. I used a tin rod included in the Lion
Roar set. I had to bend this antenna
and adapt it to its proper measure-
ments, but once in place it looked
splendid. The kit was now ready for the
decisive painting stage.
For quite some time now, I wanted
to portray an Afrika Korps armored
vehicle with considerable wear. I want-
ed to do one of the vehicles used on
the initial stages of the African fight.
During this period, German vehicles
were painted with the classic European
dark grey scheme or were covered with
sand colored paint from varied origins.
The first thing I did was to prime
the kit by airbrushing Humbrol enamel
64. This priming helps you detect any
possible assembly bloopers such as
leftover plastic flake, glue remains, etc.
Priming also covers and integrates all
photo etched parts, and offers a solid
base for acrylic paint which will come
in later.
Then I airbrushed an overall layer of
Tamiyas XF-63, toned down with XF-2.
I protected this layer from future ageing
processes by airbrushing Tamiyas gloss
varnish on top of it. After the decals
were in place (The lateral gates gave
me lots of trouble and had to use great
amounts of Micro Set and Micro Sol
liquids in order to adapt decals to these
surfaces) I protected them with a new
layer of gloss varnish.
From this point on things got a little
difficult; as youll surely remember I
wanted to portray a vehicle with an
aged layer of sand color paint that
reveals underneath ample areas show-
ing the original German Grey paint
scheme. I studied for this several tech-
niques, and even tested some on the
kit, but was not convinced with the
results. I finally settled on the tech-
nique used to paint the StuG. III Ausf.
B which appeared in the previous issue.
I airbrushed a mixture of Humbrol
enamels 81 and 94 on the entire kit.
When this layer of paint had dried to
touch (30 or 60 minutes later) I partial-
ly removed it using a couple of stiff
brushes soaked on enamel thinner. I
worked harder on some areas to get dif-
ferent degrees of wear, and also varied
the amount of thinner in order to get
different effects. This was finally more
work than I bargained for, and the con-
trast between grey and sand color was
stronger than I thought. Fortunately the
following ageing processes integrated
the difference between both colors,
gaining in realistic looks.
I allowed paint to dry up for a few
days, and then I applied a few hand-
made paint filters. I used the three
tones included in the Sin Industries fil-
ter set for Afrika Korps vehicles. When
using these filters, do bear in mind that
the kit will become slightly darker after
each application. I continued to age
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P A I N T I N G
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49
paint by melting oil paint with a brush.
This technique invented by Carlos de
Diego some fifteen years ago is known
by all hobbyists around the globe so
Im not going to give you further expla-
nations. I used two earth tones 45 and
46, 1, 21, 7A and 35. I used the last
paint reference to smooth out the tran-
sition between German gray and sand.
Now the vehicle looked like it had
seen some action, but I still had to wear
it down some more: I needed a few paint
chips and scratches. Its always better to
fall short than to overdo these effects, so
I directly copied these from pictures of
the real thing (not necessarily the self
same unit though) and used Panzer
Aces acrylic 302. Afterwards I created a
number of dirt trails using oil paint,
acrylics and even powdered pigments,
especially on the front area of the hull
which takes up the worst beatings.
The armored vehicle was almost
ready except for some details and the
application of color pigments which I
had yet to take care of. Before I got to
it I eliminated some unwanted gloss by
airbrushing two ver y thin layers of
Marabu mat varnish. While varnish
dried up (I usually allow a few days just
to make sure) I painted the tools and
fuel cases using specific Panzer Aces
acrylics.
Dirt became thus the final stage,
and I took care of it with Mig Produc-
tions pigments P027, P028, P030 and
P234. I began applying these on the
lower areas of the vehicle where I
applied a dense mixture of these pig-
ments on the brands own thinner
which can be used to do washes with
it. I went over several times with my
brush but being careful not to overdo it
KITS USED
K)2:
- Sd. Kfz. 265 Kleine
Panzerbefehlswagen, Dragon ref.
6218, 1/35 scale.
P(.2.%2#(%1:
- Sd.Kfz. 265 Kleine
Panzerbefehlswagen I/w Matel
Frame Antenna, Lion Roar ref. LE
35057.
T0!#*1:
- Pz.Kpfw, IB, Modelkasten ref.
SK-32.
A##%11.0)%1:
- 3mm Light Lenses, Greif
Accessories ref. GF 204A.
- German cases 1st run, M4
Models ref. 35022.
D)02 "!1)#!++7 !##3,3+!2%1 .- 2(% (.0)8.-2!+ 130&!#%1.
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50
COLOR CHART
T(% 4%()#+%1 (%!$+)'(21 (!4% "%%- #.,/+%,%-2%$ 5)2( 3,, G0%)& A##%11.0)%1
+%-1%1. T(%1% !0% &)6%$ )- /+!#% 31)-' 5()2% '+3%.
T(% +.5%0 !0%!1 .& 2(% 4%()#+% (!4% ! $%-1% ,)6230% .& /.5$%0%$ #.+.0
/)',%-21 .- %-!,%+ 2()--%0. T()1 )1 (.5 5% #!- #.-4%7 $)02 .0 1!-$ #+312%01.
HUMBROL (enamels)
33 matt black
34 matt white
64 matt light grey
81 matt pale yellow
94 matt brown yellow
TAMIYA (acrylics)
X-22 smoke
XF-2 flat qhite
XF-63 German grey
PANZER ACES (acrylics)
302 dark rust
307 red tail light
308 green tail light
310 old wood
311 new wood
315 light mud
316 dark mud
MODEL COLOR (acrylics)
871 leather brown
SIN INDUSTRIES (enamels)
P403 filter set Afrika Korps
MIR (oils)
1 titanium white
7A cadmium yellow deep
21 cinnabar green
45 raw umber
46 burnt umber
50 bitume
502 ABTEILUNG (oils)
35 buff
MIG PRODUCTIONS
(pigments)
P027 light dust
P028 Europe dust
P030 beach sand
P234 rubbel dust
MARABU (varnish)
110805 matt varnish
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BRANDFORD, George R.
Armour Camouflage &
Markings: North Africa, 1940-
1943, Arms and Armour Press,
London, 1976.
51
because I wanted to recreate clusters of
sand and not mud. Then I dirtied light-
ly the upper part of the kit; I prepared a
mixture of pigments which I spread
with a brush, and then smeared it
using a brush soaked in thinner. I did it
by setting this on the corners of the
armored surface and on those areas
that usually accumulate dirt.
I finished by doing an oil mixture of
50 and gloss varnish, to create grease
and fuel spills and then used a soft
penci l to si mul ate wear on some
edges.
I would like to end this review by
thanki ng mi fri end Lui s Fernando
Solanas for his wise advice and com-
ments, which makes this hobby doubly
fun when we get together on Sundays
in the Agrupacin Artstica Aragonesa.
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K+.P8.B%&.'. (S$.K&8. 265),
P.+!-$, S%/2%,"%0 1939.
K+.P8.B%&.'. (S$.K&8. 265),
P8.R'2. 5, 21. P8.D)4., G!,"30,
L7")!, N.4%,"%0 1941.
53
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54
This PTO Sherman is one of those models Ive always wanted to build and was
delighted to see Dragon release it; I had purchased it primarily based on the box
art and the 250 parts listed, as the typical 700-1000 part Dragon kits tend to scare
me off.
By: Steve Palffy Pictures by the auther
Dragon 1/35
ow there is some debate as to
whether the marines used
this late production 75mm
gun 47 degrees hull plate M4A2?
Well the reference I have you cant
tell the difference between M4A3 and
M4A2, you cant see the rear hull (diffe-
rent exhausts)either because off rem-
nants of wading trunks (snorkel) or the
lighting or shadows, there are also few if
any ? photos or movies of the rear upper
deck (smaller doors on M4A2), and as
far as documentaries they are basically
only referred to as Tanks if the word
Sherman is even used, let alone M4A2
or A3 etc. Now for the paint, there are
quite a few images of three color Sher-
mans (black and white) and sand and
green or just green in color, but I know
Ive seen green, red brown and sand
ones somewhere!
I just really liked the box art so a
camouflage of red brown, sand and green
plus the addition of plank armour, hatch
spikes and sandbag armour it would be!
DID I SAY I REALLY LIKED THE BOX
ART!
I have noticed that the box art on
the vast majority of the Dragon kits I
have purchased are all painted in the
same style.
This kit was a nice easy straight for-
ward build just study and follow the ins-
tructions, just a few minor things to
watch for
Part A41 the tow hitch should be
glued on with the release handle facing
up.
Parts A66 idler mounts should be
glued to give some tension to the track.
Trim a little off the bottom of parts
C4 rear lamps or the guards will not fit.
Glue part B20 inside turret first then
gun mantlet parts from outside.
You will have heaps of spare parts
left over, double check instructions so
that you didnt forget any.
55
A S S E M B L Y
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The first step in painting is a good
base or primer coat in this case because
of the metal parts Tamiya spray primer
was used.
Airbrushing
All colors used for airbrushing are
Tamiya:
Using my Tamiya spray work Hg-T
airbrush, starting with Buff for all the
running gear, tracks and lower hull, this
was then followed by deck tan for the
light camouflage color, next the green
(field grey gives a nice faded green
color) was applied by first outlining the
pattern and then coloring inside the
lines, the same was repeated using
NATO brown.
A panel fade of mostly thinner, white
and deck tan was then applied (after
some chips and scratches added by
brush).
Adding detail
Resin 75mm ammunition crates
were added as part of rear deck armour.
Hatch spikes
These were welded on the real vehi-
cle so that satchel charges could not be
placed directly on the hatches the space
created between the two preventing
them from being blown open.
Using 0.3mm drill bit in pin vice
holes were drilled into all hatches.
Short pieces of 0.3mm copper wire
were then glued into this using instant
glue.
Copper wire is then trimmed to
length with side cutters, and then bent
to desired angle.
Plank armour
Additional plank armour was added
to the bogies, this was fabricated from
1.5mm sheet styrene, and the grain
applied by dragging hack saw blades
down its length, also knots, scrapes etc
using knife point.
Bolts were added, removing/shea-
ring them from the plethora of unused
left over kit parts.
Planks were then attached to bogies
using 1.5mm styrene scrap as spacer.
Sandbags
These were simply made by rolling
out some epoxy two parts putty into
5mm noodles.
Cutting these into 10mm long pie-
ces.
Slightly rounding off the edges.
Gently press knife blade around for
seams.
Slightly flatten them.
Push them gently into place on the
model.
Using blade creases are added.
A knot is attached by rolling a small
ball of putty attaching it to one end and
indenting it with blade.
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P A I N T I N G
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KIT USED
Kit:
- USMC M4A2 PTO Late, Dragon
ref. 6462, 1/35 scale.
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57
Tracks were given a random coat of
titanium.
Note: panel fade concentrates color
to the center of thing leaving edges dar-
ker or base color.
Brush work
All colors used are Vallejo:
Chipping and scratches of dark sand
on wooden areas only and bronze green
on everything else.
Tools, metal parts: bronze green
light dry brush of oily steel, wooden
Handles: Iraqi sand streaked with vermi-
llion.
Spare track: bronze green.
Sandbags: stone grey.
Crates: dark and Iraqi sand.
Headlights: off white followed by
oily steel wash.
Rear lights: upper: vermillion, lower
bronze green.
Rubber road wheels: bronze green
Drive sprocket teeth and idler: bron-
ze green edged with oily steel.
Exhaust: spotting and chipping of
bronze green.
Note: bronze green is very dark gre-
en\ grey almost a faded black.
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Weathering
Using airbrush a panel fade off
mostly thinner and white was applied
to sandbags, crates and randomly strea-
ked on vehicle.
An oil wash of burnt umber was
applied to everything followed by pin-
point washes of black and Sienna;
tracks were given a second Sienna
wash.
Dark sand was diluted with water
and pin point washed into tracks and
wheels.
Final touches
A little exhaust staining was added,
also some grass roots and litter to the
base, thread was also added to tie
down sandbags and crates.
Al final sobran montones de piezas
para el cajn de sastre, hay que compro-
bar bien las instrucciones para no olvi-
darse de pegar alguna pieza necesaria.
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Ground work consists of cellulose
clay, using a stiff brush applied over
cling wrap so that it can be removed
once dry to make painting easier.
After it has set for about half an
hour vehicle is pushed into it to leave
track marks.
Palm plants
Logs/trunks are made by slightly cut-
ting into dowel using little pressure with
a pair of side cutters.
Leaves/fronds are made by pushing
feathers into base or in case of large
palm gluing them to trunk.
Base painting
Entire base is airbrushed buff follo-
wed by deck tan, leaves/fronds NATO
green
An oil wash of burnt umber liberally
applied.
Pin point washes of black, primarally
to trunks,
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COLOUR CHART
TAMIYA (spray)
AS18 light grey
TAMIYA (acrylics)
X-32 titanium silver
XF-2 flat white
XF-55 deck tan
XF-57 buff
XF-65 field grey
XF-67 NATO green
XF-68 NATO brown
MODEL COLOR (acrylics)
520 matt varnish
819 Iraqui sand
847 dark sand
865 oily steel
884 stone grey
897 bronze green
947 red
REMBRANDT (oils)
54092 burnt umber
54112 burnt Sienna
57012 black
TAMIYA (wet pigments)
87080 soot
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here are a number of products
in the market that deal with
decals in order to conceal this
unwanted effect. We are talking about
some special liquid that soften this
transparent rim or film and help it fit
into the surface that the decal has been
applied to. No matter how rugged the
surface might be, these liquid soften the
decal and help it adhere to the surface.
These products are made by several
brands.
These products usually work well
but we should bear in mind that unfor-
tunately decals sometimes have a very
thick transparent film. When this is the
case, the edge of the decal has a tiny
bump around it which makes it look
pretty unrealistic. This can sometimes be
concealed by further trimming the decal
using a brand new X-acto knife. This
cutting to measure is relatively simple
to do when were dealing with a German
cross, an American star, block numerals,
etc. This is the most efficient way to get
rid of this transparent rim and keep only
the printed motif which is just what we
need.
What happens when the motif has
hollow areas on the inside or its just too
complex to trim with a knife? In this
case we will have to use varnish to con-
ceal the film. This is a simple process
and results are usually very satisfactory.
You just have to chose the right varnish,
clean well your airbrush kit and be a lit-
tle neat.
I recommend acrylic varnish, because
enamels can be ruined during the weat-
hering process, like when youre using
turpentine, White Spirit or enamel thin-
ner. This will only give ruinous results.
First youll have to airbrush gloss var-
nish in two thin layers, but only on the
areas where decals belong. Varnish
should be thinned 50% using the
brands specific thinner. Once varnish
dries up to touch (better still if we can
T
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deca! i('e!f.
M
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B-: Fe&#a#d$ G$#.1!e. S1#che.
Text by: Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo
Pictures by: Fernando Caellas Planchuelo
ADAPTING DECALS
odelling Lessons
The %&$d)c(' e"%!$-ed f$& deca! ada%(a(i$#. We ha*e ch$'e# f$& (he &e*ie+ a#
a&"ed *ehic!e c$*e&ed +i(h a &)gged a#(i"ag#e(ic %a'(e ca!!ed /Zi""e&i(0.
The a&ea
+he&e (he
deca! i' g$i#g
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63
wait two hours), well place the first
decal and apply with a brush the liquid
weve mentioned earlier, brushing the
decal several times until it fully adapts to
the surface. Leftover liquid can be care-
fully removed with a clean brush while
pressing against the decal to get rid of
unwanted air bubbles. If air bubbles cant
be eliminated with a brush, then well
have to puncture the decal with a needle
or a knife. Bubbles are however rare on
small decals. We do this with every
decal applied. Once dry, we airbrush a
new layer of gloss varnish (two or three
if the film is too thick). This is done to
fully integrate the decal with the surface,
and then we get rid of the glossy effect
by applying a final layer of mat varnish.
This technique really conceals the
decals film and we obtain a much more
realistic result. One final recommenda-
tion: Wait one or two days before you
begin with the weathering treatments.
I# (hi' %ic()&e +e*e a!'$ c)( (he %a%e& ')%%$&( )#de& (he
deca! i# $&de& ($ !e( -$) 'ee i( be((e& i# (he %ic()&e. Thi'
'h$)!d #$( be d$#e beca)'e i( $#!- he!%' c)&*e d$+# (he
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a b&a#d #e+ #ife a#d d$#(
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editorial
Publishing Manager
Rodrigo Hernndez Cabos
Editor in Chief
Carlos de Diego Vaquerizo
Translated by
Andrs Prez Fernndez
Have collaborated in this issue:
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The vast majority of the vehicles found in this issue are very small models not
very highly appreciated by hobbyists, but these have a hobby value greater than
its size and respective real life performances. The almost insignificant Italian
M13/40 offers a great deal of camouflage and configuration options partly due to
the numerous crew attempts to improve its weak armoring. Having a similar size
and performance the Type 95 played a crucial part in the initial Japanese war
victories: This was a vehicle designed to work in the jungle or successfully cross
unstable bridges. This was clearly demonstrated in the conquest of the Malay
penninsula, but eventually these vehicles slowly took the role of small static
improvised bunkers like the unit featured in this issue.
When the Panzer I took part in the Spanish Civil War it already was a dated
vehicle. The use of this vehicle as a communications center was a key factor in
Europe and in Africa as well. The harshness of this scenario helps create
interesting paint and wear effects on scale kits.
The Hotchki ss H-39 i s another smal l vehi cl e wi th a wi de range of
configurations even if its effective range was highly reduced. However, the
variety of French camouflage schemes or the German anti-guerrilla versions make
for an interesting vehicle.
Two well known middle sized vehicles: the T-34/85 in an intricate Berlin
diorama with a number of figures, and on the other hand an American Sherman
tank featured in an interesting version used in one of the two final Pacific battle
scenarios: Iwo Jima and Okinawa sporting the spectacular three color
camouflage scheme used in the Brimstone Island.
As usual we include a figure review: a German tank crew member sporting a
rare uniform from the German reserve submarine warehouses used also by
Panzer crewmen from 1944 onwards.
We close this issue with a technical review on handling decals on uneven
surfaces.
Rodrigo Hernndez Cabos
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