March 2018

AML-90
Spanish
Legion

BRDM-2
Serbian military police

E-100 Flakpanzer
Twin massive barrel SPAAG

Nuremberg
Toy fair 2018, the modelling
news for this year

Three new
gifts inside
Fokker Dr.I
The Red Baron choice
Mercedes Benz
L1500S
Sponsored by
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Director: Federico Collada

Editor: Federico Collada
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Graphics: Federico Collada
Models and photographs: Federico Collada
Miguel Angel Ruiz

Editorial
Checking the recent releases from many model kits manufacturers I can now see a tendency
for providing complete kits that include full interiors, a policy that may have started with
Ukrainian producers like Miniart and ICM that applied this policy to their soft-skin military
vehicles which always included a nicely detailed engine, cabin, transmission, chassis, etc.
Then they continued this same tendency with their AFVs of which the T54/55 family is a
perfect example, not only provided with full interior but also exhaustively detailed. Now other
brands seem to have decided to offer some of their new kits this way, Rye Field Model and
Takom have released amazingly detailed Panthers kits which include exhaustive interior
detailing and even functional parts and workable tracks. Are these the definitive AFV kits?
Certainly it’s a tendency that many modellers like very much despite the long time work they
require. I guess that we will see many more “absolute” kits in the near future.
This issue I welcome my friend Javier Redondo who shows his skills with a BRDM-2 form the
Serbian military police, two new gifts provided by Martin Csanadi and Pierre Piveteau. Many
thanks guys!
And to add some variety to the magazine I got out of my comfort zone and tackled two very
different kits; the Eduard Fokker DR.I 1/48 scale, I always wanted to have this beautiful plane
in my collection! And the Miniart Milk delivery truck Mercedes L1500S. I hope you like them.

Federico Collada

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Page 40

6 - Spanish Legion base

8 - Blitzscales previews
22 - Nuremberg toy fair 2018
32 - Spanish Legion AML-90
40 - BRDM-2 Military police
47 - The Martin Csanadi gift galore
49 - E-100 Flakpanzer
56 - Red Baron’s Fokker Dr.I
68 - What to do with ugly old kits; magnets
70 - Mercedes Benz milk delivery truck

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International Toy
Fair Nuremberg
The International Toy Fair is the world’s leading fair for
toys, hobby and leisure-time articles. The fair, which is
open exclusively to the specialist trade, is the perfect
communication and order platform for international
manufacturers as well as specialist traders and buyers
from around the globe. The presentation of new products
and comprehensive overview of the industry which it
provides are an indispensable source of information for annual market orientation.
As every year Nuremberg houses the fair in which many Model kits producers shows
their most recent products and the ones they’re soon to release. In this occasion
some very interesting models have caught our attention, some due to their originality
and some for their excellent quality. Let’s have a look at some of them.

The radio
controlled AFVs
are always very
impressive, mostly
when they’re 1/10
scale. This new
full metal Tiger will
soon hit the stores.
If you have space
enough at home
you may want to
build one.

Aside some mayor

companies that didn’t show up
like Bronco, Meng, Dragon,
etc. Some others left just a
poster at their booth, like this
one where they showed an
impressive radio controlled
FT-17 made of 1500 metal
parts!

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 Tamiya showed
their new M3 Stuart
kit, easy modelling
for begginers. Few
parts and perfect fit,
a policy that have
always distinguished
the company.

The new M3 Stuart

is provided in the
typical Tamiya good
quality olive drab
plastic colour. Details
have been simplified
and even oversized
to avoid fragility and
ease the building.

An old kit updated,

the Tamiya Wespe
includes now new
figures and links and
lenght tracks, better
than the old vinyl
ones.

The new Wespe is offered

as operating in the “Italian
front” and includes new
decals and a few accessories
liek ammunition and some
stowage.
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 Another new
release form the
Japanese company,
this M4A3E8
Sherman in the Korea
war includes all the
neccessary details
to build this iconic
tank form the early
cold war years. The
reinterpretation of
the dragon face in
red colour instead
of yellow has caugh
the attention of the
modelling community.

The new figures set

from Tamiya includes
a demolition device
Goliath, similar to the
one released by Esci
some decades ago.

Another reedition
of an old glory, the
tamiya Centurion
1/35 scale is one
of the first AFV kits
they produced some
decades ago, now
it’s offered in one
of their original and
beautifully illustrated
boxes. Although the
kit is not up to the
nowadays quality
standards it may
surely be a collectors
piece. Special for
nostalgics.
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 For the 1/48 scale
AFV fans Tamiya
is releasing the
Churchill Mk. VII
Crocodile, the British
flamethrower tank.

The new kit looks

nice, made of few
parts to ensure an
easy building for the
less experienced
modellers.

The Polish company

IBG will continue
releasing versions of the
Scammell Pioneer truck
in 1/35 scale, good news
for the British softskins
fans.

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 ICM has some very
interesting news for this
year, one of them is the
Sd.Kfz.251/1 Ausf. A
in 1/35 scale, available
for the first time in
plastic. Hopefully we will
see it built in the next
magazine.

Following wit their

tradition of WWII
softskins they will add to
their catalogue this Le.gl.
Einheits Pkw Kfz 1.

This new Ford T utility

car of the Australian
army is another addition
to the basic car range in
the ICM collection, surely
welcome by the WWI
fans.

The 1/16 figures kits

have been a success,
this new one shows a
Royal Canada Mounted
police female officer
with her dog. A very nice
looking pair.

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 Certainly one of the
most exciting surprises
in the fair was the new
Rye Field Model kit of
the Egyptian T34/122,
available for the first time
in plastic 1/35 scale and
looking really nice.

Another Rye Field

Model eye-catching new
kit was the “look-through”
panther Ausf.G that
includes absolutely all
the interior, a model that
is now hitting the stores
everywhere and that will
surely give modellers a
lot to talk about.

Amusing Hobby new “what íf”

beast, the Japanese massive
SPG Type 5 Ho-ri. Japanese
tanks and AFV are very
appreciated in this magazine
so let’s hope we can see it built
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 Trumpeter and
Hobbyboss are the
companies that releases
more kits during the year,
here is a Maus with part
of the turret interior that
is soon to be released.

The T-72 based BMO-T

is a Russian special
heavy armoured troop
carrier. This is another
AFV available for the first
time in plastic 1/35 scale.

Every model kit producer must

have a Tiger in their catalogue and
Trumpeter can’t be less, thsi year
the will be releasing their own 1/35
scale, and the price will surely
surprise everybody.

2018 may be the Panther year,

many manufaturers will add their
renditions to their respective
catalogues to fight for the modellers
budget. Hobbyboss shows us the
Ausf.A version.

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 The German WWII big cats
were absent in the Trumpeter
and Hobbyboss catalogue. Now
they will have the panther, Tiger
and these King Tigers with both
Porsche and Henschel turret,
provided with separate zimmerit
coating.

The 1/35 MBV-2

armoured train is one
of the most recet kits
released bu the Chinese
company.

The Polish company

IBG has developed a
beautiful kit of the TK
tanquette which will be
released in different
configurations, all of
them including full
interiors and optional
parts.

To increase their
excellent 1/72 AFV kits
range IBG are about to
release the Japanese
Type 3 Chi-nu including
some really nice looking
figures.

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 Our sponsor Miniart will
be very busy this year,
they will keep increasing
their great T54/55
tanks family with some
more modern versions
and the Israeli Tiran.
Another really interesting
subject is the German
WWII helicopter Kolibri,
released in 1/35 scale in
both single and two crew
configurations.

The T-55 tanks

family kits will keep
growing to be the
absolute reference in
the modelling world.
 Some brands like Revell rely on other
producers moulds to offer the domestic
market with some news along the year,
in this case we can see some AFV kits
previously released by ICM and Zvezda.

Italeri keeps releasing

very simple kits for
wargamers 1/56 scale,
this Jagdpanzer hetzer
will be provided as a
3 in 1 kit to be built in
different configurations.

These resin kits from

CMK have been 3D
designed for a perfect
detail reproducing, the
quality is worth the price.

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 The Panhard AML armoured
vehicles were developed in France
in the 50s decade after the French
army asked for a reconnaissance
light vehicle that could be equipped
with powerful armament. After
winning the army contest, Panhard
begun producing the AML-245 in two
different basic versions, one armed
with a 60mm mortar and another with
Scale; 1/35
Producer;Takom
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a DEFA low pressure 90mm gun.
Aside these two models Panhard also
produced other vehicles based in
the basic model armed with different
guns and even one troop’s transport.
With more than 5000 units produced,
the AML-60 and AML-90 have been
in service with many countries for
decades.
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Takom has released both AML-60 and AML-90
at the same time in 1/35 scale, this is certainly
very good news as up to now the only models
available of the AML were resin cast, some of
them very good quality and other ones not so
good. Although Takom is a rather new company
they have released quite a lot of models in a
few years and they have become very popular
among military modellers due to their constant
models release and the subjects they select
to produce, most of the times very original and
previously unreleased. Some says that Takom
is the new Tamiya, they certainly seem to have
the same policy about how the
engineer their kits; not too many
parts, good quality detail
and easy building. In my
opinion there are many
companies that share
this policy while other
ones seem to
need no preparation. Some parts have been
simplified for an easier manipulation and
building so novel modellers can tackle the kit
with no mayor problems. The most demanding
ones would surely prefer plastic tires instead
of the vinyl ones, a photoetched basket for the
jerry can instead of both elements moulded
together, an empty stowage cage for the front
fender, transparent plastic periscopes, etc. but
maybe the most strange thing about the kit is
the painting guide size; 5 colourful drawings
9x12cm where is very difficult to see where
the decals must be placed as they’re not even
signalled, only the colours to be used
in each one. These decals
will allow you to
represent
vehicles from
France,

produce kits
targeted for the
most experienced
modellers, and there
are still some companies
that keep releasing very old
models at a lower price for the less demanding Argentina,
and novels. Israel, Iraq and
The new Takom kit is a good example of their Lebanon.
policy and is made of some 200 grey plastic I have built the kit in just a
parts, 5 vinyl tires 4 transparent parts for the few hours and had no problem of
lights and the decals sheet. All this provided in a any kind; the process was really amusing and
medium size box. once built the kit looks really fine.
Building the kit is rather easy and fast, the
instructions are very clear and the parts
The kit is made of few
parts, they all fix very well so
the whole building process
doesn’t take more than a
couple of hours.

As the kit doesn’t include

PE details the building doesn’t
require any special skill and
any average modeller can
tackle it without any problem.
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 The suspension arms are not movable so
any variation on the vehicle position would
require some minor surgery. In my case
I just wanted to show the finished model
on an exhibition base so the fixed wheels
position was fine for me.

The transparent plastic

parts include the headlights
glasses but unfortunately not
the periscopes, these will
have to be simulated with
special paints later on.

The Spanish legion deployed in

Africa have changed the colour of
their vehicles along the decades,
in the time they used the AML 60
and 90 they painted them in a light
sand colour. I started priming the
model with a darker tone to later
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I used the Vallejo colours 71141 IDF
protected the job with a layer of gloss
sand grey and 71106 Ivory as filters
varnish in order to proceed with the
to reach the desired light sand tone
decals placing. This phase is important
highlighting different zones to obtain it
both to better adapt the decals but
by “light accumulation”
also to avoid the silvering so I always
recommend it independently of the decals
quality.

While waiting for the varnish to cure

properly I started painting the vinyl tires,
I used an acrylic black primer and then
some filters mixing black, brown and grey
tones to imitate the tone of worn rubber.
With the decals fixed and dry I applied a
very subtle wash diluting ivory and white
colours with pure water to create a first dust
accumulation filter that helped softening the
contrast between the vehicle and decals
tones.
I designed a whole lot of markings for the Spanish
AML-60 and 90 covering most of the cavalry units
that used them in the seventies and eighties,
the decals can be found at the webstore www.
fcmodeltrend.com. This example belongs to the
“Grupo ligero sahariano 1, 3er tercio de la Legión”
(1 Sahara Light Group, 3rd Legion corps) and
aside the standard markings of their vehicles it has
painted a typical Spanish cartoon character on the
turret side, something that was possibly painted for
a special occasion.

Time now for some shading, as the vehicle base colour is quite
light I opted to use a combination of medium and dark brown
instead of a darker tone to avoid a too exaggerated contrast. The
Vallejo acrylic washes did their job perfectly, just dropping little
amounts at the details and recessed lines.
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 A mix of brown oil and much turpentine
served as the next wash, this was not
to add shadows but some stains on the
surface that were immediately blurred
downwards with a soft brush and clear
turpentine.
I used some rust colours to imitate
some chipping using the sponge
technique, the key here is not to charge
the sponge too much and leave the
first traces elsewhere before hitting the
model. Once you see you are producing
very little marks is time to do onto the
model.

At this stage the model looks pretty much as

I expected, although the vehicles of the Legion
were kept in pretty good shape and they rarely
seen any action aside some manoeuvres
I took some artistic license to show it a bit
spoiled just to add some interest to the plain
light sand colour base.
After painting the details I used a metallic
dark tone for the periscopes lenses, once
dry I applied a couple of gloss varnish coats
to imitate the glass shine.

Another general and subtle wash to create some

desert dirty look, using colour 71132 Aged white
diluted at 95% with water and applied all over the
model, insisting on the wheels so the pigment
could deposit on the tires recessed parts.

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A last sand wash, this time using pigment
mixed with thinner, this wash is special as the
thinner allows the pigment to deposit around the
details and recessed zones and once dry you can
eliminate any excess with a dry brush. If you’re
satisfied with the result you can fix the pigments
with a special product or just turpentine applied
with a sprayer or the airbrush with very little
pressure.
After fixing the resin part
to the base with some white
glue I primed it all with black
colour.
The base is very simple,
a plastic tray that imitates
the slate and a resin piece
that reproduces the Spanish
Legion symbol (also designed
by myself to offer in the web
store)
I applied some dry pigment
73114 Dark slate grey to the
base surrounding the Legion
symbol and later protected
with a varnish layer.
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 By

Javier
Redondo
Scale; 1/35
Producer;Trumpeter

Serbian
Military
police
The BRDM-2 ( Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina ) Combat
Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle is an amphibious armoured vehicle designed and built in
the former USSR in the early sixties that served in all the Warsaw pact countries during the
cold war.
Same as its predecessor, the BRDM-1, the design keeps the intermediate wheels used
mainly to negotiate trenches but also to give the vehicle more stability if required. The
BRDM-2 was firstly equipped with a GAZ-41 gasoline engine that provided 140HP, later it
was changed by a diesel YaMZ-534.10 that provided a maximum speed of 100km/h and
750 km range. When using the hidrojets, the speed was of 10km/h.
The BPA-1 conical turret housed a 14,5mm heavy MG and a coaxial PKT 7,62mm as a
secondary MG.
Having been accepted for service in 1962, the BRDM-2 was produced until 1989 and
like the BRDM-1 it was used as a base for some special vehicles like anti-tank and anti-air
platforms, recce and NBQ.
The BRDM-2 was a Vehicle of easy maintenance although the GAZ engines that equipped
the first series proved unstable when operating on hot weather. The weak armour and the
hatches location proved also inadequate for the crew protection; despite all this the vehicle
served in more than 40 countries armies for nearly half a century.
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This is the Trumpeter model 5511 BRDM-2, with more than 250 parts provided in 7
light grey plastic frames, another one of transparent plastic, both hull halves provided
separately, rubber tires, decals for three vehicles, a nylon thread and a metal wire piece.
The hull lower part is very well detailed including some of the interior, the upper part is
common to other versions so we will have to study carefully the instructions to see which
holes are to be filled and which to be drilled.

The model was built out of

the box except for the welding
lines that are omitted in the
kit, for this I used an Archer
special product. I changed too
the handles for others made
of metal wire.

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in resin to substitute them as
the resin is better material to
work with.

The four inner wheels were

also changed for another
resin ones from Hussar.

I started
airbrushing the
whole model
with the Vallejo
grey primer.
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a Black primer, also from
Vallejo.

The reason to Guild this

BRMD-2 was a photograph
I found of a vehicle form
the Serbian military police
operating during the
Yugoslavian war. I found
the bright blue colour very
attractive so I tried to replicate
it mixing Andrea basic blue
with Vallejo neutral grey.

Once the base

layer was dry I
applied a White
oil filter to soften
the colour..

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Vallejo decal fix and decal
medium products to place the
decals, these are a reference
from the Star Decals brand.

Once placed and dry I

airbrushed a layer of matt
varnish in order to protect
them from the further
weathering process work.
Using little amount of blue,
White and grey oils I melted
them on the model surface to
obtain subtle filters.

I painted large scratches to

show the original green colour
of the JNA (Yugoslav people’s
army) For this I used verde
cinabrio tostado from the
Titan oils range.

The seats
were textured
using liquid
cement and
stencilling with a
hard hair brush.

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an arts colour pencil. This way we can
obtain a worn look in which the blue
colour is not so evident.

Some more scratches, this time using

pure red at the zones where the rubbing is
constant to imitate the rusted chipping.

The splashed mud is painted with diluted

acrylic paints speckled from a brush with the
aid of a toothpick. The grease and oil stains were painted
using oils and Judea bitumen.

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 Our friend from
The Martin Germany shares his
beautiful designs.
Another altruist
Csanadi gift modeller that joins
Blitzscales to provide
us with some very
galore useful stuff for our
models, just print and
enjoy.

1/35 scale
Generic boxes

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Producer; Amusing Hobby

The E-100 series was supposed to be

the base for a new range of AFV for the
German army, including a new AA Vehicle
armed with twin 88mm guns. At the end
of the war only one hull was finished so
all the project vanished in the air.
Although the E-100 series project
started in 1943 parallel to the Maus heavy
tank, in July 1944 Hitler himself ordered
the super heavy tanks development to
stop to let the already saturated German
war industry concentrate in the Tiger and
Panther vehicles.

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of the former E-100 parts with which shares the
complete hull, wheels, tracks, etc. The new parts
will allow us to build the special twin 88mm AA
guns turret. This is a very impressive vehicle, not
only due to its size but also for carrying so powerful
guns. Once finished the model is almost 35cm I started priming the whole model with
long! Quite massive for a vehicle in that times. Vallejo 73603 dark grey; the kit is so massive
As all the Amusing Hobby models, this one is that I spent quite a lot of paint. Lucky enough
made of a reasonable amount of plastic parts with the primer has a very nice coverage so just
no flaws, flash, etc. Good detail and fitting. A few one layer was enough.
photoetched parts complete the kit as well as some
generic markings provided in the decals sheet.
Same as the E-100, this kit builds very easily if
you follow the instructions straightforward, mostly
due to the size of the parts that allow them to be
manipulated without any special care. This makes
the kit a very good option for the beginners.
The building starts the traditional way, adding the
suspension elements and wheels to the lower part
of the hull, then the exhausts and other details to
the rear plate and then we pass to the upper part A first filter using diluted 71115
where we must locate a few parts, access doors, Blue grey provided the first
periscopes and little else. illuminations. I airbrushed this
With both parts of the hull glued it’s time to place colour at the centre of the bigger
the tracks, I skip this step until the end just to paint surfaces.
the tracks more easily.
The last step to finish the hull is adding the
inclined side walls. As I used them in the previous
model I decided to do without them in this one, just
for the tracks not to be hidden under them. Once
finished I felt satisfied with this decision as the
vehicle looks more aggressive this way.
The turret is even easier to build, so you can have
your model finished in just a couple of hours.
Painting this kind of kits may be the most A second filters, airbrushing heavily
interesting part of the project as it requires some diluted 71114 US blue grey from the top
imagination and provides quite a lot of liberty in provided the zenithal illumination.
deciding the context in which you want to represent
it.
I imagined an alternative ending for the war where
Germany and the allies had reached to a point
where the armistice was the best solution and thus
Europe entered in a cold war between three blocks;
the axis, the allies and the Soviet Union. The E-100
flakpanzer I built is supposed to be part of an AA
platoon of the new Reich Wehrmacht. I decided to
recover the Dark grey colour form the early stages
Thinking in making some scratches on the
of the war, now called “Reich grey” and add some
dark yellow stripes I masked the parts of the
big stripes of dark yellow colour in a disruptive
kit to remain grey and airbrushed a diluted
pattern.
layer of chipping medium. Then I painted the
Using the Bundeswehr black cross instead of the
camouflage large stripes using Dark yellow
balkankreuz was an idea I had to suggest some
primer and later a 71107 Ivory filter to provide
developing on the German army after the war.
some illumination to this colour.

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 I used a steel colour
paint to imitate the
polished metal at the
wheels where the
After scratching part of the yellow stripes with a rubbing is constant.
brush and warm water I let the model rest for some
hours and then proceeded to the rust chipping. For this
I used the dark brown acrylic paints of the Vallejo rust
set. I made use of both the sponging and drybrushing
techniques to obtain different kind of effects.

A wash with diluted enamel paint created

the first dirt accumulation on the lower part
of the hull. This washes can be done with old
paints we don’t use anymore, we can prepare
enough to have it always ready in a jar..

Different acrylic washes speckled over the previously

humidified surface of the model created a stained look on
the camouflage.

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 The tracks were
primed dark brown
and then covered
with a layer of
the Vallejo 73821
rust texture. This
paint provides an
excellent rust look
thanks to some
micro particles
mixed in the paint
that creates a very
convincing rough
surface.

I used brown and light grey enamel washes to

create some dirt stains on the vehicle surface. I
applied these colours with a large brush and once
dry I cleaned off most of it blurring the layer down
with a brush and clean turpentine.

A thicker dust and dirt accumulation was provided with a

pigments wash, this is mixing the pigment with thinner like
a very light mud and applying with a brush (don’t try to do
it with an airbrush, you will clog it) the pigment will deposit
mostly at the recessed zones like dust does. Once dry you
can clean any excess with a dry brush.

Again, a home made wash mixing dark brown oil

and turpentine was used to create some shadows
around the details to enhance them.

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 At this stage I proceeded to protect the job with a
layer of matt varnish. Diluted at 50% and airbrushed
all over the model. Continuing with the tracks I
applied some rust toes washes to
add some variety to the dark rust
colour base.

The combination of several

rust tones in successive wash
applications provided the chromatic
variety I was looking for.

As previously on the hull and turret I used

a pigments wash at the tracks, this time
using dark orange colour.

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Some more chipping strikes, this time painted
using a fine pointed brush and mixing black and
dark red colours.
A last earth and dust wash for thick deposits
at the tracks, here the mix was thicker than
previously to let the pigments create crusts at
the links recessed parts.

The oil, grease and fuel

stains were painted with
a small brush and special
effects paints varying
the diluting proportion
to provide random
transparency.

The graphite pigments and

pencils are very adequate to
imitate the polished metal.
Rubbing them with a cloth or a felt
pencil is enough for the metallic
look. Don’t varnish over them or
you will turn off the shine.

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 French army ration boxes 1/35 scale
provided by Pierre Piveteau from Market Garden
Thank you very much Pierre!

1/35 scale

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Scale; 1/48
Producer; Eduard

Beyond any doubt the Fokker Dr.I triplane

is one of the most recognisable aircrafts of the
aviation history. The whole red fighter plane flew
by Manfred Albrecht von Richtofen, known as
the “Red Baron” during the last stages of the
First World War has become emblematic not only
for the aviation aces but also for the modelling
community, it doesn’t matter if you prefer AFV,
ships, figures or Sci-fi, everybody knows the Red
Baron triplane.
Fokker was a Dutch designer who built his first
aircraft at the age of 20, having later moved to
Berlin he founded the Fokker Aeroplanbau and
some time later he moved again to Schwerin and
founded the Fokker Aviatik GMBH company. Fokker
built the Dr.I triplane in 1917 and delivered to the
elite fighter units to be flown by experimented
aces, one of them, Manfred A. von Richtofen who is
considered the best aircraft pilot of the World War
One, downed 18 enemy aircrafts with his red Dr.I
before being downed himself in April 21st.

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I used felt pens to imitate the
wood grain over a layer of 73613
desert tan colour, using the
pens one after another creates a
dragged veil, depending on the
tones you use you can achieve
different woods effects.
Some acrylic washes gave the
wood some depth and a satin
finish.
Out of the comfort zone
I have been an AFV modeller since the
first model I made more than 30 years
ago, I tried to tackle other kind of models
sometimes but always stopped somewhere
during the process not being sure how
to get along, mostly during the painting
stages. The only other models I make from
time to time with which I feel comfortable
are spaceships and that is because they
provide me a lot of freedom to choose the
painting effects I want to use on them.
Planes, cars, ships, figures….all of them
are out of my comfort zone but that doesn’t
mean I don’t like them or I wouldn’t like to
build some from time to time. This is why
this time I have taken the project seriously
to see if I could finish it and to have some
fun out of the AFVs world.
The cockpit is almost finished,
the prepainted photoetched
elements save some time.
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The Eduard kit 8162 is provided as a

profipack edition, this means that you will
have colour printed photoetched details
and adhesive masks in the box together
with the plastic parts so no need to look for
those extras elsewhere. The kit itself is not
made of too many parts so building it is a
rather fast job, even if you have to use all
the photoetched parts, these are not too A layer of satin varnish is
tiny and many of them are already painted adequate to place the decals as
provides a perfect adherence
so you can save some time here too.
surface.
The decals provided include markings for
6 different aircrafts from different German
groups, including the one flew by the Red The engine
Baron in two different painting schemes, is made of
a couple of
the one he used since January 1917 and
plastic parts
the one with the white tail that he was flying
and another
in April 1918 when he was downed. photoetched
one; you can
have it ready
for painting in a
moment.

All the kit parts fit

smoothly and require
no preparation; even
the PE parts are quite
well designed and
can be fixed either
with a little ciano,
white glue or even
varnish.

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The building part of the job
is nearly finished and now
it’s time to start painting the
outside.
Building classics
I built the model following the instructions
straightforward, painting the inner elements
before closing the fuselage. The cockpit is
where most of the PE details are located
so it’s where most of the time is consumed,
once finished, both parts of the fuselage
are to be glued and the joint line to be
dissimulated with some putty and sanding.
Fixing the wings is rather easy as all the
parts fit nicely. After building and painting
the engine I fixed it to the plane and
proceeded to cover it with the fuselage
correspondent section, then I added the
wheels platform, the propeller, the wire
struts made from extended plastic thread
and the last PE elements on the fuselage.
Having no experience on painting this kind
of aircrafts with fabric covering so I decided
not to try to replicate any illumination and
represent the aircraft in a neat condition
instead.
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 Both engine and guns received
a black primer coat and later a
77711 magnesium hand to imitate
the dark metal tone.

A further black wash created the

shadows at the recessed zones
that enhanced the details.

Having protected the cockpit With the aid of the

entrance I primed the kit with decals fix and decal
a light grey colour and then medium products I
airbrushed some diluted layers of placed the Red baron
62005 bright red colour until the markings taking care of
aircraft was evenly covered. placing them correctly.

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 A satin varnish layer served to
protect the decals and provide the
neat finish I was looking for. Time
now to paint the last details.

The propeller was painted with

the desert tan primer and the
wood grain with a dragged veil,
this time I used acrylic washes
instead of the felt pens, this
technique can be used with many
kinds of paints.

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 Scale; 1/35
Producer; Miniart

In 1941 the Benz factory started

producing the L 1500 A and S trucks for the
Wehrmacht, while the first one was an open
vehicle conceived to transport 7 soldiers,
the second one was a cargo truck, both
were developed from the previous civil
1500 civil truck and were produced in the
Mercedes-Benz Works of Untertürkheim
near Stuttgart German until 1944. The L1500
trucks used the same engine proved on the
Mercedes typ 260.
When the WWII was over many Wehrmacht
vehicles still intact were used by both state
and private companies for commercial
purposes, some of the surviving Mercedes
Benz L1550 S could be seen delivering
goods, mail, beer, milk, etc.
 The chassis with the
engine, quite a lot of
details, some of them
are a bit delicate so a
bit of care is advisable.

Inside the cabin; the levers and

pedals are correctly reproduced
and the seat cushion has a
convincing quilted shape.

The cabin floor is now

placed over the chassis
and all the parts fit
perfectly.

The kit

Miniart provided this very same kit some years

before as the standard Wehrmacht cargo truck
with all the correspondent military markings.
Now they have changed the decals in the box
to offer it as a civilian truck together with some
very nice stowage to complete it as a beer or
milk delivery vehicle.
The painting options this time are really varied
and eye-catching and you can choose between
8 different trucks, all of them perfectly identified.
For those of you that don’t know the previous
military version I can tell you that the kit is
extremely well reproduced with very fine detail
and flawless plastic parts. The photoetched
elements included provide the finer and more
subtle details and also some optional parts
for you to decide whether using them or the
correspondent plastic parts.
Assembling the kit can be a bit difficult due to
the many little details and fragile parts but the
result is worth the effort.

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light grey primer to
the whole model,
this was the start
for all the parts
painting.

A black acrylic wash

provided the shadows that
enhanced the details inside
the cabin
Out of the comfort zone again

As you may have read in the previous

article, lately I have been susceptible to
come out of my comfort zone and tackle
kits that have little or nothing to do with
AFV. The more AFV kits I make the more
important I have become to consider other
options, mostly to try building and painting
options that are not often used in AFV
modeling.
This new Miniart kit was a perfect occasion
to make a break from all the AFV kits I’ve
been building all these months. I started
following the instructions and created
different parts groups that should be
painted the same colour. Once painted I
put some of those groups together for the
weathering keeping just three mayor groups
separated; the chassis with the cabin, the
cargo bay, and the wheels. Other minor
details were added in the end. The many
milk bottles crates were painted in both
natural wood finish and aged green colour
for some variety.
The weathering was not too exaggerated,
just some subtle chipping, drawn shadows Some dust and dirt effect
around the details and some dirt stains, I was achieved with a pigments
wanted the truck to look just a bit aged, but wash, mixing 73109 Natural
most of all in good driving shape. Umber with much thinner for
the wash to deposit on the
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 In order to imitate the
wood grain at the cargo bay
I started priming with a light
sand colour.
Once I have painted all the
wood planks this way I sealed
the work with a layer of matt
varnish.
As soon as the chipping medium was
dry I painted the whole cargo bay with
matt white.
Then I created a dragged veil using felt
pens of many brown tones. Drawing little
lines one after another and blurring the
previous colours with each stroke.
I applied a coat of diluted
chipping medium to the inner
part of the cargo bay.
Some minutes later I rubbed gently
with a soft brush and warm water
to let part of the white paint peel off
showing the wood planks.
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 I used a
medium blue
colour for the The rest of the chassis
bumper, chassis was painted black, none of
frame, etc these parts would really be
seen once finished.

I used a satin
varnish to provide
some shine to the
blue colour, knowing
that the further
weathering process
would matt down it a
bit. The wheels rims
were painted the
same medium
blue colour.

I painted the edges of the windows and

windscreen black to help concealing them
once placed onto the cabin.
 I painted the tires using
the Vallejo special paints set
beginning with 71315 Tire
black.

Then I drybrushed a filter

made with the same colour
mixed with 71800 rust to
imitate the rubber worn look

A wash using heavily

diluted 71075 sand colour
created the first dust
accumulation within the tire
drawing.

The milk bottles are

provided in the kit made with
transparent plastic. To make
them look filled I painted them
white and then added several
layers of gloss varnish to
create another “glass” over
the paint.

I airbrushed a layer of satin varnish to

place the decals as I always do on the
AFV models, using the decal fix and decal
medium products to ensure a perfect
adherence and avoid any silvering.
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