IME VERT BED! IN SUALE ANMUUH MUDELLING “A DECADE OF AFV MODELLERHISTOREX AGENTS have been established since 1967 With 44 years of trading we are one of the longest running ‘Model Soldier Mail Order House's around today. CH. St ‘OYEX OO ange N Gey Red. Coin one BRGL aN @ S ULMODEL MIG PIGY SOVEREIGNG])2000 NUTS & © BOLTS BOOKS MILITARY MINIATURES. in Review Canfora Books Tosa e | Sales@HistorexAgents.com Pale CHL) jon "AFV MODELLER" when replying to this advert2 Under New Management Miguel Jimenez describes the techniques behind his Panther I! 6 7-55 Enigma Bruno Carsuzaa converts the 1:16 Hooben T-55A kit. 18 Left to the Rats David Budd describes his Late Panther diorama 26 Sherman Up Close David Doyle continues his series Iooking in detail at the Sherman variants. 82 One Sixteenth Superking | Sart Siceen of the Eafor'Songoing 1:16th Trumpeter King Tiger project a 38 Pocket Pakwagen Erdi Eber! and Sven Frisch collaborate on their Sd.kfz. 250/10 46 Keeping Track More new releases. i 56 Air Raid Patrick Dorn bullds the Accurate Armour Bedford anti-aircraft truck ington Nocrumberiang 01670 920648 ‘01670 820274 errali davek@atmodelleccom for and Designer: David Parker Sepity Exton Conald Campa ee pre ren carta ey ee I ssa centre incre Fn cede ‘Sales Director Keth Smith Ree cc)Welcome everyone to this tenth anniversary edition of AFV Modeller. As the crew of our cover star from Issue 1 prepare to celebrate the arrival of their favourite tank modelling magazine with some delicious small scale chocolate cake, (or is it Black Forest Gateaux?) we are going to take a look back cover the past ten years. CELEBRATING A DECADE OF AFV MODELLER 1 2000 when | Bult my Tiger which was to feature on the cover of, Issue ona | was starting to take my modeling pretty se"ousy. ‘Things hed come on in logpe ang bounce in the nodby since the {1980's and | was abe trish my Tamiya Tiger with photoctched Geta and Indivdual racks inks. Al State of the art stuff andl ‘ae pushing myself to get the best from them as sot seemed Vere many of my modiling trends. I had been wring for model ragazines but | was alvaye tuststed by how pictures were tho pictures? Where also were tie models that woul inspire modellers Ike ound mysel Buying ‘Seponeive magazines from Japan Decause they se07ed (0 understand the irporianss of pictures and oftered mocets that made me want fo start bulking leven though | Gon't reas wapanese. From here grew the idea for AFV Modeller, tne kind of magazine that | wanted which focussed on images and sought out the bast work from the Best noselers. As we had na previous experence the magazine business we Started AFV Modeller as a subscription only tts in November 200. Right rom {he start people seemed to racognise that we were doing something diferent in terms of desian, approach, speling and price. £6.00 for a magazine back In 22001 was ambitious but ton years later we have Just managed to hold to the Same price port‘Stopning to look back over the decade of magazines it can seem ‘rorwniming and for me ithas been anon-slop treacrnil which it San srer impossble 10 get of Ils interesting to reflect that when Touit my Tiger the ony sensibis cnolce was one ofthe varous “Tamiya Kits, considered to be the ver last word in modeling ‘Srosness. Choosing new tracks would mean considerng ettner ‘Mode! Kasten or those ne Ful Metal racks which cost the same ‘351 fet. It you wanted some photoetch then you would 190K at ‘SSrve ADEA or mayos some Royal Model. For Figures you would Secoaby do what | cls ana modify some of those Tamiya oF Exagon plastic faures, or you might consider some of those Separate resin Apures from companies ke Warrors. For me back Sen everything was painted in Hurrbrol Enamels which | had used ‘Sice chithood and saw na reason to change. you wantaa some sects cust effects you shaved off some artists! pastels and Suse on ne resting oust “tacey how things have changal Lats begin by considering the kts 12 offered, The range of subjects that are now avalible is wrt even the most obsoure subjects now beng plastic. Even the average new kt egoms to have lavels i that would have seared impossible ct so long ago. Nev nave come to tho market eo that we have even more cf thess day we gat Incvicual track inks and i» eo a matter of coures in many kta, something jacton moulded, white metal and rubber bard Simlarly the aftermarkt photoetched sector has crracton soa Hor eaveral Cerert Maruaurre be at oaso working with brass anc solder ‘lowes the Ngure marest nas changes out ofa nthe cua of sculpting and mowing of even (dad plestis Nourse nang baen revolusonises anc 1s coud have dreamed oF. New ranges of painte have cater for our exact requirements and assorted pots 5 specialat tnishes are now on hand to Melp you mal this explosion of modeling dalights isthe vith evermore sisting naw rlaasee,‘oWe2 ‘reater numbers of upgrade eels to improve all fections or conversions to bull the obscure ype & ffs wouls same ‘simpy because leven without any adaons, but ve aloo acknowiaage that wa Nave ever had its 50 good. think that tne standard of model 1220 t0 em ‘Shalange ofa hese ots ans ace quality ana (fhe wore to been seen at sore of te leasing Sor bften exceptional and can onl presen: a challange forth tasked with awarding medals. can only hope that AFV Wodslier Fas reflected this and helped to encourage I. As we move forwara into an Increasingly digital age when readers are rors likly t0 the magazine on thelr Pad than at the newsagents | woncer sbo.t the future for the hobby. Iie a fact that very few younger Beane 572 taking up the hobby anc complex ang expansive nits that ‘xcte us ae not wall suited tothe requirements of the novice or _Anior medllar Masnwfile modaliers of a certain age come fo terme with eves that don't focus as wall as they once dd and curse the S29 of photoetcted too! clasos! \We intend ta make fu8 use of ll the Indligencas that the hobty has to ofer and we hope to continue to be a showcase fr the best scale armour modeling for as ong as the uncontrolabie hand tremors hola oft ia ‘Anyone for eake? Mark Neville and David Parker propare to eager!ten {ted wth David and he sresptveuais, Ths was ine nothing tal haa fore and being ror the design profession flee, | could realy see where they ware aiming and took ccripon to this exciting new bookezine’. Once produce a ow articles for AFV Moceler but would never Rag imagined having tne pleasure of wording withthe urs as do today. Those of you who have met the Edo, Baio wl reales no's very modact anc quiet chap with en urvelenting (el .elmost..) passion fer our hobby and | thought you's all be interested in dalving ito a few at Ms troughts, Here's tothe next ten years!" 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HobbyLink Japan ‘reat selection of r0.go diectly to ‘este model kts\Wnen did you first discover AFVm and what do you remember ‘most about the first Issue you read? nese ete eee rete Expiendintte eer nee ierl eevee in ‘end layout were both better and different than what | had see peer rae eee mrt How di you feet when you saw your frst article featured in the rd Percent eee eer re ete: Sod See ‘ Essen eer ne erate Poet cn ee ‘AFVM started in 2001? What aro the best and worst things that hhave happened to the hobby in these ten years? How ha eerie cinyienstpcmepeeent Mewenneerr soccer an erat Seen Geeta pee eee See ee peed eee eee eee rer Re ee ee iceman : Sea ee peepee eee ene Ce er eee eae os ae ey years? ee eee eee! eee tte Leeroy pe te ere eee rales Re eae eed iene cestent eeiareenyitetraer erent er ee ee en Extilecte ce mele oatan tr aeeltanietandt \Wnat does your partner or tamily think of your nobly? ii ireneeres-estetee poriin. memes saci ferey advice with some of the larger projects that | have undertaken and Cee oad eterna nee Perrier rn tier tet my Set re eee oe eee ee eeeDAVID BUDD’S 1:35TH SCALE DIORAMA LEFT TO THE RATS DRAGON’S PANTHER G, SD.Kfz. 171 (LATE PR JCTION)‘The Scene ‘Qn tne surface, this but is ust Panther of the 1 1t9 Panzer Dwvision locates somewnere in Bavaria n the closing aya of ‘the wer, when nas boon abandoned by the Crew. AS we al know a good clorama tas & ‘story and hopetuly conveys ton more than fone level. Wit tre various teller mines and thar exoiosivos strwm about, the crew ne ‘doubt planned to Blow the tank. However, ‘with allied troops approaching they simply ‘spiked the gun and can. ‘As mentioned tre big picture i tho knocked out Panther However, examining the detals tke the abandoned weapons toll another part of the story, that tis positon saw tne last part of he pontoss StUddie. Also, that of wo Gis turning onto @ wounded German solver who has found a place to at to remave his bicod- soaked bandage. However he too dacided tocrop hie rite ana mane a run tort Instead of surendanng. The nervous Private points his rifle, yeling for him to step, Rowever te geacones Seargent ie ‘contort 1 et me woundes man run. thor elements Iko a longth of rusted Tigar ‘racks, wrenchs, nuts, toll Cans, barrel Clearing rods and bol cutters show that this site was used as a make shit repair shop. Finally the red paint thrown on tho Pantner by some alsgustes local venting ther feaings. Most ofthe inspiration fortis scene came ‘rom the Panzerwreoks books. One eubte etal cf this bulld Ge T34 tracks pong ‘ut ofthe rubble) comes from a picture taxon in Bavaria showing a knocked out T34 ‘next to @ US hal track. In this section ot Germany tne US ana Soviet ines were not oll dvined in the last days of the war. So It was never certain wo was around the next Comer or coming Gown the staat. Ths would account for the wounded soier ‘making a run fort instead of ust surrendering to the two Gis. No German, solter wanted to surrender to the Soviets 1920 The Bulls “The main object ofthe econo ls to pack a lot of deta into @ small space. Also, using the ‘Wheres Waldo" approach, This ‘approach is meant to keep the Viewers interest by having them see a ty deta ke the spoon on the ground, the fork fon the bask oF the tank or te rat sneaking around the fue Ccrums. Seeing ams like that pique the viewer ‘makos them wonder what alse there isto see ‘The main element of the base Is ust 2 smple cobblestone: Srect and sidewalk. These winere mace using ATV (Room ‘Temperature Vulcanization rubber molds of sections of resin cobbled eteet. Casting plaster versions allows for cracks an ‘reas ko rea stone ans concrete, Also itean be ey carved, unike resin. One important note ist use casting plaster anc not plaster of Pais. The: ot carve wel, ane therefore oreaks apr eas, It also bsorce moleture from glues ana washes which make the plaster even sotter causing loss of ne otal 100 Soft 608s ‘As or the rubble ite pretty much actual rubble, Crushed ‘casting plast model breks, woodland seenice baliaet and eand makes up the eubble, Iwas secured fo the base using Jet instant CA ‘luo (he low viscosty kind in the Dive bottle). Other modelers havo used thinned white glue to do the, but it takes many ‘appications ora vary thx mur, Doing this ean cause the plaster elements 10 Get sot, lose deta and mave. The Jet ‘lus holds everyting in piace with a rubble was lac out to show that the had been cleaned and 3 pat pedestrian walkway woud have been beriya paints, black, white and a touch of brown, sore used as a base coat lo the SWeet and rubble. Ths combination gives a general lock of stone and concrete, The run ot SSe" tracks were then painted with a dark orovm mixture. ‘me base cost was sasles witn a Yew thin coats of gloss lacquer. Al ‘be bricks and other structural laments in the rubble were panied ‘eth a brush using various Valeo colours. Elernents ike the tank ‘Zacks whore paintoa with anst ols. A combination of aw Umber, Sumt Sienna and Nasies Yolow were used to eraste te ust cots. Finally several combinations of back/browm washes were 22s all over sory bull has ts errors, ths one violates the carcinal rule of sung tne major element of the Panther at an almost parale! ine st base. A measurement gaff in the intial setup caused the Ske placement to be hanging of the edge ofthe base. This Powe the need for having @ sola design and sticking tot! With Se round cutter Quiet in place there wasnt enough roam fo put Se Panther at an angle. This ist ust modater OCD, placing ements on a ciagonal is a well defined ruo of art composition. i sess the viewers eye into the composition. Using the nee of art SS ositon make for a much better Bul‘The Tank “The Panther ie one of Dragon's emart ts. It Ie an outstanding kt ans was enhanced ‘wrth some PE parts tom an Aber Panther bet and Aber chain was adsed to the towing hook and spare track hotcers, [Ator priming, It was painted with Tamiya ark yellow and cep green. The herd ledged camo wae done by frst dong a ough outine win tre arorush wit te ‘green, This aves a sort edge. The camo ‘Was made hard edged by painting over the ‘green and yelow using @ brush wrth Moe! ‘A dark yalow ana came green. ‘Model Ar paints are very thin 60 they dont loave brush marks and cover just rough fo make the cams look hars edged. The rest of the painting was compisted using frists obs to make fiterswasnes, Coats of ‘Goss Incaver and other techniques tat have bean detaled many times nthe magazine ‘The only rea iflerence ie the various sweatherng steps are not completed one attr another. Its mare ofa tne tuning process, going back and fortn between titers, washes, chipping, mapping etc. to get the desired afoct ‘Avout a quarter of the MedelKaston tracks for this bul disappeared (and have yet to be foun). So the DS pantner tracks from anctner kit were used Instead. OS tacks fre the new generation af rubber band ‘racks Dragon le ineluding in some newer ete. Mey are very nee and me detalis ‘xcelent. However, thay are sl uber ‘band tracks and cont st a8 well or look oer 28 good aa the various inchvsual ink types, Alo tne eprookotneles nave some: ‘fash on them wnien neaded to be clesnes.dds and ends ‘The rik bottle waa made jst tke the cobblestone street using Used to frst make the bottle neck. Once thet hardened the resin ‘was tinted with white acre paint ana tho remainder-ot tne bore ‘Was fled in. The clear rein Was also used fo fil the bucket holding the two Barrel cleaning rods. News papers and magazines wnere added to the ground to provide some everyday refuse tothe scene. It also Is used to tie the Panther to tne to tie Base. Also the do teroe the back of the tank where added f ‘ithe wooden tool ances and rife stocks wore frst painted with 6 light buf rinqure of Valeo mode! pains tnen a coat of raw Umber artets ols, Win a clean brush most ofthe removed. This leaves faint ofan patter also giving I 2) 806 eed ook “The metal parts were fist painted with a dark greybrown mixture thon given a wash of black anc fall rubbed down with powdered graphite. ‘The smaller metal items suoh as the nand tools were fist cleaned to remove any olen the eurtace tren put nto Blacken I. It's {Gone wih raneparent glue used for alane canopies) ino the satey googiee ana Dana creating @ mere reali the yn onthe fork 90 @ long way to iorama.ignition fom aDavid Doyle's series offering a ec modellers’ guide to the Sherman otk 75 |i EPL)Ew. ah |St an en ee een eda one ne ne eeeniey ter terran ereree nner een Scilactih ice ae er et ener Sea ce od ae emai ral peneteer narnia Se aaa rir i cote reenter cd Geet cee retarted pares How did you feel when you saw your frst article featured in the peers ee ea ce cee teen ae eee ante ere ee ee mete paar rr ern er ta Cetetee te eet re ica pase robe Ear et ee pt heet ne thet have happened to the hobby in these ten years? How has the Cees choralnnd eee Cenk er) Pacinos frarstni tent nuanden nr epee in te ter’ Cs eet oe eee pease anus ad penitent rmr ern penetrated rate teat Ener peeroretnnt Ree ee acer eee teed Peery eet eter eee earn ete Ter Cee ee ee ener meet rts fencieeeey eT aoe ety rr een ret eer ear ee eas pee eat ee ee tee aad Ree ee et eee eee ee sae hae ere eet rere eet Se ere ne tee tty Perera er eed Pere ee tre ta ices Ce eee eee! per eee eee ee eae ee eee arene tae ee eee ree keane ne ein eet te ae eel eens ee ee Cree terete tee See eee eee pees ee nen aertrnt t ie eee ee eae eet’ eee eer er et rent arm er poets err ie tent Cae eae eer rac aren reel en ee eee oer eager ne eee eran ee ete een eel reer Ree ere eet eee ea corey eel teeter) Renee ieee rae ee ee ieee Sere er ee) eae eee Cerca ees eran ees Cpa ons ior ea areata a eee eter) pee eee a eee ren teers You have the premier model magazine in the world that continues ta Pere ae eee ee eed eens eer een sanage to make the best even better Wel Done!One Sixteenth The Editor continues the multipart project building Trumpeter’s astonishing 1:16th Scale King Tiger with full interior ‘The atage ofthe project sone ot these which oe lke have been taking things easy. TWO ‘and a half years into the project and at last! have been abie to start looking at he exterior ‘ltnough there are etl araas to accross insice the tank, but hie tme there has been plenty ot time-consuming work whieh looks ka thas net ‘taken very long to achieve. Assembing all those tool fits from fat photootch ie a lengthy process and it took almost two wesks to apply the aimmert to the hull ne turret probably as long as onthe real vehicle!had the pleasure of knowing Davis Parkor for over 20 yeara now ene tate ant eee ee ed ee eon ee Le ee ren net id epee eee mete eee eee eae ater dakar: aero a et ter eet eee gern eee een Reid meanepnr ett eee eee eer tontn eer ee en en eee) meeeoitnheeen rr nee ea eee td SS ee Se en se ete ee ene eens) eet rere err ed eran eet etn ta etc aera tren errr ern ee er ry Sr ed Speer ent reenact eee) ea met ie are ae ee tren eee ert nt et ei ate seer eee eee ae ereteseree nee tarinrer ren mows 2 message for the Editor? sto thank DaMi forall the years of endianip and wsn hem ere tn eet aSd.Kfz. | ‘POCKET-PAKWAGEN DRAGON'S 1:35" SCALE LEICHTER SCHUTZENPANZERWAGEN (3,7-CM-PAK) AUST PCOS Cosas a) See ee ec PAINTING: SVEN FRISCH = is tisdsskant Para eis) oe EO eae ee er ee ee ee en eee etCONSTRUCTION But now lets tak about the model. My part was ‘sssembling the kt anc Sven took over the more or less frist par by painting and weathering the model. To be honest. {6 | took over the kt tram Sven, ne had already started to buld ta litte Bt. The chassis and the instrument pane! were alreacy pre- mounted. | do not know why I cid it but startoo with the wacks, “The Frul ATL-SO tracks are not tnat easy to build as for exemple, Panther tacks are, The reason is thatthe links consist of two places and the track pads have to be sanded because there was fash from the casting process. A big bonus with the ATL-50 sets that thee are sprocket wheels included, very useful, because the Brogon-Kitparta do not ft the metal tracks. “The next step was the asvembiy ofthe PE-parts, The set fom \VYoyeger Mod can almost compiataly be bull separately from the osel All the bigger parts ke to fenders and the equipment stowage bine wore scidared using @ micro soldering iron. In comparon to aliing the PE-pans, soldering makes the jints ‘run more stabia, Ths is 2 big advantage forthe further treatment of these pieces, Smaller damage can be added and final ansornbly io easier beeauee you de not face the danger of breeking the joints se yBu do when ny are only glued. The doe ton ho side stowage bing were let movable because we did no row which ona of te bins should remain open.tor ng uspo ult he ier Pl ne eqvemant sowspe bine snd fonds Sel ba place Toy Bed cue Wa “The terior was bustin sealer sections and assembles as ar as posable. The aim was to simply the painting ofthe Interior. ‘Some mounsngs for he equement were left empty to achieve a more busy Impression. The empty mountings were completed with stape made fom paper, sttfoned win superglue and frished with Pe.buckies from Lon Roar Without any doubt the Biggest task during the constuction was detaing anc sdaping ie 37 on Pak my opinion (Cyber Hobby made only a mediocre job ot this very prominent part of the model. Tey have simply put a 3.7 om Pak, designed for ‘8 towed mounting on a Satz. 280/1 Supersiructure, whicn was only designed 10 ‘carry a machinegun. ‘As stated at he beginning: fis ctfcutt to foc references Secause of tis | decided te model the gun mount with the help of atonal on tne batter Gooumentos 251/10 Sieve Suen tr panne “The aiming mecheniam for the Pak was dlusted and so was the hull root | ae ‘added the doftectors ana the areat mounting was moved to the correct ‘Attar that a basic painting and weatherng of the interior tolowed. | focused on these reas which would be oficul to reach after the final aesemiy- One ofthe typical halt ‘eack problems isthe conneston of the Upper nul to me lower, putin the ena ‘everything worked out quite wall To ack ‘he Impression of a vehicle witha long period of service, l added a jerry can ‘mounting on the veniles rear, mace ror psalc sheet and brass wire, as.can be ‘sean on archive pictures. The left fender {ee removed as wall. Remaining poses of Its mounting were bul wit lettovers of PE rotsPAINTING PRIMING > ‘good pring coats mpsrtant ora geod ‘Sdferocceoftie puts obo BASE~ ‘CAMOUFLAGE > SSsung me to par were fe ine. Bae ‘Smoutage colour esvtana poof be base cleur eee eet coer Seat te ee ee ets eee vee eet ere eee ra error ee ad ae ee popierery) ere ee teeny eat ore eee neat et eter ees Cty res ee Gate a earek tae ueleetrcont teaver— osvire tne cecale always makes me nervous. For some reason | sever have a gcod supply of dry transfers, therefore | had to use So Secais supclied with the kt for the most prominent markings Sa cocly Temiya ¥-22 onto the areas where tne markings wil be Sores Now | use Set8S0l 0 make sure the decals st tight. | eves acing the sottener a couple of times, each time gently Sa the Sozal into the sutace witn 2 paper clot. Se sconce plates proved to be tricky Seacen supclies a decal shoct with emty plates, giving you the Secor to make your own number. | applied the lttors ana the mooes one by one onto the empty plato while it wae stl on the SiveueectGeasaneved bacisgosarene ‘Once done | gave them a its ime to dry and then | removed the. Completed plates tram the eneet. | eut the outings of ne plato with 8 ecaloal without entrely remouing It. Then | used a brush ana “hater letting the watar soak underneath the decel uni was able to remove i rom the sheet without softening the numbers and letters again. Quite @ testing task Out at tho end everything nas ‘worked out quite wel, ‘Smaler markings such as the ones on the fst ald box were ‘evalabie as dry transfers and simply needed to be rubbed ento the Geered places. Once everything was done, antner satin coat was SSppied fo protect the markings ftom te weathering stags to “The most te coneuning pa he pln chipping. But ie Tere aS yarns tele ronlscsinsinaetote ‘he marerge clad wry prone a a toe an oom eet) eee oT eat to make modois more interesting. ere eer Semeach other. By using darker tones. ee er eed efriepereetnneers [ol SR preven betaine rennpee ren se!Exnaust “The exhaust i another opportunity to add a litle more interest to your mode!. Lfecolor’s Rust anc Dust Set euppiles = flee varoty of aeryie pants, eal for this 4p, I siared withthe darker tones and ‘applied them random, Agaln itis not necessary to irish te exhaust in one fevening. | swtch the cowours ever and over ‘appving a ite here and there until! amy pleased withthe rest. in tis case | know ‘that half ofthe exhaust would recoNo a ‘dust and dirt accumulation, Because of the ‘missing front fender Once the rust tones ‘Were painted on, | applied remains of tre original base coat, mostly on areas were: ‘tho heat willbe less extreme, Then | ‘applied a wasn with Mig Productions ‘Standara Fust Mucure Patt to blend ‘everything again. Finally litte adciton of Soot withthe ai of Mig Productions Black Smoke PO23 and the exrust Is done. Earth Tones and Dust Before actualy eppiying the dust tones | performed a step calles "pre-austng” The ploments need a flat surface to achere on nd the aopiioation of thinned Tamia XF- {97 Butt wil peovide a good baee for the ploments, Simply arusn me paint onto the desired areas, such as the lower hull ‘before moving on with the pigments. | alwaye start with a basic miure ‘containing aie Bit of plsster Then | ade Some water fo the mture and apply it conto the areas of the lower nul, Once dry ‘ther praments wil Be used © achieve tonal variations. Apalying miltipie layers of ust furthermore ges the cust and dirt ‘accumulations more texture. Mere variation ‘can be obtained by adding thinned ol paints or even the Mig Washes to crests “Tne splatter effect can be achieved by blowing your empty airorush onto a brush loaded with a mnture of pigmonts, water fang Vallejo fat varnish. Bits and Pleces \When building and painting an open topped venicla the interior automatically ‘catches the viewer's attention. Takeng this into account various items were added 10 make the interior more Interacting, euch a fadcitonal emimo-boxes, epont cartroges land a Panzerfaust “The inéxor oor furtnermore recsived ont Weathering ane ain, containing eres grass [leo the open box onthe side received toois and otner equipment. 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The upper huts sia of heat wih al Patches Sepurle do lars weld celal A fo interior pars arsine a he hl ‘Sruturet slowing a cous cf open hatches as an option the bow MG anc than gon breachos are wel dad along wi he acted ure ing. AS a Navy shi te two marting option are both on ee Pa sh wien s ommoha lané compared io oter Japanese eous neverhoees, ts 8 ‘aly oterstng ane aterent subject tom regan which snodd prove BE @ ‘en satsipng project but sight fom the box and mayée a ype 85 t-Go {outs be onthe cares as thay share fe sare untng gee? Thanks to HOBby German military car Master Box 1:35 German Military Car Typ 170V, Tourenwagen ‘Nong wth tury of cian itary cotsover ears released often is ‘rater welcome kp he mate fom he Ueanian manvactrer Maser 80% ‘roland use brandmantasure'sames the nn nowadays ft ga) outing aul produces bul the box art eval ta lace Mal iss a Mercedes Ser= ESrworble. 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Wy ony ape wih he Kare ‘Being mowed a nat vey mater hey Pave some Hach wich wi Bhar to remove andthe eta ant up fo te sandad of terest of he Kk. eels themelv are oxcolow wit separate nuocans and bot dela een Trenton ol the vive slam In stok a wav cama who we tank or sampWarpaint- Colours & Markings of British Army Vehicles 1903-2003, Volume 3 By Dick Taylor published by Mushroom trait format 168 pages 61421-23-8PATRICK DORN'S 135TH SCALE “AIR RAID" ACCURATE ARMOUR'S 'AA' BEDFORD‘This is not a model you may see every day, ‘especially tho varaon of the Royal Navy Homeland Socuniy with a 20mm AA Certkon gun. To my knowledge this subject is only offered dr this scale) by Accurate ‘Armour, whose products are generally of ‘200d quality Productions ofthe British manufacturer ‘Accurate Armour have interested me for a Jong time now, not only becauee the ‘modsls ara often of rare subjects but azo fas the manutacturec has a Very Good reputation. This comes at a high price Wien had deterred me most, but some "ume ago | decices I nad to purchase the Bedtord truck OYD version with the 2orem fun, Grey resin parts are included in the ki, lus PE and metal pars, the latter mainly for the suspension. A ‘sophisticated moder says tha manufacturer, fat for beginners Unfortunately some components were ‘warped and thus it was partially a modeling ‘il chalonge, | dis have to rework saveral pens, although some Gaps aro stl iible fon the finshed model. Tis ean be _annoying, especialy when youve peld aot ‘of money fora kt, but stl feel twas good value. | rarely bull a tout of the Bax £0 some extra work and corrections are normal practice for me. uke most medeling projects ths one started with @ visual idea ofthe final soane, ‘An idea of a dynamie and dramatic situation, | wanted to put the modal into a scone tat emove, noise and nasty ‘movernents ofthe operating crow during ‘an enemy air raid becomes imaginable to‘The osb was panied prior and recowvod ome aging eftacts (Ple 02). The root sscembly was aitfcut, requring work to ‘achieve a neat ft Ultmately gaps were ltt ‘round the front windscreon (Aplin that | filed with putty. The same forthe tront ‘bumper (Pie 08). I neated the bumper caretuly using a ‘candle and thon straightened It. ith some, plastic cara | aqjustaa the pate sot ‘would eveniy lay onthe chassis with all anchor points. | mounted the tailgate in ‘opened poston, eo that ator, the gun crew is more vaio. ‘During construction, we moves house and unfortunately ost the laf door. Despite fn iniensive search, the door remained lost. ‘A mend of mne suggested to make some Kind of war improvement. possibly the ‘original door could have been lost as 8 ‘eeult of accident damage? riety | thought ‘about it, then | cuta piece of brass sheet fand sesied the edges witha tain fim from ‘ yoghurt cup la painted it end mounted it on the wohici.(aned ag usual witha wire amature, bending the wire into the desired poses (Pie 06). Tha head comes from the Homet renga, nands are taken from @ Tamiya figure set - the only components thet [have ‘not made mse. | have spent some timo ‘achieving 8 realste body posture as this ‘cant be corrected later ‘Attonvards filed tho body out with Pio 08 enows the fly sculptured fur. Tamivae putty which inluces me coarse: modeling ofi6gs, arms and torso. Usha The advantage of Sculpey compared to Super Sculpey Ithen medelied the clothes, Magi Sculp or Aves putty isthe unlimited Pig 07 shows two phasss theettfigure time you can work on the abject. shows the pre-modaled boay shape (uty, the rht pgure has a completed Uunitorm Seulpey)ured in ta oven after you've Aristied _& swoater to create some variety. {onnection of he afferent materiale. ‘work For eaisic folds, ference ‘The faces of the gues are painted uing @ sddiion, the eighty matt curlace hae a ‘sare veny helpful. Difoultforme can combination of Tamiya paints (Fech) and ol very goad besis for subsequent layers of sracticed on a tos object. paint (burt umben (Pictures 09 -10). paint (Ple 11). Tris was folowed (24 hows "The Bectord was pemad witnrec-brown lated) by a layer of Ole Drab (Teriv, ‘ioures are painted with aeric colours primer automotve pant. sraight fom the which {usually mix with about 20% olear 1Wallo. like to.use diferent cooure can. The primer rvs sich during lacquer fora satin finish, Fick! Drab for the pants and agrey for cing and tue erenginenng tne sos “We we not aged the mode! intensive loved with pastel onais an brass wire.PATRICK DORN'S 135TH SCALE “AIR RAID" ACCURATE ARMOUR'S ‘AA’ BEDFORDeee te eee pee ee peer ern try ae Tea erent ee en are look into izave 15 of AFV Modeler. 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