After
leaving
projects aside for a while it can be rewarding to return to them with a
fresh set of eyes. Whilst I was happy with the lower areas on this
model, the panel work was
still lacking something. I felt the monochrome hue of the Dunkelgelb was
too pale and the finish
too uniform. My solution was to give the upper portion of the model a very diluted coat
of Tamiya clear yellow to warm things up.
I made up some
cardboard templates to protect the running gear and airbrushed the whole model in
a light coat of Tamiya X-24 mixed 30/70 with X20A thinner. I left it to dry overnight and
then mixed up some more oil paint pin washes to re-work portions of the model I felt needed highlighting again.
Next up was to rectify something that had been bugging me for a while. One engine side panel was a really tight fit so I decided to remove the radiator housing moulding and re-align it on the chassis. Ah, that's better 😃
The engine bay
After taking some further photographs I felt that some already applied rain streaks wore too strong and needed toning down. It was easy to reactivate the oil paint with AK turpentine. I also thought the body panels required more depth to the finish, so I decided to do a little mapping with oils. I used Abtielung 502 Buff, Raw Umber, Black, and Engine Grease. The following images do show further tidying up of the oils is still required, but I will let them dry for another 24hrs before further blending them into the paintwork.
Happy to proceed I then gave the panelwork areas more of a worn appearance. using a splatter airbrush stencil for the first time. I first practised on a spare old model to ensure I could atain the correct effect I was after. I then gave the model a coat of chipping fluid through the airbrush. This would give me the opportunity to clear up any mistakes.
Using
three different Tamiya dark yellow acrylic 50/50 H2O mixes, I gave all
the armoured panels two slightly lightened and varied tones through the
airbrush. Once dry I could easily adjust the effect and tone down
certain areas using H2O to agitate the chipping fluid underneath.
This effect can best be seen below on the Flak gun shield
As a few areas of the pinwash had now been lightly covered with this new effect I employed a few more Abteilung 502 oil colours to re-define and pick out the recessed details once more.
Progress so far with the Weiner Sd.Ah trailer hooked up
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