Sunday, August 19, 2012

GUEST GALLERY: Hansa Brandenburg W.29 1/32 by DANIEL ZAMARBIDE.

This time I present you one of the pieces of Daniel Zamarbide. Dani Z also lives in Canary Islands so we are almost neighbours. He is one of the most prolific modellers I know with this level of artistry. Not an easy thing to build a masterpiece in a few weeks, but it´s obviously possible, he can.
This is 1/32 Wingnut Wings´ Hansa Brandenburg W.29. I don´t specially care about WWI planes not even hydroplanes of any age, and I specially hate the German lozenge camouflage. Nevertheless this is a nice example that mixing three nasty things sometimes can produce a wonderful creation. I love the pastel shades of the model and the combination with the realistic wooden pieces and the superb detailing of engine and cockpits. Dani has even managed to make me love this lozenge scheme!
Watching this wonder makes me wish to build a WWI hydroplane with lozenge camo. That´s a great compliment, believe me.
You can watch more of Daniel Zamarbide´s works in his blog: DZModels   

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Monday, August 6, 2012

Jagdpanther Late Version 1/48 (V)

To imitate the mud of the lower hull first I applied a wash with a sand ochre colour (Kursk Earth).  Next I wet the surface with Pigment fixer and applied European Earth pigment over it quite randomly.
Para imitar el barro de la zona inferior primero apliqué un lavado con un color arena ocre (Kursk Earth). Una vez seco se humedece la superficie con Fijador de pigmento y se aplica pigmento European Earth de forma aleatoria.

When the mud coat was dry I applied some spots of Engine Oil mix to get some wet mud zones. The glossy finish of the Engine Oil mixed with the dry pigment makes a nice wet mud effect. It also works with AK´s Fuel Stains.
Cuando la capa de barro haya secado se pueden aplicar manchas de Engine Oil para imitar zonas de barro húmedo. El acabado brillante de este producto mezclado con el pigmento seco produce un estupendo efecto de barro húmedo. También se puede usar el Fuel Stains de AK:

The first step to paint the wheels is to paint black the rubber band.
El primer paso para pintar las ruedas es pintar la banda de goma negra: 

I used Quick Wheel´s masking sheet for Tamiya´s Panther to paint the green zone. Very easy.
Usé la lámina de enmascarar de Quick Wheel para el Pantera. Con esta plantilla es muy fácil y rápido pintar la zona interior:
 
Quick wheel´s masking fits great and the rubber band is perfectly profiled. This is a great tool if you don´t want to weather the wheels too much (which is what I finally did).
La plantilla de Quick Wheel encaja muy bien y la banda de goma queda perfectamente perfilada. Es una herramienta muy util si no vais a embarrar completamente las ruedas (que es lo que hice al final):
 
Because if you like the mud there will be little of green visible. On the internal side of the wheels I applied a quick weathering with a wash of Kursk Earth and then some European Earth pigment.
Porque si os gusta el barro, al final habrá poco verde visible. En la parte interna de las ruedas hice un embarrado rápido con un lavado con Kursk  Earth y luego pigmento European Earth:

On the external side of the wheels I applied Pigment fixer and European Earth pigment right over the green base.
En el lado externo de las ruedas apliqué Fijador de pigmentos y pigmento European Earth directamente sobre la base verde:
 
A nice way to imitate the polished steel band of the idler wheel is to use graphite powder or Dark Steel pigment.
Una buena forma de imitar la banda de acero pulido de la rueda tensora es usar grafito en polvo o pigmento Dark Steel:
 
With the wheels glued in place I splashed a dark brown wash (Track Wash) spraying air with the airbrush. Then I retouched the spots with a brush.
Con las ruedas pegadas en su sitio hice unas salpicaduras con un lavado marrón (Track wash) con la ayuda del aire del aerógrafo. Luego retoqué las salpicaduras con un pincel:
 
The tracks were painted with a Red hull base coat. Then I made a mud mix with plaster, Pigment fixer, Kursk Earth and European Earth pigment.  With this mix you get a nice texture. Then I splashed Track Wash the same way as I did in the wheels.
Las cadenas tienen una capa base de Red hull de Tamiya. Luego hice una mezcla de barro con escayola, Fijador de pigmento, lavado Kursk Earth y pigmento European Earth. Con esta mezcla se consigue una buena textura de barro. Una vez seco salpiqué con Track Wash igual que hice con las ruedas:

In the next chapter I´ll finish the weathering (I hope so).
En el siguiente capítulo terminaré el ensuciado del carro (eso espero).