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Death Star Merkava Mk. I May 2018 Merkava Mk. I Death Star First IDF tank Night light The Panther experience Building the new RFM amazing kit Two new gifts inside Leganes 2018 modelling contest Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf.A New ICM kit Sponsored by Is published by Coronel Caramel S.l. CIF B54483052 Editorial office & administration Club de fútbol Hercules 6 03008 Alicante Spain Te: 965112833 Email: [email protected] Director: Federico Collada Editor: Federico Collada Design: Federico Collada Graphics: Federico Collada Models and photographs: Federico Collada Editorial When the market is saturated with dozens of renditions of the same tank from many different producers three of them who didn’t have it already have coincided in offering their own with the same idea in mind, this time they would offer it with complete interiors. I’m talking about the new Panthers from Meng, Takom and Rye field Model; all of them being released with a few weeks difference and trying to claim they have made the best Panther kit up to date. Comparing them is not easy and not too many modellers will buy the three of them to do so, instead you have to rely on the opinion of different modellers who will tackle one of the different kits. In my case I have started building the RFM kit as it’s the sample that was provided to the magazine. I have split the article due to the complexity of the project. Tackling this kit involves not only the building and painting of the exhaustively detailed interior but also dealing with the transparent parts of this special edition to let the interior show in some “congruent” way. But this issue has other articles too; you will see the new ICM kit of the Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf.A, a special article showing how to recycle a very old and poor quality model into something funny and useful….and more things. Federico Collada 3 Index Page 6 Page 24 Page 32 Page 40 6 - IDF street base 8 - Blitzscales previews 24 - Leganes contest 2018 32 - Flettner FL 282 Kolibri 47 - The Martin Csanadi gift galore 51 - The Panther experience- part 1 58 - Death Star night light 68 - Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. A 4 Page 51 Page 47 Page 58 Page 68 5 Cut & paste 1- Print the opposite page, resize if you need to fit your wood base 2- Varnsh to protect the printing 3- Glue onto a wood base using white glue 4- Press softly with a sponge to eliminate any air bubbles 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Leganés modelling contest One more time the Leganés modelling contest has welcomed modellers from everywhere during a friendly weekend where the visitors enjoyed the high quality of more than 1000 pieces that covered the varied categories from the classical AFV, planes, figures, etc to the growing fantasy, sci- fi, scratch, and other groups. Little by little the Leganés contest has climbed to the Spanish main positions becoming of the most relevant modelling meetings, maybe the key is the excellent organisation of the Model 34 group that ensured a pleasant and efficient weekend for everyone, or maybe it’s the location, leganés is in the “middle” for all the Spanish modelling fans, maybe it’s the opportunity of enjoying the local delicious gastronomy while having a nice time with friends we see from time to time and from contest to contest. In fact I’m sure is due to all this together and the famous Spanish weather that even in march can be warm and sunny if you’re lucky, so you can consider visiting Leganés more or less as a holidays weekend to enjoy modelling at its best, learning form the many masters demos programmed during Saturday and Sunday, buying all kind of models and accessories at the many stands near the exhibition and why not, having some wine and tapas with your friends. 24 many thanks to Model 34 and Daniel garcía Jerónimo for sharing their pictures 25 many thanks to Model 34 and Daniel garcía Jerónimo for sharing their pictures 26 27 many thanks to Model 34 and Daniel garcía Jerónimo for sharing their pictures 28 29 many thanks to Model 34 and Daniel garcía Jerónimo for sharing their pictures 30 31 Scale; 1/35 Producer;Miniart Full metal Kolibri front and lacked any kind of protection even to The Flettner FL 282 inclement weather. was a German synchronized The first to use the intermeshing rotor helicopter, derived Kolibri was the German marine that form the previous FL265 helicopter evaluated the first two prototypes in 1942 it 7.7 litre displacement, seven-cylinder to soon place a 45 units order. Late in the Siemens-Halske Sh 14 radial engine war the Luftwaffe considered converting of 150-160 hp placed at the centre of the basic design adding an observer the fuselage. The Fl 282’s fuselage was station at the rear and ordered 1000 units constructed from steel tube covered with to be delivered in 1944 but the bombing fabric, and it landed on a tricycle fixed under of the Munich BMW plant caused only 24 the fuselage. The pilot station was at the helicopters being produced. 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 and 2; the first parts to be glued form the fuselage and the side frames that support the engine. 3, 4 and 6; the engine is made of several parts that fit very well but some study and test is advisable before gluing them. 6 and 7; the first rotor parts will be the base of something more complex, be sure you align the parts correctly. 8; the acrylic putty is perfect for small hollows, it can be cleaned off with some alcohol and a cloth, no sanding is required 33 First time in 1/35 scale that include markings for four different helicopters, all of them belonging to the The new kit form Miniart has been quite Kriegsmarine and used between 1942 surprising as the FL 282 has never been and 1943. The kit is a bit complex to build released in plastic in this scale; this has due to the many tubes involved in the been highly welcome by both aviation frames structure that supports the engine, and AFV modellers who can now enjoy a rotors and pilot station. Testing and gluing beautiful kit of such odd machine that will correctly all the parts will be the key when surely be the centre of many scenes from tackling this model. now on. I built it following the instructions and left The kit is made of light grey plastic parts, the propeller spades, wheels, etc to be a couple of transparent plastic parts, a few painted separately. photoetched metal ones and the decals 9 10 11 12 13 9 and 10; just a little alcohol and a cotton swab or a cloth is enough to eliminate any excess of the acrylic putty; it doesn’t matter if it’s dry for hours but is better acting after some minutes. 11; the engine and the superior frame are attached now. 12 and 13; some tiny elements are added to the rotor. 34 14 15 16 14; the engine is “caged” now and some new elements are added. 15, 16 and 17; the pilot station starts with frames too, it’s advisable to let the parts settle before adding the following ones so the frames can be steady. 18; the photoetched parts provide the more subtle details. 19; Joining the pilot station with the fuselage gives you now an idea of how the Kolibri will look like in the end. 17 18 19 35 20 21 20; the crew seat will be placed over these frames; it makes you think how exposed he was while piloting the helicopter. 21; the arms of the landing tricycle are now in place, be sure you place them correctly. The colours of a Kolibri Next I used a dark grey acrylic wash to draw lines between the panels and I decided to paint my model as the one recessed lines and some minutes later deployed at the anti-submarine ship KUJ blurred them with a thinner moistened brush 13 at the Baltic sea in May 1943. This to replicate the dragged stains. I repeated apparatus was painted light grey with a this trick with a couple of brown tones but white band at the rear and green propellers only at some zones, mostly at the engine spades. and rotors. I used the Vallejo range primers for I decided not to replicate any chipping in the basic colours and standard paints the helicopter to depict it as rather new and diluted with thinners for airbrushing some with just a few flight hours. highlights here and there, most of all trying I used again the acrylic washes to insist to replicate a zenithal illumination. Then a in some shadowing at the frame tubes and subtle shadowing and weathering helped then painted all the details like wheels, seat, increasing the contrast between some of the etc. elements, mostly at the engine and rotor. I carefully added all the loose parts to the And less at the fuselage as the helicopter fuselage and made sure the wheels were was supposed to be under constant correctly aligned as they would have to maintenance at the ship. support all the model weight, and with that I After priming and highlighting I airbrushed called the job done. a layer of gloss for a better decals Even when I’m a natural AFV modeller adaptation, once dry I used the Vallejo I like to tackle something different from decals medium and fix products to ensure a time to time and this has been a very perfect fitting and avoid any silvering.
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