Hannants are now supplying our range of camoflague masks
Camaflague mask sets
Modelling tools Starter Kit
SO you want to know what you will need to put that first kit together, Here is a rough guide:
| Tools | ||
| Optivisor 3.5X | $39.00 | £49.95 |
| Swann-Morton No 3 | $2.69 | £2.99 |
| Blade 10A (box 100) | $12.32 | £9.74 |
| Swann Morton Blade Remover Unit Box | $4.00 | £3.95 |
| TAMIYA Tools Modellers Side Cutter 74093 | $16.99 | £13.52 |
| Beadalon Nipper Tool | $7.90 | £7.79 |
| Needle file set | $6.00 | £4.75 |
| A3 Self healing Cutting Mat | $16.00 | £6.25 |
| Vallejo Putty | $3.59 | £2.95 |
| Tamiya Extra Thin cement (Dark Grren Top) | $3.30 | £4.99 |
| Tamiya Extra Thin Quick Dry cement 87182 (lime green top) | $3.30 | £4.99 |
| Choice of CA Glue (Super glue) eg ZAP | $4.95 | £5.33 |
| Sanding sticks (usually a pack of 4 of different grains) | $8.56 | £12.00 |
| Tweezers X Type | $2.69 | £2.99 |
| Set of paint brushes | $5.58 | £6.86 |
| cocktail sticks | $1.23 | £1.00 |
| Johnson’s Cotton Buds | $1.00 | £1.00 |
| blue-tack | $1.00 | £1.62 |
| Paper-Towel (Pack 2 Rolls) | $3.64 | £2.50 |
| Sub-Total | $143.74 | £145.17 |
| Finishing | ||
| Paint Tamiya 10ml Bottle | $2.99 | £1.95 |
| isopropyl alcohol 5l | $14.94 | £16.99 |
| Pledge FloorCare Finish 27 Ounces | $6.18 | £6.99 |
| Panel wash (set 3) | $17.50 | £10.00 |
| Sub-Total | $41.61 | £35.93 |
| Decals | ||
| Tamiya Markfit | $6.25 | £4.99 |
| Tamiya Markfit Strong | $6.25 | £4.99 |
| Sub-Total | $12.50 | £9.98 |
| TOTAL | $197.85 | £191.08 |
| COMPRSSOR AND AIRBRUSH NOT INCLUDED |
Roundel Colours
Using Tamya acrylics the following are good mixes:-
Dull Roundel Red – Mix of 75% flat Red (XF-7 ), 25% NATO Brown (XF-68)
Blue – Mix of 95% flat Blue (XF-8), 5% flat Black (XF-1)
Yellow – Flat Yellow (XF-3) with a tiny amount of flat Red (XF-7)
Matts Stippling method
I used a very dark brown as a base coat, then stippled a mid-brown over that, then stippled orange, then stippled mid brown again. Then dry-brushed GW boltgun metal over the raised points (the other paints were GW too, but I can’t remember the new names), I am quite intuitive when I do things I am used to, so often can’t remember the details.
Matt
Planned releases for 2017
- Hawker Typhoon
- P-40E (RAF)
- P-40C RAF (Early – Dk Earth/Dk Green)
- Paul Boulton Defiant
- Me 262
- 109F
- 109G (may be more than 1 version)
- JU 87
- Easy to Spray Invasion Stripes 18”
ZP-A – The start of it all
Royal Air Force Colours, Word War I to Modern
World War II period examples:
| Munich crisis to initial war period | Dark Green / Dark Earth / Sky(or Black); |
| 1941 onwards | Dark Green / Ocean Grey / Medium Sea Grey |
| Desert scheme | Middle Stone / Dark Earth / Azure |
| Night fighters | Dark Green / Medium Sea Grey / (Smooth Black) Medium Sea Grey |
| Bombers | Dark Green / Dark Earth / Matt Black |
| Temperate Sea Scheme | Extra Dark Sea Grey / Dark Slate Grey / Sky |
Modern period examples:
| Early Harriers | BS 638/641 (early, semigloss) /627 |
| Jaguar, Harrier GR.3, Tornado GR.1 | BS 638/641 |
| Harrier GR.5/7 | Nato Green/Lichen Green |
| Buccaneer S.2B, Hawk | BS 637/626 |
| Phantom FGR.2 air superiority scheme | BS 637/626/627 |
| Hercules | BS 637 |
| Tornado F.3, Sentry | BS 626 |
Continue reading “Royal Air Force Colours, Word War I to Modern”
Tamiya – Battle of Britain Spitfire Colours
There has been a lot of debait on the correct colour paints to use if you are modelling a Spitfire or Hurricane during the early part of the war. The correct Tamaya Colours are:
Dark Earth Brown:
XF 52 – 2 parts
XF 49 Kahki – 2 parts
XF 3 yellow – 1 part
Green
– XF-81
Sky Type S
– XF-21