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JUST DOESN’T WASH...<br />
In the February 05 issue (#112) in the “Sweet Sixteen” article about the<br />
Tamiya 1:32 F-<strong>16</strong>CJ, there are a few references to paint mixtures I was<br />
hoping to get a few more details on. On page 34, in the paragraph about<br />
shading the panel lines, the author mentions that he mixed Tamiya<br />
Smoke “with a drop of Tamiya Flat Brown”, then thinned it 90%, Could<br />
you give a little bit better ratio of how much Tamiya Smoke the author<br />
used and how much Flat Brown he added?<br />
Also, on p32, the author states that he<br />
uses a black, burnt sienna, and blue oil<br />
paint mixture. Could you let me know<br />
which blue (or blue’s, if more than one)<br />
and what ratios he uses for these?<br />
Stephen Craig<br />
Austin, Texas<br />
Ed says: The amount of Smoke used for the shading the F-<strong>16</strong> was around<br />
10-15% to 85-90% thinner, and a medium sized ‘brushful’ of Flat Brown.<br />
Keep the liquid thin and use low pressure for a controlled result. I used<br />
Winsor & Newton Pthalo Blue but as for the ratio, it’s hard to quantify, but<br />
I made a series of washes, heavily thinned with mineral spirits until a nice<br />
effect was achieved, not too strong, not too weak, allowing each to dry<br />
before the next wash was applied. Ed.<br />
PAVE THE WAY<br />
I am busy with the Academy/MRC<br />
1:35 MH-60G Pave Hawk, but<br />
unfortunately the decals supplied<br />
in the kit don’t seem to stick to any<br />
type of surface. I have not tried<br />
setting sollutions yet, would rather<br />
try completing the kit with a set of<br />
after-market decals since some of<br />
the kits’ decals have gone to bits.<br />
Could you perhaps help me in finding<br />
manufacturers of after-market<br />
decals for the 1:35 Pave Hawk, or<br />
some advice on how to proceed<br />
would be greatly appreciated!<br />
Cheers!<br />
Hercule<br />
South Africa, via email<br />
Ed says: We couldn’t locate any<br />
aftermarket decals for this kit, but<br />
that does not mean that there are<br />
non available of course. Does anybody<br />
out there know of any sets?<br />
KING TIGER FOCUS<br />
Great mag, always a good read.<br />
Are you planning any in depth stuff<br />
on the RC King Tiger, or published<br />
something I’ve missed? I’ve just<br />
bought one, so any tips and build<br />
notes would be helpful.<br />
Thanks<br />
Jon Haimes<br />
Ed says: We do intend including a<br />
new feature on Tamiya’s 1:<strong>16</strong> King<br />
<strong>16</strong> Model Military International - May 2006<br />
Tiger ‘full option’ version, as it has<br />
attracted a number of accessory<br />
sets that make it look even better.<br />
Not sure when the article will be<br />
though...<br />
HOME ON THE RANGE<br />
Tamiya produces what is to me<br />
the finest acrylic paint range in<br />
the world, bar none. However, the<br />
choice is rather eclectic at best.<br />
Very few of the colours a modeller<br />
finds in model references match<br />
directly the Tamiya range. Very<br />
few RLM colours come directly<br />
from a Tamiya bottle. Very few<br />
RAF colours, WW2 USAAF or USN<br />
colours, and no Federal Standard<br />
colours that I am aware of.<br />
Given the name of your magazine,<br />
wouldn’t it be a great idea for you<br />
to run an article, or even a series<br />
of articles, dedicated to providing<br />
the modeller with mix ratios for<br />
the various military paint colours,<br />
using the Tamiya acrylic range?<br />
Or perhaps it has already been<br />
done, and I just can’t find these<br />
mixes? If so, any help in finding<br />
them would be most appreciated.<br />
I am building Tamiya’s P-47 series<br />
of kits, and the only ‘US Neutral<br />
Gray’ on Tamiya’s instructions is<br />
for their lacquer range of aerosol<br />
cans. These are too toxic for my<br />
use, as lacquers cause me to have<br />
all sorts of skin ailments. A mix for<br />
their acrylic range, now wouldn’t<br />
that be helpful..?<br />
Andrew Birkbeck<br />
Seattle, US<br />
Ed says: An FS, RLM etc., comparison<br />
chart for Tamiya paints is a<br />
great idea but no small undertaking,<br />
if we find an accurate way of doing it<br />
we’ll publish it ASAP!<br />
TRUCK AND TRAILER LICENSE PLATES<br />
In the last but one issue of T<strong>MMI</strong><br />
you mentioned on the reviews page<br />
about a truck and trailer having<br />
different registration numbers.<br />
Of course it has probably been<br />
pointed out but in Europe trailers<br />
are treated as separate vehicles.<br />
Next time you visit the continent<br />
check out the truck and trailer<br />
combinations. Also in Germany the<br />
registration number doesn’t stay<br />
on the vehicle when its sold.<br />
Keep up the cracking work with the<br />
magazine. I’ve been a reader since<br />
issue 1, with gaps for children and<br />
being away with the army. I have<br />
noticed a slow change in the magazine<br />
and I must say I like what I<br />
see. From the first issue when I<br />
was working in the print trade, the<br />
magazine was always of a high<br />
standard. I remember when Tamiya<br />
used the magazine to show the<br />
then ‘new’ 1:350 USS Enterprise,<br />
and all sorts of new kits. Verlinden<br />
was just starting and the radio control<br />
thing had just taken off. Today<br />
the quality is better modern technology<br />
helps with quality digital<br />
pictures, but its the layout of the<br />
magazine which is the important<br />
feature.<br />
The whole focus of the hobby has<br />
changed we now have major producers<br />
bringing out new kits every<br />
month, and the aftermarket companies<br />
are having a field day. Last<br />
year the hobby was looking good<br />
and this year its better again. Its<br />
a good time to be involved in the<br />
hobby, whether you build aircraft,<br />
boats or armour. I only pity you as<br />
the editor of the magazine what<br />
new kits do you feature in your<br />
round-up?<br />
Lets hope that the hobby goes on<br />
from strength to stength and that<br />
more younger people take up the<br />
hobby. We all love the big new kits<br />
by DML, Tamiya and the rest, but<br />
we need the cheap Trumpeter kits<br />
to get the younger modellers into<br />
the hobby. Anyway enough rambling<br />
from me. Keep up the good<br />
work and good luck with the future!<br />
Regards<br />
Brian<br />
Via email<br />
GETTING RC<br />
As an avid T<strong>MMI</strong> reader and a<br />
serious RC tanker I’m sick of the<br />
bleeding hearts that keep writing<br />
in complaining about RC models in<br />
T<strong>MMI</strong>. Tamiya make RC models and<br />
that’s a fact. Pure and simple. As a<br />
RC tank fanatic the issues with the<br />
Tamiya RC articles in them (especially<br />
the tank ones) are of most<br />
interest to me yet I by it every<br />
month and there isn’t always an RC<br />
article in it.<br />
People should remember that this<br />
hobby covers many areas as do<br />
Tamiya so on behalf of all those<br />
trackheads and racers out there<br />
don’t forget us just because the<br />
rivet counters bleat every time our<br />
hobby is catered for! Great mag by<br />
the way (just too much static and<br />
not enough radio control...chuckle!)<br />
Keith Shilson<br />
Via email<br />
PAVE THE WAY<br />
I am busy with the Academy/MRC<br />
1:35 MH-60G Pave Hawk, but<br />
unfortunately the decals supplied<br />
in the kit don’t seem to stick to any<br />
type of surface. I have not tried<br />
setting sollutions yet, would rather<br />
try completing the kit with a set of<br />
after-market decals since some of<br />
the kits’ decals have gone to bits.<br />
Could you perhaps help me in finding<br />
manufacturers of after-market<br />
decals for the 1:35 Pave Hawk, or<br />
some advice on how to proceed<br />
would be greatly appreciated!<br />
Cheers!<br />
Hercule<br />
South Africa, via email<br />
Ed says: We couldn’t locate any<br />
aftermarket decals for this kit, but<br />
that does not mean that there are<br />
non available of course. Does anybody<br />
out there know of any sets?<br />
KING TIGER FOCUS<br />
Great mag, always a good read.<br />
Are you planning any in depth stuff<br />
on the RC King Tiger, or published<br />
something I’ve missed? I’ve just<br />
bought one, so any tips and build<br />
notes would be helpful.<br />
Thanks<br />
Jon Haimes
WRITE TO:<br />
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Tel:01525 222573 Fax:01525 222574 Email:editorial@modelmilitary.com<br />
The views expressed are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher. <strong>Letters</strong> may be edited for publication.<br />
Ed says: We do intend including a<br />
new feature on Tamiya’s 1:<strong>16</strong> King<br />
Tiger ‘full option’ version, as it has<br />
attracted a number of accessory<br />
sets that make it look even better.<br />
Not sure when the article will be<br />
though...<br />
HOME ON THE RANGE<br />
Tamiya produces what is to me<br />
the finest acrylic paint range in<br />
the world, bar none. However, the<br />
choice is rather eclectic at best.<br />
Very few of the colours a modeller<br />
finds in model references match<br />
directly the Tamiya range. Very<br />
few RLM colours come directly<br />
from a Tamiya bottle. Very few<br />
RAF colours, WW2 USAAF or USN<br />
colours, and no Federal Standard<br />
colours that I am aware of.<br />
Given the name of your magazine,<br />
wouldn’t it be a great idea for you<br />
to run an article, or even a series<br />
of articles, dedicated to providing<br />
the modeller with mix ratios for<br />
the various military paint colours,<br />
using the Tamiya acrylic range?<br />
Or perhaps it has already been<br />
done, and I just can’t find these<br />
mixes? If so, any help in finding<br />
them would be most appreciated.<br />
I am building Tamiya’s P-47 series<br />
of kits, and the only ‘US Neutral<br />
Gray’ on Tamiya’s instructions is<br />
for their lacquer range of aerosol<br />
cans. These are too toxic for my<br />
use, as lacquers cause me to have<br />
all sorts of skin ailments. A mix for<br />
their acrylic range, now wouldn’t<br />
that be helpful..?<br />
Andrew Birkbeck<br />
Seattle, US<br />
Ed says: An FS, RLM etc., comparison<br />
chart for Tamiya paints is a<br />
great idea but no small undertaking,<br />
if we find an accurate way of doing it<br />
we’ll publish it ASAP!<br />
TRUCK AND TRAILER LICENSE PLATES<br />
In the last but one issue of T<strong>MMI</strong><br />
you mentioned on the reviews page<br />
about a truck and trailer having<br />
different registration numbers. Of<br />
course it has probably been pointed<br />
out but in Europe trailers are treated<br />
as separate vehicles. Next time<br />
you visit the continent check out<br />
the truck and trailer combinations.<br />
Also in Germany the registration<br />
number doesn’t stay on the vehicle<br />
when its sold.<br />
Keep up the cracking work with the<br />
magazine. I’ve been a reader since<br />
issue 1, with gaps for children and<br />
being away with the army. I have<br />
noticed a slow change in the magazine<br />
and I must say I like what I<br />
see. From the first issue when I was<br />
working in the print trade, the magazine<br />
was always of a high standard.<br />
I remember when Tamiya used<br />
the magazine to show the then<br />
‘new’ 1:350 USS Enterprise, and<br />
all sorts of new kits. Verlinden was<br />
just starting and the radio control<br />
thing had just taken off. Today the<br />
quality is better modern technology<br />
helps with quality digital pictures,<br />
but its the layout of the magazine<br />
which is the important feature.<br />
The whole focus of the hobby has<br />
changed we now have major producers<br />
bringing out new kits every<br />
month, and the aftermarket companies<br />
are having a field day. Last<br />
year the hobby was looking good<br />
and this year its better again. Its<br />
a good time to be involved in the<br />
hobby, whether you build aircraft,<br />
boats or armour. I only pity you as<br />
the editor of the magazine what<br />
new kits do you feature in your<br />
round-up?<br />
Lets hope that the hobby goes on<br />
from strength to stength and that<br />
more younger people take up the<br />
hobby. We all love the big new kits<br />
by DML, Tamiya and the rest, but<br />
we need the cheap Trumpeter kits<br />
to get the younger modellers into<br />
the hobby. Anyway enough rambling<br />
from me. Keep up the good<br />
work and good luck with the future!<br />
Regards<br />
Brian<br />
Via email<br />
GETTING RC<br />
As an avid T<strong>MMI</strong> reader and a<br />
serious RC tanker I’m sick of the<br />
bleeding hearts that keep writing<br />
in complaining about RC models in<br />
T<strong>MMI</strong>. Tamiya make RC models and<br />
that’s a fact. Pure and simple. As a<br />
RC tank fanatic the issues with the<br />
Tamiya RC articles in them (espe-<br />
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR<br />
ENJOY THOSE DETAILS, BUT DON’T GET BOGGED DOWN BY THEM...<br />
For quite some time I have been extolling the virtues of specialist modelling<br />
websites for you to to access, contribute to and gain valuable<br />
information from, so that every drop of authenticity and accuracy can<br />
be squeezed out of, or should that be into, your model. The good people<br />
around the world who contribute to these sites often have just that bit<br />
of extra info that you need to complete the kit you are working on, or at<br />
least know someone who has, and having it can be the icing on the cake<br />
for many a project.<br />
I shall, however play Devil’s advocate for a moment (in fact I think it’s in<br />
my contract to do so), and ask if one can actually have too much information?<br />
I only say this from the viewpoint of having to build models to<br />
a deadline, which by its very nature goes against the whole concept of<br />
a hobby not having timescales and due dates. All the same, I think that<br />
even if I was not working to a deadline I would still want to get models<br />
built within a reasonbable amount of time.<br />
I’ll back track even further now, to the point where I make a decision as<br />
to which model I want to build. I like to know that there is at least one<br />
book easily obtainable on the subject so I can add my own few touches<br />
and make the model ‘mine’. However, and it’s a big ‘However’, if there is<br />
too much to learn about a subject, I can feel intimidated and sometimes<br />
waver in my choice, and this must be one of the most counterproductive<br />
phenomena in the hobby – being put off because the subject is too complicated.<br />
This rambling leads me back round to my initial statement, and<br />
to say that in a time obsessed with ultra accuracy and historical precision,<br />
it really is okay to build a model straight from the box, nothing<br />
added, nothing changed. Modelling is, or rather should be, about having<br />
fun – for some people that fun comes from painstaking research over a<br />
period of months or even years, but there is still very much a place for<br />
simple, quick box-stock builds.<br />
By all means surf the web and check out the experts’ forums and glean<br />
as much info as you can for your current project, but keep in the back<br />
of your mind that satisfying feeling of building and painting a newly<br />
released model, at least within the same rough time period as your<br />
friends!<br />
See you again on May 18th!<br />
cially the tank ones) are of most<br />
interest to me yet I by it every<br />
month and there isn’t always an RC<br />
article in it.<br />
People should remember that this<br />
hobby covers many areas as do<br />
Tamiya so on behalf of all those<br />
trackheads and racers out there<br />
don’t forget us just because the<br />
rivet counters bleat every time our<br />
hobby is catered for! Great mag by<br />
the way (just too much static and<br />
not enough radio control...chuckle!)<br />
Keith Shilson<br />
Via email<br />
PAVE THE WAY<br />
I am busy with the Academy/MRC<br />
1:35 MH-60G Pave Hawk, but<br />
unfortunately the decals supplied<br />
in the kit don’t seem to stick to any<br />
type of surface. I have not tried<br />
setting sollutions yet, would rather<br />
try completing the kit with a set of<br />
after-market decals since some of<br />
the kits’ decals have gone to bits.<br />
Could you perhaps help me in finding<br />
manufacturers of after-market<br />
decals for the 1:35 Pave Hawk, or<br />
some advice on how to proceed<br />
would be greatly appreciated!<br />
Cheers!<br />
Hercule<br />
South Africa, via email<br />
Ed says: We couldn’t locate any<br />
aftermarket decals for this kit, but<br />
that does not mean that there are<br />
non available of course. Does anybody<br />
out there know of any sets but<br />
that does not mean that there are<br />
non available of course. Does anybody<br />
out there know of any sets but<br />
that does not mean that there are<br />
non available of course. Does anybody<br />
out there know of any sets?<br />
May 2006 - Model Military International <strong>17</strong>