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Churchill Never Looked So Good

Painting

As the model should rest in a diorama it’s finish was already adapted for this future usage. It shall depict a new, little used vehicle which is rumbling over a lawn, passing by a knocked out bunker.

I airbrushed a base of Tamiya Flat Black und then 3 different shaded layers of olive green from the Tamiya/Gunze range. I took care to keep the edges and recessed areas dark, which helps to speed up the washing process.

The markings are mostly from the Verlinden dry transfer range. CYCLOP was established with dry transfers from Letraset.

After a layer of Gunze Matt 20 I added a “fog” with the airbrush. The “fog” consisted of black and burned sienna oils which were thinned in 1:9 ratio. With the same colours, but less thinner a did the washing.

Finally the kit was rather dark and I tried to brighten it up and dust it with a mixture of olive and earth. Although the paint had an earth tone in the cup it turned out into a bright olive after airbrushing it on the vehicle. I have no clue why it happened, but it was OK so far, anyway, the tank still did not look dusty.

Before I had time to fall into desperation, my friend Carlos Elias saved my day and a parcel with some samples of a new “magic dust powder” from MIG ( Miguel Jeminez ) arrived at my home. These powders should be available around September 2002 in the hobbyshops. At first glance they looked to me like the colour powders which are offered from German company FALLER ( railway supply ). Apart from FALLER’s colour range, MIG’s powder is available in sand yellow and white as well.

Copyright ©2002 - Text by Werner Kampfhofer (tankbuster). Photos by Wolfram Bradac. All Rights Reserved.