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Andreas Grewin January 26, 2013

F4F-4 Wildcat Tamiya 1/48 part 1

My first humble steps in aircraft modeling. Not focusing on the result, only the process and how to build airplane models. I have to say so far it’s been super fun! Working on filling all the gaps now in the hull and wings, maybe not that fun but mainly because I really don’t know what I’m doing hehe. Well here are pics of finished cockpit. I know the color tint is a bit off, it looked OK before I added the dark wash, something I will do better on my next one. The photo-etch from Eduard was a bliss and really easy and fun to assemble.

Andreas Grewin December 16, 2012

Concept & Artwork Inspiration

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I very often try to argue that concept art and other artworks are a great source of inspiration. They are not only beautiful to look at but can be used to achieve very cool results in scale modelling. If we look at the the atmosphere, colour temperature and lightning, we see that the combination creates very interesting pictures. If we apply the same philosophy as a whole to our scale models we can achieve the same effect.

We can also take this much further if we choose to create a base for our models. With a more artistic approach and following visual key elements of concept art we can capture a more dramatic and interesting atmosphere on the base to.

Google is your friend when looking for inspiration. I especially find concept art for games very compelling. To show you what I mean I have added some very cool pictures here.

Andreas Grewin December 16, 2012

Tanks Encyclopedia – Colour Profiles

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I have come across a great website with plenty of colour profiles of many different subjects of tanks and guns. A lot of inspiration for future projects and no need to paint boring one colour camouflage schemes when you have this much to choose from.

www.tanks-encyclopedia.com

Here are some great examples:

Tank Mk.V Male With the Short barrel six pounders — A camouflaged late Mark V hermaphrodite. On the other side, a machine-guns sponson was fitted. Multi-pattern liveries were applied on site, with provisional, regulated colors. White, pale blue, brown, dark grey, black, were commonly used in spotted patterns, with or without black borders (French 1918 standard livery). The last Mark V were delivered well after the armistice. By then, the Mark V star has replaced them.

T34/76 model 1940 of the Moskow rfiled guards bataillon, march 1942. — A rare early tri-tone camouflage for the 1940 model, Moskow rifles guards bataillon.

M5A1 Stuart, Saipan, june 1944. — M5A1 pacific, Saipan, Mariannas islands offensive, june 1944. Notice the simpified “jungle” pattern camouflage.

Panzer IV F/G 16pzd Stalingrad — Ausf F/G upgraded on H lines, with full Schurzen armor – XVIth Panzerdivision, Russia, southern sector, summer 1943.

Stridvagn L-60 M/40K (L-60D) army designation S/V. Karlsverk produced some 80 of these tanks until 1944.

Matilda II captured — Infanterie-Kampfpanzer Mark II 748(e), (Captured Matilda), 8th Panzer-Regiment, XVth panzerdivision, Libya, 1942. Notice the makeshift camouflage and the absence of any Balkankreuz. I some cases a simple flag was displayed instead.

Flammpanzer Ausf M — 200 Ausf M were converted on the stocks by Wegmann at Kassel as Flammenwerfers, under the designation Ausf M(FI) or officialy Sd.Kfz 141/3. They were almost identical externally the the regular Ausf M, but with a 140mm Dummy gun, which also conceiled the flamethrower. They had also additional 30mm to 50mm armor plates welded on the frontal part of the hull and glacis, because their range was quite shorter (limited to 60m at best), hence exposing them to dangerous close fire. The two coaxial and hull Mgs were retained, but they carried also 1020 liters of inflammable oil into two tanks inside the hull. All this additional weight made them the slowest of all versions. These tanks were often given to SS assault squads, like this one, fighing in Normandy in june 1944. Notice the zimmerit anti-magnetic paste and complex camouflage of this period, well adapted to the bocage.

Andreas Grewin October 31, 2012

Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo “Cobra King” Completed!

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Finished this one in the middle of the night just before C4-Open in Malmoe, Sweden. I managed to shrink the vinyl tracks with a hair drier while drying the weathering pigments. So I had no choice but to throw together some link by link tracks from AFV-Club I had lying around. That was fun… 🙂

Weathered extensively with AK-Interactive stuff and the snow is Tamiya Powdered Snow. For a final effect I painted on a lot of AK-Interactives wet effect for creating that slouchy and icy appearance.

I know that the pictures might look a bit hard, but I actually decreased the contrast a lot to make it more life like. So the contrast under the right lightning is quite extreme on this model 🙂

Also notice how the tank is front heavy!

Hope you like it!

Andreas Grewin October 16, 2012

Sherman Jumbo Update

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Update on my Jumbo. I belive the oils are done for now and time to move on to earth weathering with pigments and enamels. And after this, snow!

Andreas Grewin October 4, 2012

Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo Base Color

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I started of with quite a bad shade of green but managed to get a more Olive Drab feel to it with lots and lots of oils and filters. Now I only need to paint a couple of more things before the decals will be applied.

Andreas Grewin September 18, 2012

OT-34/76 Flamethrower Tank Complete!

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Finally! The model is complete. I guess it turned out ok and as always I learned a lot to say the least.

Andreas Grewin September 17, 2012

Art in Miniature 2012 – Part 2

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Part 2 with airplanes and helicopters! You can find part 1 here.

Andreas Grewin September 17, 2012

Art in Miniature 2012 – Part 1

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This weekend Art in Miniature and Swedish Nationals of Scale modeling was held in Gothenburg. I real nice weekend with over 400 models exhibited and nice people to mingle with. My score this time was two gold, four silver and one bronze medal.

This part contains images from military vehicles, dioramas, figures, ships and more. For airplanes and helicopters see part 2 here.

Andreas Grewin September 1, 2012

OT-34/76 Vignette Base

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Even tough I decided not to create a base for this model. I had some kits from Miniart laying around so on pure impulse this base just happened. I think it came out quite cool with the dirt and wet effects. Just have to finish up the tank now and this model is done!

Andreas Grewin August 18, 2012

The Fighting Lady WWII Documentary 1944

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Oscar Winner 1945 (Best Documentary, Features)

“The Fighting Lady,” provides a portrait of life on a World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV10, a vessel that is “enormous, wonderful, and strange to us.” After profiling the various activities of the soldiers’ day and following the ship’s voyage through the Panama Canal, the film takes the audience through a litany of actual combat engagements. The Fighting Lady participates in a strike on the Marcus Islands, then defends itself against a surprise nighttime raid by Japanese fighters. Some of the photography comes from cameras set up in the cockpits of American planes, showing first hand what it’s like to be diving through enemy anti-aircraft fire. The film culminates in a major confrontation with the Imperial Japanese Battle Fleet. In this massive operation, later dubbed the “Marianas Turkey Shoot,” American pilots downed almost four hundred Japanese Zeros, while incurring only twenty-two losses themselves.