Scale Modelling Manual Vol..11

Preface Scale Modelling Manual Vol.11

This is the 11th Manual in our ‘Scale Modelling’ series where our aim is to bring a lot of detailed information about painting and general modelling techniques for all modellers. The books have high quality photos and detailed texts, enabling readers to easily follow the progress of assembly and painting methods and help adopt new modelling techniques and different approaches.

This issue has 32 pages, instead of the usual 24, and with 105 pictures, we’re covering a WWI ‘Diorama in Detail’, along with a lot of historical information and interesting data. The basic diorama is supplied as a kit on which artist Roman Novikov-Okhonskiy extended the base and added a lot more features, some accessories and a scratch-built figure, so the final result is a master class diorama. As this super diorama was a custom-made order for a collector, via Attica Miniatures, the artist did not have step-by-step or in-progress photos. However, Attica Miniatures provided us with high quality, large format photographs with five of them spread over two pages so the viewer can easily study every tiny detail on the diorama. The artist explains as much as possible about his work in a very detailed text.

We added a lot of interesting information for the first ever British tank used in battle, the Mark I, its historical data, and some camouflage painting guides with AK-Interactive and Andrea paints. Details on the construction and assembly Instructions for the Super Diorama Kit S3-S04, with texts and photos kindly supplied by Andrea Miniatures on ‘How to Work with Resin Kits and Metal Parts’, the Assembly - Painting Process - Step-by-Step Instructions.
‘How to Prepare and Assemble Metal Figures’, once again with photos kindly supplied by Andrea Miniatures, plus ‘How to Paint the Terrain’, ‘How to Paint and Weather the Mark I Tank’ and ‘Preparing a Figure for Painting’.

In total this book has 105 high quality photos, 82 of which are step-by-step or in-progress sequences, with a very detailed text, so the reader can easily follow the whole procedure in detail from start to finish. The author has included all the sets, materials, accessories, and paint codes he used so the reader can easily identify them.

Thanks, must go to the following: Attica Miniatures (Ivan Novik) and the artist Roman Novikov-Okhonskiy, Andrea Miniatures (Alejandra Fernandez), Yannis Papadopoulos and our English Text Editor Ken Jones.

Editor/Publisher
Stelios Demiras

CONTENTS

4 Tank Battles on the Western Front, 1916.
“Greetings to all fellow modellers! I would like to share some details of my work with you on a small diorama I’ve entitled ‘Tank Battle’. The diorama depicts one of the incidents that happened on the Western Front during the First World War in 1916. Sculpted in 1/32nd scale Andrea Miniatures has captured an emotive scene in their super set of resin diorama base and figures - Andrea Miniatures (S3-S04), ICM - 54mm (1/32nd scale)”.

9 Camouflage of the First British Tanks in WWI by the Mr Black Team.
Tank camouflage is a constantly changing art, depending on landscape, climate and season, amongst other issues.

10 Interior painting of the tank along with some other interesting information, using Andrea Miniatures Paints for the Mark I ‘four-tone camouflage’.

12 Historical Background and Interesting Data.
The Battle of the Somme commenced with a vast British attack on 1st July 1916. On the first day of that battle, the bloodiest in the history of the British Army, there were over 57,000 British casualties.

16 Interesting Data for “Fray Bentos” and More.
Even if “Fray Bentos” was a Mark IV and Andrea Miniatures’ kit is a Mark I, definitely the sculptors/artists have been inspired by the famous incident at the Battle of Passchendaele on 1917. Andrea Miniatures has captured an emotive scene in their super set of the resin diorama base, with the Mark I tank and figures to accompany them. Sculpted in 1/32nd scale this set really does remind us of the German infantry attacking the British Mark IV tank named after “Fray Bentos”, a popular British brand of tinned ‘corned beef’ meat, but as already mentioned, “Fray Bentos” was a Mark IV Tank, and not a Mark I.

18 Details on the Construction-Assembly Instructions for the Super Diorama Kit S3-S04 (with text and photos kindly supplied by Andrea Miniatures).
How to Work with Resin Kits and Metal Parts
Assembly
Painting Process
Step-by-Step Instructions

22 Preparation and Assembly of the Metal Figures (Photos kindly supplied by Andrea Miniatures) - Basic Painting Guide Using Andrea Colors

24 Basic Painting Guide Using Andrea Colors - Camouflage Pattern

26 Painting the Terrain - Painting and Weathering the Mark I Tank

28 Preparing a Figure for Painting

CONTRIBUTORS
ROMAN NOVIKOV OKHONSKIY (ATTICA MINIATURES) • ANDREA MINIATURES • MR BLACK PUBLICATIONS TEAM

A4 FORMAT
32 PAGES
BINDING: WIRE STITCHED
GLOSS LAMINATION
ISSN: 2732-8856
RETAIL PRICE: 18.95 EUROS