Model Military International – September 2019

FEATURE ARTICLE Tamiya 1:48 Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. L • Kit No. 32524

46 Model Military International - September 2019

For damaging the paint layer on the wheels, where I wanted to

recreate not only the paint chips but also various scratches, I used a

scratch brush pen with vinyl bristles from Green Stuff World.

The effect was toned down with a very fine filter, applied with heavily

diluted white paint.

Some of the details had to be emphasized again after the application of the winter camo. This time I used AK-Interactive AK677 ‘Neutral Grey

Wash’.

The final retouches were made with heavily diluted white acrylic paint that had been carefully applied

with a brush.

Afterwards, I base-coated the tracks and tow cable with a mixture of Tamiya’s XF-63 ‘German Grey’ and

XF-64 ‘Red Brown’.

At this stage, the tow cable required more attention. To begin,

I randomly applied tiny quantities of Lifecolor’s liquid pigment

LPW07 ‘Eroding Dark Rust’.

Next, I rubbed the surfaces with an 8B pencil, in order to add some

metal sheen.

Finally, I applied tiny quantities of white paint here and there, using the

tapping technique. This way I replicated the remnants of the winter camo.