Airfix Model World – July 2018

INTERMEDIATE BUILD
HENSCHEL TYP 33 D1

INTERMEDIATE BUILD

HENSCHEL TYP 33 D1

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secured eventually with white glue.

According to various references,

the upper doors/windows (Parts

F5 and F8) were fitted for just cold

weather conditions, so they were

omitted here. The bonnet could

be constructed with open covers,

to display the engine, but if these

were closed it was found that

attaching the panels (Parts B9/

B10) to the lower frame (B19/B20),

before they were added to the

central support (B24), meant no

problems were experienced.

Open cargo

For the load bed and drop-side

panels, which were essentially

featureless, it was decided to

add wood grain via the tip of an

X-Acto blade and a fine-grained

sanding pad; ejector pin marks

were also addressed at this point.

Construction was straightforward,

but alignment of the panels was

tricky — as the real items received

considerable wear and tear, no

extra effort was made to ensure

perfect joins. Vague location

details, and a lack of pins/holes

meant adding the exterior stowage

racks was troublesome, but the

correct position was established

via reference photographs. Mild

force was needed to clamp the

mudguards while the glue dried,

and the whole load bed was

treated as a separate unit until

after painting and final assembly.

The cab’s canvas top lacked

moulded relief, thus the old trick

of tissue soaked in diluted white

glue was employed. Initial efforts

didn’t produce the desired results,

so a coat of Winsor & Newton

Acrylic Modelling Paste (www.

winsornewton.com) was applied to

smooth any uneven areas. Once

dry and primed, it was airbrushed

with Tamiya XF-49 Khaki, and

then sponged with a mix of

70.988 Khaki and 70.821 German

Camouflage Beige.

Mindful of the styrene’s fragility,

the final construction stages

proceeded slowly, with just the

clear parts omitted. As few

reference photos showed the

load bed canvas arches (Parts

E45/46/47/48) stowed in front of

the cab, this arrangement was

omitted and two spare photo-

etched (PE) metal fasteners

attached instead. The formation

flag holder (Part E1) was also

rarely seen...it too was not added.

Unfortunately, the jack was lost

in the workbench chaos, but (as

always happens) it was located

again after painting had started,

and therefore attached to the

footplate later than intended.

Shades of grey

After the cab was masked and the

model primed, Lifecolor’s Contrast

& Desaturation Set was again put

to use. However, the Panzergau

Deep Shade (UA254) didn’t really

alter the black primer; Panzergau

Ground Colour (UA253) was also

rather dark, whereas the lightest

hue of Panzergrau Flashed Shade

(UA252) was quite bright. As

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and the whole load bed was

treated as a separate unit until

after painting and final assembly.

The cab’s canvas top lacked

moulded relief, thus the old trick

of tissue soaked in diluted white

glue was employed. Initial efforts

didn’t produce the desired results,

so a coat of Winsor & Newton

Acrylic Modelling Paste (www.

winsornewton.com) was applied to

smooth any uneven areas. Once

dry and primed, it was airbrushed

with Tamiya XF-49 Khaki, and

then sponged with a mix of

70.988 Khaki and 70.821 German

Mindful of the styrene’s fragility,

the final construction stages

proceeded slowly, with just the

clear parts omitted. As few

reference photos showed the

load bed canvas arches (Parts

E45/46/47/48) stowed in front of

the cab, this arrangement was

omitted and two spare photo-

etched (PE) metal fasteners

attached instead. The formation

flag holder (Part E1) was also

rarely seen...it too was not added.

Unfortunately, the jack was lost

in the workbench chaos, but (as

and therefore attached to the

footplate later than intended.

Shades of grey

After the cab was masked and the

model primed, Lifecolor’s Contrast

Deep Shade (UA254) didn’t really

alter the black primer; Panzergau

Ground Colour (UA253) was also

rather dark, whereas the lightest

hue of Panzergrau Flashed Shade

(UA252) was quite bright. As

secured eventually with white glue.

According to various references,

the upper doors/windows (Parts

F5 and F8) were fitted for just cold

weather conditions, so they were

but alignment of the panels was

tricky — as the real items received

considerable wear and tear, no

extra effort was made to ensure

perfect joins. Vague location

 Structure was added to the otherwise

plain canvas top, courtesy of wetting tissue

paper in diluted white glue, and cutting the

edges after everything had dried. Textural

enhancements were created with Winsor &

Newton Modelling Paste.

Mr.Surfacer Black primer covered

the chassis and wheels, before the

latter were sanded and glued onto

the axles. The driver’s cab was then

masked, before German Grey was

airbrushed onto the entire model.

The seat was painted to

resemble leather, via Vallejo’s

Saddle Brown, while wear was added

by mixing the base shade with Sunny

Skintone, applied with a sponge.