Lifecolour
J
ust received from the
Airbrush Company is a
new type of weathering
product aimed specifically
at the aircraft modeller.
Lifecolor introduced the
liquid pigment range
for armour modellers
but have been gradually
expanding the range to
cover other subjects and one
of latest is a set designed
to emphasize details on
your aircraft model.
Basically, this range is
a pigment that have been
premixed into an acrylic carrier
liquid and can be applied by brush
or airbrush. Each of these sets
released to date supplies five
different colours and a separate
pot of pigment remover.THE WINGS & FUSELAGE SET SUPPLIES
THE FOLLOWING COLOURS:
LPW 26 Black Liner, this set is best used
on very dark coloured airframe sand and
in areas we you need to represent exhaust
stains.
LPW27 Grey Liner, the one I have used
most to date as it gives a very nice effect
on most surfaces.
LPW28 Payne Grey Liner, great on lighter
blue colours.
LPW 29 Landing Gear Dust, a very light
tan colour.
LPW 30 Blue Burned Exhausts, a great
colour when used in conjunction with the
black liner.
All of these colours can be mixed together
to produce an almost infinite variety of
shades of the base colours.
Application is so simple and easy as can
be seen on Lifecolour’s YouTube channel
were this set is used to realistically
weather a PZL-23.Basically you apply some water to your
painted model and then flow the pigment in
and around the detail. As it dries you will find
the unsightly carrier liquid will just disappear.
You can then lightly moisten a cotton bud
with water to remove any excess and if the
pigment has set just a small amount of the
remover can take off a small amount or take
the pigment away completely.CONCLUSION
I have only been playing with sets for
a few days and I am very impressed,
the only thing that I have found
is that the remover can take off
Tamiya paint if it has not had a coat
of varnish but that is the only paint
I have found so far that is effected.
Even with my relative inexperience
with the product I am really looking
forward to trying to obtain a heavily
weathered finish on my next big project.
Our thanks to the Airbrush
company for supplying the review
sample which can be ordered from
their website at http://www.airbrushes.com
while you can view the full range of
Lifecolour how to videos by typing
Lifecolour into You Tube’s search bar.Eduard Photo-Etch
O
ne set this
month for the
new Airfix 1/48
scale Stuka, which
has the same colour
photo-etch for the
cockpit as the Zoom
set has but with the addition
of some extra detail for the
exterior. However, you will
still need to purchase the Zoom
set seatbelts separately.1/48 SCALE
49894 Ju 87B-2/R2 (for Airfix kit)If you have the Airfix Stuka
and you want that little bit of
extra detail for the exterior
of your model, then this
will be the set to go for.
My thanks to Eduard for
supplying these samples for
review http://www.eduard.comYahu
I
almost always
find something
in a batch of
Yahu releases that
makes me think about
building a kit in my
stash. But this month
I had actually just
started HK Models
new 1/32 scale B-17
Flying Fortress when
a small packet contained a
wonderful prefinished set,
that I think is a must have for
anyone building this beast of
a kit. Even better it has also
been released in 1/72 scale for
the Airfix B-17 which will of
course be much more practical
size for most modellers.1/72 SCALE
WW2 SEATBELTS-LUFTWAFFE
Product number: YMS7213MESSERSCHMITT ME163B-0
INSTRUMENT PANEL
Product number: YMA73003BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
INSTRUMENT PANEL
Product number: YMA73041/48 SCALE
MIL MI-2 INSTRUMENT PANEL &
SEATBELTS
Product number: YMA48651/32 SCALE
BOEING B-17E/F FLYING FORTRESS
INSTRUMENT PANEL
Product number: YMA3222CONCLUSION
Though the B-17 sets were the star of
the show for me all of the other sets
are equally well produced and the Mil
MI-2 set that includes the seatbelts
is very good value for money.
Our thanks to Yahu
for supplying us with the
samples, which are available
from Hannants in the UK.Eduard Zoom
I
must admit to being a bit of a
fan of the Eduard Zoom sets,
as they give you just that
little bit of extra detail and do not
require to much fiddly folding. If
you are new to using photo-etch
then these Zoom sets are a really
good starting point. The extra
detail the Zoom sets provide
for Stuka will be very visible
through the large ‘greenhouse’
canopy this type has.1/48 SCALE
FE894 Ju 87B-2/R2 cockpit (for Airfix kit)
FE895 Ju 87B-2/R2 seatbelts Steel (for
Airfix kit)
FE896 A-26B cockpit (for Revell kit)These Zoom sets as I say
are an ideal introduction to
photo-etch, but if you do want
to add more detail Eduard
can help you there with their
more detailed phot-etch sets.
My thanks to Eduard for
supplying these samples for
review http://www.eduard.com50 • AUGUST 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL
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