Stalhuth, Ernesto Reyes Scale Modelling Handbook. Scale Modelling Manual. Volume 2

This is the first Manual in a new series about Scale Modelling where the aim is to bring a lot of concentrated information about painting and general modelling techniques for all modellers at a competitive retail price.
Each manual will deal with a specific topic in detail, offering a lot of different approaches and techniques and in most cases written by one author. The contents will be carefully selected and presented in a way that every reader should find something new to try and to adapt to their own methods. Each book will have high quality photos and a detailed text so the reader will easily follow the progress of the assembly and painting of each theme, to help adopt new modelling techniques and different approaches.
In other editions of the "Scale Modeling Handbook" range the length of each theme was limited due to the number of pages taken for other contents, but here there are no such limitations. Each theme will be presented in a most detailed and explanatory way so there will be no omissions or unanswered questions.
Depending on the themes and contents, real painted colour chips of hues and mixes will be added with information on how to use them. In this series we will include various modelling aspects from Historic and Fantasy, Scale Models, Dioramas, Vignettes, Figures, Busts, Techniques and History.
In this second issue Master Artist Ernesto Reyes Stalhuth explains in detail how he painted the Airborne Miniatures Bust (ref: 908) of a 1:9 scale US Army Helicopter Crewman wearing ACU modern camouflage pattern, known to most of us as Digital Camouflage. The bust can also be painted with Multicam camouflage, or both Multicam Uniform and ACU equipment. The same goes for the helmet, which can be painted dark grey (almost black) or light grey. Gloves should be green.
The artist used a combination of airbrush and paintbrush to get the most of each tool. The 55 detailed Step-By-Step photographs with explanatory captions in a total of 60 illustrations revealed all the secrets on how he painted the flesh and helmet (20 photos) and the ACU camouflage and equipment (35 photos) so to get such a realistic result. The artist used a total of 51 acrylic paints (four of them metallic) and four acrylic inks with the real colour painted chips included at the end of the article. A quick guide on how to Airbrush acrylics using a double action airbrush and a steady airflow compressor concludes the contents of the manual. Read about the common problems that we confront when airbrushing water based acrylics and how to easily solve them.

In other editions of the Scale Modelling Handbook series, the length of each topic was limited due to the number of pages for other content, but here there are no such restrictions. Each topic is covered in such detail and comprehensively that there are no omissions or unanswered questions. Depending on the topic and content, real colour chips of shades and mixtures are added with instructions on how to use them. This series covers a wide range of modelling topics, including historical and fantasy themes, model making, dioramas, vignettes, figures, busts and working techniques. The content: U.S. Army helicopter crew: How to paint a modern ACU camouflage uniform and the corresponding
equipment
in exquisite detail with brush and airbrush;
Colour examples of the paints the author used to paint Airborne Miniatures' bust (908) of a 1/9th scale U.S. Army helicopter crew member; How to airbrush large scale figures and busts; t
Common problems and their solutions.