It's trolley time! While they may not be as interesting as the actual aircraft, I've been having fun the past few days painting and weathering the Hansa's beaching trolleys. I had trouble deciding how I wanted them to look - painted gray as the W.12's instructions indicate, dark wood as shown in the W.29's instructions, or something altogether different. I like the looks of the dark wood wheels seen on some models but most of the period photos I could find show these heavy wood wheels to be a light color.
After stumbling across an interesting video on weathered wood effects using Vallejo paints I decided to go that route with my trolley wheels. The video is about 15 minutes but is well worth watching. The subject happens to be a simple crate but as the presenter states, the technique can be used on any wood structure or item where this kind of appearance is desired.
This does not involve simulating a grain effect as we tend to do using artist oils or colored pencils but depends on layering of many different colors.
Here's the video...
http://www.plasticmodelsworld.com/node/1489...and here are my trolleys with the wheels painted using the techniques described.
The rims are Mr Metal Color Iron and the hubs are Vallejo Air Metal Steel.
Eric
