How to paint a camouflaged tank in 24 hours before further weathering

Lenny Li Szerző
I was asked in another group about this. I want to share my ways to paint a tank in one day:

1. Decide the base colour of the vehicle. Normally I paint it in dark grey for metal effect. Wait to dry completely or use a hairdryer to felicitate the drying process.

2. Spray two coats of hairspray for chipping. I found the cheap one in supermarket works really well.

3. Spray oxidized red, then dot-spray another layers of oxi-red highlighted with yellow for variation.

4. Spray water on top to react the hairspray. Use a hard brush poking the surface for chipping effect. Hairdryer to dry the model completely.

5. Spray clear coat to protect the work (Photo 1)

6. Masking areas using masking tapes or masking putty for camouflage pattern (Photo 2).

7. Spray hairspray (Step 2)

8. Spray grey green colour in different shades

9. Spray water for chipping (Refer to step 4)

10. Spray highly diluted clear green as filter and protection (Photo 3&4)

11. Repeat steps above for the yellow colour (Photo 5)

If you found the process above is too complicated, you can skip the hairspray part. Chipping can be done by hand painting.

The final steps need to use oil painting:
1. Use green, yellow, red colour for the camo patterns for highlights and variations.
2. Use black oil for shadows
3. Use white oil for fading and highlights.

At this stage the model is ready for further weathering work!

Chris
You get the sense that when we do this hobby we want to fulfil a purpose by making something which we create with our hands and our hearts too. Modelling is a sheer joy and yes it has its moments, especially the small pieces but honestly, I WOULDN'T change it for the world. Modelling is something which provides you with the perfect alternative to doing something that just doesn't have the same excitement, I am thinking of television and so on. Especially when you are feeling so low and you just want to create and improve. Your weathering is brilliant, I love the small details on what I think is a underappreciated scale of model, I love 1/35 - Plenty of steps to go through but seriously, it looks like you are enjoying it, would love to hear back from you about what got you into modelling, I am new to this page. I love it so much as I do with modelling as a whole! Keep those pictures flowing. They are brilliant!