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edpanzer
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Hi in the next month or so I will be repainting my tiger what I need to know is if I buy one of these paint sets in the link below is there enough paint in the kit to do the whole tank with an airbrush?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Late-War-Germ ... 19ecff1931
Taigen Tiger 1 full option rctank.de special edition airbrush paint IR equipped
Type 90 1/24
WSN T34
Heng long leopard 2a6
Heng long panzer 4 platinum
Heng long sherman
Grantham Light Armoured Division RCTC
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Re: paint

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On the KT I'm doing I used that Mig set: I used up a whole bottle of Red Primer (seperate to that pack), most of the Dunkelgelb DGII but have lots of the resedagrun and redbrown left over. To be honest I'd just by the colours you want separately unless you want the whole selection.

As Kaiser says, they're odd paints compared with tamiya, I really liked them but were not easy to spray though my Iwata HP-CS which is quite odd as that's a pretty good brush but seemed happier being sprayed through my Iwata revolution which is a low pressure brush. They also need more curing than Tamiya and I don't feel they are as hard wearing but the colours are really nice.

Also remember to spray thin layers, those paints spool up really quickly so do thin layers. The nice thing with them though is you can brush paint and get a good finish, can't do that with Tamiya acrylics but then they're meant really only for airbrushing. Additionally, if you're using a template like silly putty, really take care. I ended up with a few lines when I used them as they well and spool very quickly but take a while to set. Makes for nice brush paint as well though.
edpanzer
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Re: paint

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Thanks guy's that's some great advice thanks for your time :thumbup:
Taigen Tiger 1 full option rctank.de special edition airbrush paint IR equipped
Type 90 1/24
WSN T34
Heng long leopard 2a6
Heng long panzer 4 platinum
Heng long sherman
Grantham Light Armoured Division RCTC
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