advice

[JTS]

Hi all


      Newbie question again

I am getting close to finishing the painting of my Tiger 1 should the hull mg be silver or gun metal in colour?

I thought gun metal but in quite a few photos of member's models it is silver?

Sorry for troubling you all with such a basic question


Thanks for any forthcoming advice


                                                                  Jim

[Rivetcounter]

gun metal

[nw explorer]

gun metal,definately

[mcevoyi]

paint it matt black

then use a pencil to highlight .. try it ..looks brill

[JTS]

Thanks for the advice I have a bottle of gun metal so I will go with that, as for the pencil trick I think I might try that with my next tiger!


Thanks again


                    Jim

[oz]

gunmetal paint looks OK but its a bit one dimensional, as mcevoyi says black then the pencil method does look much better then on top of that a teeny dry-brush with pure silver to catch the high points  ..............oz

[fv432]

just used the newish gunmetal from humbrol and it gives a good finish starts of black then you polish it with a dry cloth and it highlights it

[Mackem]

Vallejo Panzer Aces kit No.5 has a paint colour they call track primer.
When you add the water you get a sort of muddy pink colour which changes over the space of a couple of hours to a nice base metal colour. Give it a black pinwash then rub over with pencil lead to add some highlights.

Cheers
John