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Then had a hangover from the fumes pf primer

I guess I prime with either the base colour the tank will be or a matt black spray/airbrush or good old fashioned hand brush (remember them). Then give it a dark wash to prepare it for weathering. This means if and when the paint gets scraped, it just comes through as a darker colour which i find preferable.

Cant be bothered with this red oxide primer lark and did wonder why some of you guys do. This thread has answered that question.

I don't prime the plastic (although I shot my Tiger I with grey primer as teh color), but I do shoot the metal parts with zinc chromate primer, especially the aluminum hulls.

i cant say ive ever used primer on anything other than metal parts, even then not allways, i have never used an airbrush mainly 'cos i aint had one 'till recently, all my tanks are handpainted with humbrol enamels, i use humbrol because its what i know, and i like to hand paint the tanks 'cos i think it adds a little more authenticity, though thats just my opinion, as they say, different horses for different courses

                            Tony          

i tend to prime it with a darker colour then the top coat, i dont use a special primer, but if ive used any filler i tend to give that area a few coats by hand

Hi, try the Vallejo model air paints, i've never used an airbrush before but managed to paint a panzer3 fairly easily. Red oxide primer base coat and German grey top coat ( inexpensive airbrush ). the German grey is darker than shown in the photo looks too light because of the flash,

regards Jack.

i used vallejo on my tiger 1, it goes on pretty well.....

fynsdad wrote: oz, love those padlocks on your tigers stowage bin. I'm jealous every time I see them
regards
Frank

the Tiger 1 at Bovington has locks on the stowage bin that are believed to be original items from the war

hi all

me ... always under coat ... sometines gray ..and on some occasiuons black  and sometimes red brown usulay all holfords can spray paint

the humbrol enamel ... its the best paint there is ..... it stuff and works well when weathering and colour washing ....

alwasy then war coats with airbrush ... i have a selection of airbrushes .. but the best cost me £ 20 ... of evilbay .... and i trat my airbrushes like crap .. i never strip to clean ... i just run turps thru .. and leave it ! .. its a tank your painting .. not mum' s mini !

here is an older link to some pics on this site of some work i did

http://www.rctankwarfare.com/Forums/ind ... tml#msg672