Re: Panzer 4 Tamiya restoration
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:53 am
percy1510 wrote:Hi Rad - Recognise them decals ??
Thanks for your comment. I used the colours suggested on the Tamiya instructions so Tamiya acrylics Dark Yellow, olive green and red brown. I haven't done a massive amount of weathering. I have dry brushed some gunmetal on some of the edges to give a metallic look plus added a bit of paint chipping in a few places. I did this using a bit of sponge dipped into matt black and then dabbed on. To darken the colours the whole model was given a wash using Vallejo model wash 76.514 which is a brown recommended for light models. I left the wash on for 1 day and then took some of it back off again using Tamiya thinners so that the tank is lighter in shade on the horizontal surfaces to represent a bit of fading
Hi, yup I recognise them, glad it arrived safe and sound!
That wash (and your hand) did a really nice job, I´d better grab some. I have some MIG filter for try camo color, but it does not seem to be what I need. Also I cant achieve a nice color using the tamiya paints whatever I try... When airbrushing the camo colors, did you mix them with the yellow? Or just the plain camo colors over the model?