Re: paint job

[JTS]

Hi All

  I am getting closer to painting my Tiger and I was hoping some of you could give me some advice

The camouflage will be  Dark grey/ Dunkelgrau RAL 7021 and Dark yellow/ Dunkel Gelb RAL 7028

I am intending on using an air brush with matt acrylic paints and finishing with a coat of flat/matt varnish

I have never painted a tank before so the questions are very basic

Do I need to use a primer?

How much acrylic paint would I need for my Tiger (usually the web has the bottles in 17ml size)?

Has any one used MIG products they seem to have a painting kit for reproducing rust?

Once again thank you all for being so giving with your advice and knowledge


                                                                                                Jim

[BeeKay]

Hi Jim, just a small tip if doing a cam with "panzer grey" involved. When I did my Winter Tiger in grey with the white running through I used a can of Plasicote Grey Primer to start with the intention of then covering with Tamiya Germa Grey. When the primer was dry to touch I proceeded to air brush on my Tamiya Grey - I could not tell where I had covered! What I am saying is there was no difference between the Plasticote grey primer and the tamiya German grey. So I guess if you have other tanks to primer now, or in the future, you may want to try a can of Plasticote and then when dry you could add your second colour.

Cheers - Brian

[fv432]

hi jim yes ive used the mig pigments rust on my bulldog exhausts comes out good

[Woz]

I use these-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=200263501630

[JTS]

Hi

Thanks for the advice your tanks are really amazing, so how much paint do I need?

                                                                                                           
                                                                                                              Jim

[oz]

hi Jim.
yes you should prime the tank first use either a dark Grey or better still black, the black primer will also work as a shadow underneath the panzer Grey.
get two jars of panzer Grey (just in case).
MIG pigments are fine i sometimes use them but i much prefer chalk pastels they are pennies to buy and come in a huge range of colors.
this is a tiger i did with pastels before i binned it, pastels tend to stick better to the paintwork than pigments do and are not prone to rub off if you have to handle the tank.............oz

[tankman]

Hi Jim Your best bet is to get about 4 containers of 17 ml paint ( your choice of colour ) and at least twice that amount of acrylic thinners as you will need to dilute your paint by at least 50%. Remember with spraying several light coats are MUCH better than one heavy one. This I know through bitter personal experience  ::). What you don't use this time will come in handy for a later project "  trust me "  on this . As with every modeler how much paint you will use depends on your individual level of preference, experience and skill. I ALWAYS get more paint than I need to cover any deficiencies I  may have ( see last sentence ). However never fear practice makes perfect as they say ( and a lot of swearing under your breath helps as well ). Hope this helps, and best of luck on the spray job.
Alan
PS I will be posting some pictures of my resprayed Stug as soon as I get batteries for the digital camera      

[Woz]

The Vallejo Model Air colours can be used straight from the bottle. I used almost an entire bottle of Dark Yellow but only a bit of the Green and Brown on my Tiger.

[Saxondog]

Hey OZ,could you give some more detail about the pastel coloring,maybe some more pictures of your great looking TIGER.I will soon be painting my first tank,and am useing several shades of gray.sax

[oz]

Hey OZ,could you give some more detail about the pastel coloring,maybe some more pictures of your great looking TIGER.I will soon be painting my first tank,and am useing several shades of gray.sax

hi mate, pm sent..............oz