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Hi Guys

I don't know if this should be asked here or in the painting and weathering section? don't know if it might get more views here. I have basecoated my tank in Tamiya paint and these are the steps I plan. If anybody sees any issues maybe they might be able to stear me and offer some tips. Here is what I have planned

1) Basecoat my Tank using tamiya acrylic paints

2) Put down a gloss coat to protect the basecoat and allow for decals

3) apply a pinwash using artist oils and thinner to panel lines, bolts, raised areas etc

4) Apply another gloss to seal in the decals and also allowing me to use oils for fading.I would think that if I didnt gloss between the pinwash and dot filters that I would run into issues

5) apply a mat finish using tamiya xf86

Anybody that might have some more useful tips would be appreciated

Thanks again for reading
Jeremy

Moved to the painting and weathering section Jeremy, as you suggested, it may get more coverage and suitable answers here

Cheers,Lee.

cheers Lee, sorry I should have put it here.

You say gloss coat, with that, are you implying an oil based gloss?
This knowledge will make a world of difference to the replies you receive, especially if you tell us the make of paints/coats you intend to use.

The basecoat is Tamiya Acrylic then was going to use future as the gloss coat

Personally, i always use enamel primer as base coat, then i apply acrylics paint on top. Go easy on the glossy stuff as it is more appropriate to aviation and cars, and not really required to apply decals on tanks. I use dry transfers (ie Archer) as much as possible, its simpler than decals. Unless you are an oil paint artist, weathering is more easy these days using pigments but it takes some time to master the technique.

Cheers for the reply Imcq11

I guess I should have said that I did indeed use a enamel primer follow by basecoat. Ughh I cant even type out the steps I actually did haha

Thanks again

Here is what I have so far. Pin wash done with a flat over top

next step will be using oil colours to fade down

Nice !