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Ardennes Advance - A lesson in detail

Part I - Painting & Weathering Techniques

I paint separate sections at a time. Treating each section as a separate canvas. The nice thing about armour is almost anything goes with weathering. So many ways to go about it.

I base coat (airbrush) the plastic with heavy Tamiya Yellow (with lots of white and sand to tone down). I whipped down to the local heavy excavation equipment lot and studied the big cats and back hoes. Why do they weather this way? Same way as armour because they are subjected to the same abuse except of course anti tank shells.

I sprayed dark grey, almost black here and there near corners and crannies. Don't get to picky here , have fun and keep the brush moving along with your mood. Then take an old tooth brush and start lightly dabbling on (Daler-Rowney Art masking fluid). When dry scrub or paint on some Modern Options (local art store) instant iron metallic surfacer. try and remember that you are going to apply a lot of layers during this process so be patient because the end result is very rewarding. Try and keep the Instant iron in the low chassis areas because of its rough texture it will also simulate dried mud, perforation and peeled paint that's been repainted.