please help im an ameture modeller and have been going for 2 years please help me i try over and over to get a metalic look to my finished afv's but im not sure which is the best way or technique to go about it.
i am currently building a t62 soviet tank and need to know how to get a metalic apearance to my otherwise drab and matt looking coat of green what do i add ontop of the green basecoat to make it look like a metal monster>

Hi, jusjus80!

I've read your question, and I think there's an easy sollution.
Finish your model as usual, let dry for a day or two, then start to dry-brush the bigger, open surfaces with silver. Start very gently, and don't use too much paint in the beginning.
When done right, your model will look old, and "metallic".

Good luck, John.

First of all welcome on board. For what concerns your problem, consider that usually AFVs are never shiny or glossy, they can be semi-gloss otherwise they will reflect too much light becoming too visible. I suggest, trying first on a scarp piece of plastic painted with the same colour of your T62, to give a light coat of Future floor polish (or Klear that's the same product but changed of name in UK) from Johnsons airbrushing it not too close to the vehichle. Before going for another coat, let it dry and look at the effect just to avoid overdoing it.
Another possibility is to give it a "filter" (98-99% white spirirt and 1-2% colour) with a suitable oil colour (or enamel) applied with a soft round brush NOT SOAKED, just humid... This will give the model a semi-gloss look too.
Ciao

I have heard of spraying the model with humbrol satin coate and then spraying matt varnish over it might be worth a try as it will do no harm to the model :-)

AFV´s doesn´t look shiny with a glosy silver looking. What you could do is give a clear coat of Humbrol let it dry for 24 hs., then an oil wash, then a mate clear coat of Humbrol, then some pastel chalks to acentuate weathering, then seal the chalks with another light mate coat and then drybrush the raised details and places where the crew uses to step with Gun Metal (Model Master).
This maybe can help you.