With the model I am building just now, I plan to do chipping using the salt method. I have sprayed a light grey primer all over the tank. I have preshaded it with black and the areas where I will be applying some salt grain. After the salt grain is in place, I'll spray the base coat in a dark yellow (dunkel gelb). Once the paint has had 2 days or so to cure, I'll pick the salt grains off with a tooth pick....... Hopefully this will leave a nice chipped finish.

To me, basecoat is the main colour of the tank. So in my case, the Panzer's grey paint scheme. I put down I underlayer (which will be red oxide) and then spray on my base coat (panzer grey) After that dries I take an exacto knive and "chip" away at the basecoat (grey) to expose the underlayer (red oxide) and if I want a deeper chip, I go all the way to the plastic and then use graphite to colour the plastic. Hope this helps. Thanks. And Lain, I shall post pictures. Look for them in the "Constructive Feedback" section

If all German tanks were "primed" with red oxide, why is that whenever I see chipped tanks, they are usually grey or silver chips? I don't doubt the fact that they are red oxide primed, I'm just wondering why the chips aren't the red oxide colour but instead grey. Thanks.
-Joe

Would it be accurate to maybe drybrush a dull silver on some of the raised parts like the bolts and some of the raised metal grips and other bits?

Greetings!

I would like to know what colour should I put under my grey basecoat for my Panzer IV Ausf D. I would like to chip at the paintjob, but I don't know what colour should be under the chipped grey paint. Would it be silver? Or just a dull steel colour much like Tamiya's gun metal paint? Thanks. Cheers!

-Joe