Ok...I'm planning on painting my Marder III using a color scheme that is stated in the instructions. It's supposed to have a base coat of german grey and another coat of dark yellow painted so that there are places where the dark grey is visible. I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with what I am talking about. However, I'm thinking of using Tamiya's German grey and Model Master's dunkelgelb. How would I make it so that there are grey patches here and there? Would I just mask the places before painting on the dunkelgelb and rough the edges with a paintbrush? Or maybe try out the salt weathering technique? Any advice would be appreciated

Example of desired scheme (not the exact colors I want but I want to put on the same pattern): http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/german/bomard3.htm

Hey Machu, there are many techniques you could try to achive the deisred affect. You could spray the Marder the dark yellow and drybrush the panzer grey areas. This technique probably has the most room for error. You could try the salt masking, I have used it once with decent results. Or you could spray on the base coat of panzer grey and follow it it up with a light coat of the dark yellow. Then take some very fine steel wool or sand paper and sand off some of the dark yellow. I personally would probably stick with the dry brushing.

USMC0321

Machu,

As the gunnie indicated, my suggestion would be to paint the grey on first, and then build up the yellow over this. With a fine 'cloud' spray, you can tint the panel/area and allow the grey to show through.

Good luck and let us see the work!

Dave

You can also shoot the base coat of Dark Grey, then mask small places where you want the grey to show through with rubber cement. After this dries, shoot the Dark Yellow. After that dries, use an eraser on a pencil and "erase" the rubber cement away. It's really the same technique as the table salt method, just a different approach. Good luck.

Patrick

two techniques i would use are,
art masking fluid or toothpaste!
the art masking fluid one is much the same as the salt method but far more predictable,
however i would advise using the toothpaste method, paint the model with a good coat of grey, this must be enamel!, then when this has fully dried give it a nice coat of ACRYLIC!! yellow, and just before that dries, get an old toothbrush with a little toothpaste on it and scrub the model in the areas you want the grey to show, corners tops of panels etc,
then wash the toothpaste of and you should have a nice realistic effect.
one thing though, this effect is quite harsh and works best for whitewashes, so try it out first.
cheers
joe