Im going to be starting my first camo pattern on a Japanese tank. So far the best I know is to start with the lightest color first and that is going on tonite. Its a 3 color pattern. Any hints or tips on doing airbrush camo would be greatly appreciated. I use the Aztec 470. Thanks!

PvtParts, try to use the techniques I mentioned to you earlier. Since I'm a firm believer in the ole adage of a picture tells a thousand things (something like that )go HERE. Look at pics 5 - 8.
I know it's not a tank being done, but the same method is used.

PS: Just make sure you have Adobe Acrobat installed before going there, it's a PDF.

Normally, I'd say go with the lightest color, but in the case of a tank whose base is a darker color, such as the MERDC pattern, I paint it as it would be pajnted in reality. The base color first, in your case, I think it's a shade of green, then the lighter the next largest color and so on. The lightest color may, in fact, be the last one you put on. The good thing about an airbrush is that it tends to cover well.

IIRC, most of the pictures I've seen of Japanese WWII tanks show a hard edged pattern. You can get this with a careful application of masking tape. Or you could reproduce the pattern from your instruction sheet to 1/35 (or the appropriate scale) and cut out a template attaching it with folded over tape, rubber cement, or the gummy stuff used to tack up posters in school.

Thanks guys I think im going to try freehand, I just need to lay off the coffee for a few hours before I start Then again it could be interesting #:-)