Well i finished the paint job, its a standard 3 colour scheme (yellow/green/brown) so i have few questions now:

1. What technique (filter?) should i use to blend the camouflage? Oil wash with some yellow? or enamel wash? Note that model IS painted in enamels (Revell)

2. Can i wash it with wark brown oil colour?

3. What colour should i use for drybrush? grey? brown? light grey?

tnx in advance for replyes

Sensei

No one? pls someone answer i need this info otherwise ill have to improvise

Hi. Okay, my washing experience is, to say the least, not very extensive, but I'll pass this on from my experience. I 've had real good luck with Raw Umber or Raw Umber and a little Mars black. Or you maybe some raw umber and burnt sienna. Depends on how dark or light you want it to be. I just use this very sparingly to let it flow down into all the little cracks and crevices and such.

As far as drybrushing goes, since you have the 3-color camo, I'd say a dryburhsing with lightened colors of the three basic paints you've used, then a little 'dust' ,grime, etc. and the usual things like that.

Experiment on some other stuff to see if this is what you're going for on your 'kitty'.

Take care, Sgirty

I use Raw Umber on exterior Armor......

tO BLEND THE CAMOUFLAGE, THIN THE DARK YELLOW(VERY THINNED) AND AIRBRUSH ON THE TANK(ON LIGHT COATS).I USE A MIXTURE OF RAW UMBER AND BURNT SIENNA TO MY WASHES

hmmm..i got a thought on that idea but why didnt i do it? maybe becouse i dont have an airbrush

I would wash with a mix of about 2/3 black with 1/3 burnt sienna. I usually put two very light washes on to set the tone(5% paint- 95% thinner). After that I 'pin' wash(detail wash) with a much heavier wash along panel lines and around bolts, etc. 15-25% paint to thinner. I would then drybrush with very lightened colors of the camo. I have used this procedure to my satisfaction on NATO 3 color schemes
capnjock

Thanks to all for replying, im gonna tryout some of this stuff tonight

My 1/72 dio showing a T34-85 passing buy an abandoned king tiger (no fuel & ammo) is closing to an end... a bit of ground work and finishing the Tiger and pics will be somewhere here...

I use different colors for my filters ...on my last Hetzer I used a filter of olive green oil paint ,then I used Modelmasters beige ,both thinned to about 95% and when all this was dry I used burnt Umber thinned to about 80% as the deep wash to get those details to stand out ...Sorry I didn't get back to you before this ....Superbowl Sunday finished kinda late ...just crawling out of my Cave here now ...lol

Rick