Hi, I have the Tamiya Panther and was wondering could I paint the camo by hand. If so please help me. Thanks.

Hi Kar. Yes you can paint camo by hand. I havnt done it on German afv but have on Jap afv. I first primed the vehicle then used a white color pencil to lightly draw out the pattern for each color I painted. If 3 color ...start lightest, draw it out, paint it..then go to the next color ,draw that one out....etc. Hope this made some sense to you.

Hey KAR,

Being an old fogey, I still brush paint my models.

Th main thing I have learned is to thin the paint you are using....several thin coats are better than one heavy thick coat.

Practice on an old model or scrap plastic.

Hi Kar98K
Arthur, a member here, who is better known for his figure skills has recently completed a Wespe with camo in free hand. Well worth a look.
Yes it can be done and done very well. Follw the links attached, and hopefully it will be some help. Im sure if you have any questions, Arthur would be very glad to help. Hes a softy like that! #:-)

Wespe in oils
Wespe in oils part 2
Wespe in oils finished

I just checked his gallery, and all the pictures of the wespe have been removed. Im sure he will send some to you if you want them!

Thanks. Can you tell me how to get that spray look with enamals.

You don't necessarily need a sprayed look if you have settled on brushing. Many German vehicles had compressors that you could hook a spray gun into for applying paint, but as the war drew to a close, paint was applied with everything from brushes to mops to pouring buckets over the sides. Anything to mottle up the factory yellow color. It just depends on what look you're going for.

Hi there.
In my gallery there are pics of 2 Panthers a D and a late G that have both been handbrushed with enamels.The pics aren't brilliant but hopefully they'll give you some idea of what can be done with the humble paintbrush.
HTH
Pete

Do you have any tips. I am painting the Tamiya Ausf A with the sand primer and a brown and green gamo like you have, not the Ardennes camo the other Panther.

Kar98K
Both of those kits were painted completely freehand using kit instructions,box art etc as a guide.
First I painted on a couple of coats of dunkelgelb(I use Humbrol #84) then the green(humbrol #117) and finally the brown (humbrol #160) This applies to both models.
For the Ambush camo I then get a very thin brush and apply random dots in different sizes.
Green and brown dots go on the dark yellow.
Dark yellow and green dots go on the brown.
Dark yellow and brown dots go on the green.
HTH
Pete

OK, thank you again. It will really help.

Any moe hints?

Before I got my airbrush, I sprayed my models first with an aerosol can of the base colour. Humbrol or equivelent was what I used. Dark grey or dak yellow for german, Olive green for US or Russian.
It gives a good base for painting on and if you let it cure for 72 hours, you can wash directly on top without the thinner lifting the paint.
This worked well for me, as it saves a lot of time brushing on paint, and you get a good even cover and no brush marks!