Well I finally got my Tiger 1 to the point where I could paint and am not real happy with the results. After priming, I applied a coat of dark yellow which went on nice and evenly. Then I applied the camo in dark green. I thought that came out pretty good too, until I realized that I missed a large area under the turret as I had left it on while painting the camo. So I fired up the airbrush again, using the same tip and same dark green paint. This time though, the paint came out very splattered. I don't know if it thickened or what, but now I have a tank with spots all over it.

I know I could just start over and repaint, but do I have any other options? I don't know if weathering would cover it up sufficiently. It's not going to be a showpiece or anything like that, but I do want it to look good.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I've experienced the same problem myself! Would going to full three colour scheme help? Remember that the overspray on the German 3 colour job was usually done by the crew themselves, there was a paint spray supplied with the tank powered from the engine bay, so how well it was painted depended entirely on the skill of the tankie detailed to do it (probably the most junior crewmember!). So maybe we're guilty of making our tanks look TOO good! Try & get hold of a copy of Panzer Colours, there's some amazing schemes in there, including one that's a real Picasso job!

Easiest thing to do is retouch with the yellow. Several light coats applied nice and tight will cover the green spatter overspray.
For future thought, remember German camo was field applied as Hohenstaufen just said. Areas under the turret would not likely get much attention. At most, the turret might be turned 90 degrees an paint applied to exposed area. Evven that would be a stretch, since a tank spends most of its life withthe turret aimed forward and most German travel locks were dead center on the nose.
When I do any multicolor scheme, be it german or MERDC, I apply the camo colors with the turret in place.

I think Al's advice to retouch with Yellow is the way to go. As for the Germans applying their camo in a sloppy manner, I don't agree entirely. I think that on the whole the camo on Tigers and other Tanks was applied with typical German efficiency. The crews would have taken pride in their vehicles, and not just chucked some paint at it. You also have to consider the scale of the model, a small overspray on the real thing would not really show in 1:35, and equally a small overspray on a model would equate to a substantial overspray on the real thing....
The only camouflage that was 'slopped on' was white wash, which would wear off fairly quickly , thus leaving the rough finish which looks good on a model.


Cheers
Henk

Thanks for the advice guys. I sprayed on a light coat of yellow and it looks much better already. I'll redo the camo when that's dry and hopefully it'll come out better than before.