Hi

OK, construction almost done..... first time PE has worked a little better than I'd hoped

Friuls are done, now I'm just waiting for the barrel to arrive and I can start the make or break stuff - pointing my airbrush at it..... going to try my first airbrushed 3 colour camo...strype stye I think.

Should I base coat green or yellow for what I hope will be a predominantly green AFV ???

The pictures seem to be broken.

I would think you base coat with the yellow, then add the rest.


:-)

Oops, hopefully the pics appear now....

Here you go:

Hmmmm. Something strange here - I can only get one of your pics to appear at a time as well. Very odd!

Hi Peter,
Nice job on the vehicle and the pe, those track hangers are a bugger to put on aren't they? If you are going with an overall green vehicle with stripes I would recommend painting the green first, one reason for this is that I find when painting subsequent colors the amount of overspray is harder to see on a darker color than it is on a lighter color. Meaning that yellow over green is harder to see than green over yellow. I have put a picture of my Jagdpanther I finished a few months ago as an example,



I first laid down a coat of green and post shaded the green, then I followed with the red brown and finally with the yellow stripes, there are more pictures in my gallery.

another fine example is Gunnar's Jagdpanther's

http://missing-lynx.com/gallery/german/gjjp.htm
and
http://missing-lynx.com/gallery/german/gjjagdp.htm

I hope this helps and I am looking forward to seeing some paint on it, any ideas for a unit?
regards,
Robert

Thanks Robert,

Yep, the hangers were very fiddly to put on. I ended up soldering the bracket bits for strength, another first for me :-)

Laying a base coat of green was mine thought also, but I'm worried about putting a light colour (yellow) over such a dark base

Don't know what's going on with the pictures, I've posted before with no problems.....

Peter,
As long as you lighten the yellow and make sure that you completely cover the area you are spraying there shouldn't be any problem. I never spray the color out of the jar it is always lightened first that way it's easier to weather down the road.
regards,
Robert