Hi guy's,
I've put on the dark yellow base but am now woundering what kind of camo patern to do.
Does any one have some tip's and/or photo's ??
And what pressior to set my compressor at and how mutch I should thin my paints (tamiya).
Tanks for any help you can gif me on this one

Jan-Willem

janwillem -

I'd say it depends on time/place that you want to depict. From 1943 on you'd be fine with dark yellow base, then use the green, red-brown, or green and red-brown (three color scheme) depending on what front, etc.The air brush question I'll leave to those more experienced.

Blade48mrd

Jan, Check your e-mail. I'm sending you a page with 4 profiles from Squadron's Stug III in action. All III G's. and in color. (well, pne's a sturmhawbitz but it should help.

Well Stugs were pretty well around from 1940 till the end of the conflict so your paint options are pretty wide open ..I guess we are talking Stug G though so anything with a base of dark yellow should do..
As for how I spray Tamiya paints my method is a little unorthodox but it works for me.. I thin my paint to around 65% to 70% thinner ...I spray at about 25 to 30 psi but I keep my nozzel almost closed ..just enough paint comes out to slowly see the color change after three or for passes over the same area.. I usually paint prime my tanks either black for allied equipement or early war german gray vehicles or a redbrown primer for dark yellow vehicles...
By thinning the paint this much I get alot of tonal differences just by the ammount of paint in different areas ...of course I always lighten the paint two or three times during my painting to get that preshaded look but I don't just lighten each panel in the middle but vary the tones all over ...I did a tiny hetzer this way and it took me almost eight hours to do a two tone job ,but the effect is nice ..try it ..you'll like it .


Rick

Thanx for the pictures, not shure witch one but they'll help.
Thanx again

I thin my Tamiya paints with rubbing alcohol. I use a ratio of about 60/40-paint to thinner. I run my airbrush anywhere from 10psi up to 20psi depending on what I'm painting-thin lines, or base coat.... Once I get the basic paint job finished, I seal the model with Future floor wax to protect the paint, before I do any weathering. Tamiya paints spray great, but they are delicate and will scratch very easily. Good luck, I hope this helps some.