I am at the stage of my 1/35 tamiya m1a1 where i am about to put the wheels on. basicaly i need some pointers on how to paint and weather the side of the hull(under the wheels) before moving on. i dont have an airbrush so what would be the best aproach?

Here is my current pallet for the dessert scheme

Tamiya XF57(buff),XF59(dessert yellow), Molak dark earth,Molak gun metal,Tamiya karke. and some mig productions pigments dessert sand (i think it's called)

peace out jon

Welcome to Armorama.

Really, I wouldn't worry about it. Adding in the wheels, and the side skirts, plus the track, and very little is seen. Best bet is to add washes and fading by drybrushes, but don't get too excited, little will be seen.

Jeff

Vinnie placed a really good article on weathering etc up here on this site.

You can check it out here

jeff

thanx man. i actually had a feeling that might be the case so ive done some suttle weathering, scraches and motled painting along with painting in the rivets quite dark

thanx again i'll try post you some pictures of my progres at some stage .