I'm painting a Marder III in this colour, but no matter what I do, it just will not give a flat finish. It always leaves streaks of darker grey. I've tried thinning it, I've tried a new tin of paint, I've tried combined new and old paint and then thinning it but it always leaves these streaks. Short of going out and buying an airbrush or a spray can, is there anything else I can try to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance
Dave

After Humbrol suffered their factory fire a few years ago, they decided to take the opportunity to reformulate their enamel line. The old paint was excellent for hand brushing, but the Super Enamels are better in an airbrush. Most are streaky when hand brushed, some colors being worse than others. I'm sure there are people out there who have techniques to get the new Humbrol to cover evenly, but I strongly suggest you get an airbrush.It really makes life easier, and camouflage patterns are much better looking. If that's financially impossible at the moment, get the Tamiya German Gray in a spray can.

Dave,
This is a real problem with the so called 'improved formulation', I would suggest that you could look at even one of those really cheap utilty sprayguns if you just want to blast on a wide coverage of a vehicle.

With Humbrol paints now it seems that no two tins are alike, you can take two from the same rack and one will come out well and the other tin will do just what you have described.

I looked forward to seeing what their new Acrylic range was like, but having picked up a colour card a few days ago from my local shop, I see that the range is 85 colours and they are only in the normal range like now. I had hoped for some mixes like their old Authentic range, but it seems that this is not too be. They are It was suggested by the manager, possibly to produce extra paints in the Railway range of colours.

Who knows you might get hooked and decide to look at a slightly more expensive airbrush and add a compressor and add to your skill range.

Regards,

John

Dave

If you take the plunge and go for an airbrush take a look at Everything Airbrush. the quality and service from this supplier is fantastic.

HTH

Andy

Dave - I think spray cans are OK!
Can any body help me - I asked earlier which is better between acrlyics and enamals, and what the difference is between the two. Can someone give me an answer? Harry

Thanks for the help, everyone, I think I'll try a spray can sometime.

Harry, the key difference between enamel and acrylic paints is that acrylics are water based whilst enamels are oil based. That's why you can't wash enamel paint off brushes in water. As to which is better, that depends on who you ask. Some people prefer enamels, others prefer acrylics. Up to you.

Dave