Hey all. Well yesterday I completed a King Tiger camo paint job and once again I cant stand the camo job. I would like to hear from members how you paint your camo schemes. Weather it be hard or sft edge, how do you do it? Air brush, paint brush, how? I want to try different ways. Thanks Anthony.

Anthony,

My camo sucks as well....see my link...I am doing it free hand....can you post some picture of your KT ?

Gepard WIP

The best way i have seen it done is by using strips of blue tac and lay it around the kit and progressively cover parts of it while you airbrush the different colours over it. I havent yet tried this technique as i too did it freehand one of my kits and also have to admit that the camo didnt come out too well.

Much depends on the type of camo. Most soft edge schemes will need an airbrush, but hard edge can be done with a brush. Blue Tack is one way to mask, others are Maskol, paper masks or templates or free hand.
If you tell us what scheme you are trying to achieve (tri colour? ) and show us a pic or two I'm sure you'll get plenty of tips.

Cheers
Henk

I found that 3M Blue Painters tape works great for hard edge camo. I use the kit painting guide and enlarge it accordingly, about 160 % works pretty good. I then cut out the camo scheme and transfer it to the tape.( I usually have the tape mounted on a piece of glass.) I then use a single edge razor on Xacto knife with a number 11 blade to cut out a portion at a time and transfer it to the vehicle I'm painting.
It's not hard to do and with very little practice and forsight it will be a snap to paint.

Ron

Can't go wrong using either Blue Tac, as mentioned, or try Silly Putty. For a realistic soft edge effect you must air brush using low air pressure and spraying at 90 degrees to the masking material. Experiment using an old plastic milk jug.

Mike