Painting advice for a 1/35 scale Tiger
Manoj E.G.
Having purchased a plastic scale modeling kit of an early war Pz VI
Tiger(rubber road wheels and all), I am now looking for some advice on
painting it.
1. Would it be better to paint the parts *before* assembly; or paint
*after* assembling it? (I have been following the latter option for my
simpler aero models, and I was wondering if the complexity really
demanded a different approach)
2. What are the steps involved in painting? (Finishing techniques etc.
- I prefer a dark yellow and white camo scheme)
3. Which are the recommended paints for plastic models?
Thanks in Advance
Manoj
Steve Hilby
rec.models.scale newsgroup.
Steve H
Andy O'Neill
<egm...@yahoo.com> writes
Well, I reckon of the three, or so, modelling mags I see in W H SMiths
each month.. at least one would have an article about painting a
similar-ish tank.
>1. Would it be better to paint the parts *before* assembly; or paint
>*after* assembling it? (I have been following the latter option for my
>simpler aero models, and I was wondering if the complexity really
>demanded a different approach)
Painting the rubber can be a bit of a bitch.
I'd leave the wheels and tracks off, paint the rest of the model
dunkelgelb (dk yellow), paint the wheels dunkelgelb, dark grey rubber
and then stick em on.
>2. What are the steps involved in painting? (Finishing techniques etc.
>- I prefer a dark yellow and white camo scheme)
Dunkelgelb and white?
I'd have thought dunkelgelb then some either chocolate or red-brown and
dark green splodges/stripes more likely.
Are you going to zimmerit it?
>3. Which are the recommended paints for plastic models?
Acrylics for main colours, then all sorts for others. Washes with oils
and turps are popular. Chalks are popular for weathering. Pencil lead
for bared steel.
Spray with grey car primer.
Let that cure.
Paint dark brown into lo-lights.
Damp brush white primer lightly onto hi-lights.
( This is called pre-shading and relies on the colours slightly showing
through ).
(Preferably spray) dunkelgelb over, I like tamiya for this colour
(only).
Pattern of red-brown.
Pattern of dark green.
Instead of decals those masks you can get off small scale accessories
are good, spray through them.
All sorts of weathering techniques are used.
It's the Tamiya Tiger?
The rubber tracks are a bit duff.
No detail on the inside.
A set of third party replacements would look a lot better - but a bit
expensive.
Mud on the tracks is one easy way to cover up and save your cash.
Acrylic medium, black and umber with dried earth and static grass
chucked in look OK.
You also need to do something about track sag - fishing line through the
top tracks and round the axles to pull it down.
There are oodles of web sites could tell you about painting German camo.
Andy O'Neill
www.l-25.demon.co.uk/index.htm
Liverpool Wargames Association
www.l-25.demon.co.uk/LWA.htm
Maxwarior
panzers painted...since on small scale overall look is good enough and with the
cammo u dont really see much under coat details anyway..however when you are
talking 1/35 scale u r in the big league where detail is everything...so think
about what will get seen..i mean the inside part of the turret is barly seen so
if u plan to open the hatch just paint the area under a hatcj or find a guy to
stickout of the hatch to hide the insides...
basically try painting major things that you would like to stand out and then
just cammo the rest to blend it in...also the size of the tank also allows u to
even paint tiny places witha very small brush which is cool if u made a bad
decision about painting after assembly for some parts...
about the phases..
well assemble in parts..like typical u have turret and chasis then addon
showels and hooks ith ropes and etc..so work in modules so u dont lose the
parts.
also about painting techniques well try sanding out the plastic with some metal
sand-paper (i mean the tiny one that is made for sanding metal, u may need to
uses some water so u dont ruin the paper) or if u wanna make big scrathes use
wood sand-paper (the big fat chunks that can even cut your hand in one
move)..then sand all flat surfaces..its good for realism and as well for better
painting...
later pick your cammo scheme, i mean desert or forrest or whatever, the
dominant colour is the next colour (like desert cammo u got sand colour
dominating).. take the basic colour and
water it down or thin it down (if u use acrylics water it down)...make sure
this colour is lighter than your main colour.. dont use white mixtures..waste
of colour (u will paint over this soon...
once you are done coat all parts with this colour...exept the dark parts like
the wheels etc..make sure all expressively metalic parts are primed with black
colour firts insted of the one u watered down..
give it a day to settle...
after that paint all parts as u wish by the scheme u want...
after u r done you can either do some drybrushing to show detail or just put
actual extra parts :) up t u...
for more detailed tips email me if u want
maxw...@aol.com
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>From: egm...@yahoo.com (Manoj E.G.)
>Date: 7/26/01 15:37 AUS Eastern Standard Time
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