Winter camo

[Guest]

Cheers mate! Fingers crossed

[Guest]

If you want winter camo there Alan try stippling the models paintwork with maskol then leave it to dry, once dry matt white 30% mix to a 70% mix thinner. Set the airbrush to 10 psi then spray the whole vehicle, build the layers up in some places and thinner in areas where you get a lot of crew traffic. Once dry remove the dried maskol and rub the edges down with a soft tooth brush.

scott

[Alan 45]

If you want winter camo there Alan try stippling the models paintwork with maskol then leave it to dry, once dry matt white 30% mix to a 70% mix thinner. Set the airbrush to 10 psi then spray the whole vehicle, build the layers up in some places and thinner in areas where you get a lot of crew traffic. Once dry remove the dried maskol and rub the edges down with a soft tooth brush.scott

Cheers Scott only thing is I brush paint but I use maskol for chipping effects with varying results so that might work with brush painting so thanks for the advice mate

[Alan 45]

This is what I've done so far [ATTACH]89602.IPB[/ATTACH]

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I'm relatively pleased so far for such a small build

[Guest]

Wooooow! You nailed it Alan!!!

Magnificent, I like it a lot!!

My suggestion: you should add a very soft green wash, you will have a nice, dirt and weathered camo

[Alan 45]

Well I wasn't expecting that sort of high praise and especially from your good self Polux

I thought I might of got a looks good or not bad sort of thing so I'm quite surprised and I'm very grateful thanks mate

And thanks for the tit about the wash

[Guest]

AAAhhh it's a puma I thought I recognised it by number, sweet job so far dude.

scott

[Alan 45]

That's it now I tried to remember it's nickname but couldn't thanks for the kid words mate

[Guest]

There isn't any winter camo equal Alan, your one looks spot on mate, belive me! It only need some washes, no more

[Alan 45]

There isn't any winter camo equal Alan, your one looks spot on mate, belive me! It only need some washes, no more

That's very true , I tried to make it look like it was just splashed over the top of the original paint scheme and the oil paint really worked , next is a king tiger in 1/76 scale with a bit of chipping on the edges same scale as this but it's a bigger tank

[Guest]

That looks good Alan! I've been wondering about the best way to achieve a chipped winter camo effect in 1/72 since you started this thread.

[Alan 45]

That looks good Alan! I've been wondering about the best way to achieve a chipped winter camo effect in 1/72 since you started this thread.

Patrick I find maskol or similar works very well on edges not so good on flat surfaces though

I'm pleased you like it , I'm getting to like brail scale

[Guest]

Alan I hate Maskol! I tried it on a 1/35 King Tiger to get a hard-edged 3 colour camo scheme & it went terribly wrong! Probably as much my ham-fistedness as anything!

What I've been mulling over is whether the technique for creating a worn / chipped winter camo in 1/35 would work when scaled down to 1/72.

When I get round to doing my Nashorn I might try something different ...

[Alan 45]

Alan I hate Maskol! I tried it on a 1/35 King Tiger to get a hard-edged 3 colour camo scheme & it went terribly wrong! Probably as much my ham-fistedness as anything!What I've been mulling over is whether the technique for creating a worn / chipped winter camo in 1/35 would work when scaled down to 1/72.

When I get round to doing my Nashorn I might try something different ...

I must admit I haven't tried it on a brail scale kit I first tried it on my sd kfz 250/1 and it worked a treat on corners and edges , I think for small scale you might get away with painting the edges and corners it might work on a small scale

[Guest]

True, but I'm thinking of spraying a light coat of off-white & then dragging a brush moistened with thinner to give it more of a look as if rain has washed away the whitewash.