Howdy folks. I just recently finished my pride and joy and although it will be a while before I start painting I want to get the ball rolling. Like I said in my title I would like to go with an DAK scheme. I’ve always had to use cheapo acrilics from hobby lobby but now I have easy access to Tamiya paints so one of my many questions is which colors to use. Also with as proud of the building as I am I would like to give it the painting and weathering it deserves. So Any good techniques for powder stains on the barrel, chiped paint, rust, oil stains would be greatly apreciated. Ifany tiger vets could show where these weathering marks should go I would be greatly appreciative. And for my last request, I can’t find many good picture references on the internet (usually I’m pretty good) so if any one knows of any books or web sites, I would like to know.
My time of carefree modeling is coming to a close since the needs of the Army require me to do other things for the next year and a half. So I’d like to get the suplies soon so any help would be great.
If you wish to see my WIP for this build additional info and pictures can be found here.
hi there mechanicore. i guess it all depends on when it made it to the dak. the first arrivals were a light olive green. later they would have been shades of ral 8000 afrika braun,or ral 7008 afrika kahakibraun. im sure that doesnt help much so what i can suggest is a mix because tamiya doesnt have exact matches like xf-60 with some xf-57 or even xf-59. i wish i was a better tamiya paint guy i use testors because i can find it easier than tamiya. good luck with your deployment ,godspeed.
I would suggest some standard airbrushing and painting weathering techniques. A good basecoat of light primer. THen some preshading in a dark brown or black. Then, layer on some desert sand or other (Tamiya dark yellow seems to be the standard favourite of many, myself included). After the vehicle is covered, you’ll want to lighten some of the basecoat with flat white, and spray in the centre of panels and other flat surfaces to show paint fading. A relatively new technique (at least to me) is to take some oil paints, in the shades of white, yellow, green, maybe even some red and browns, and dabble them in TINY spots all over the model, then with a clean brush, streak and blend them in to the basecoat. This will give you a lot of tonal variation. In this way, you can also model rust stains. Paint chipping is a good way to go as well. I’m assuming that since you have a stylized representation of the Tiger there, you’ll want to practice some creative license as well. You can definitely use some chalk pastels and weather the exhausts and muzzle brake. Please don’t over do it. I hate it when I see a muzzle brake completely black. Just add a hint of discolouration. Oh, yes, prior to this, the standard wash and drybrush technique is a must. Check out Tamiya Model Magazine issue 123 for a nice desert coloured Tiger. Its not one of their best works IMHO, but is a good reference.