Preshade Postshade ?

I generally tend to use both techniques. For preshading, I'll always use flat black. For my M1, which was also in a desert camo scheme, I used flat black over all panel lines, recessses, edges, etc. A basecoat was laid down in several thin applications, so that the areas that covered the flat black were slightly darker. After that, you can either darken your base mix and respray over same areas, or, as I did, lighten the basecoat, then spray in the middle of large, flat areas to demonstrate paint fading, etc.
Hope that helps.

thanks for the advice gjek I will use it.

I tried both preshade and post shade with my last kit. Best advice is to play with it on an older model. You must first use a light base color followed by the darker preshade color. You have to decide where to preshade. You probably don't wan't to preshade everything. When you spray your top color you must force yourself not to put on a thick coat or to many coats or your top color will be to opaque to see the preshading. I found post shading worked about as well. I just used the same top color and added just a drop or two of a darker color and lightly did the panel edges. That way I wasn't to worried about the top color being to thick and covering my preshade.

Thanks Digger that really helped alot

Jess it depends on the base color sand you are applying.If you want to spray a preshade then use a tan with a little rust in it and mix a 1to 4 ratio of paint to thinner.If it streaks a little leave it due to it helps in weathering.If it comes out too dark you my need to add another part of thinner to it.After your mixing spray on a peice of cardboard or paper to determin your mix.Once you have done this for one kit,you will know how to do the next and so on,so on.You need to determin what shade of color will work best for your shading.Sometimes like sand you my want to go to a lighter color of tan to shade or like a green you would use a black mixture that is thinned out.So have fun and experament with the colors for that right shade.Digger