Tamiya Paints

Clear coat is just that. Clear coat. Basically it's a final finishing clear paint to seal everything once you're done with the build. It comes in Gloss, flat and even semi-gloss.

You don't need to stick with Tamiya paint for any weathering. Model Master, Lifecolor, Humbrol, etc... Spread your horizons on using different brands of paint with a wider variety of colors than Tamiya has to offer.

Like Black Sheep said, expand your horizons.

For chipping I use and enamel silver for the undercoat and then AK Interactive's "Worn Effects. This is similar to the hair spray method but designed specifically for chipping. An acrylic (XF-???) goes over this, then you can wash the acrylic off where you want or chip it off with and X-acto blade.

For rust I use oils. Either Burnt Siena of Burnt Umber. Mix just a tad with Turpenoid and apply with a small brush, the oil does the rest.

For mud I will use chalks and pastels. Wet the surface with water and apply the pastels to the wetted area. The pastels won't come off and they will clump up like mud.

Steve

modelcrazy

Like Black Sheep said, expand your horizons.

For chipping I use and enamel silver for the undercoat and then AK Interactive's "Worn Effects. This is similar to the hair spray method but designed specifically for chipping. An acrylic (XF-???) goes over this, then you can wash the acrylic off where you want or chip it off with and X-acto blade.

For rust I use oils. Either Burnt Siena of Burnt Umber. Mix just a tad with Turpenoid and apply with a small brush, the oil does the rest.

For mud I will use chalks and pastels. Wet the surface with water and apply the pastels to the wetted area. The pastels won't come off and they will clump up like mud.

 

Steve

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Even I took a stab at answering one of his postings ,but I believe you and Blacksheep are talking a little over his head, just judging from his queries.NO OFFENSE.

 

None taken. Just saying he really don't have to stick with one brand of paint. Tamiya has what? 80 some odd colors at their disposal? Model Master and others have more than twice as many colors than Tamiya has. Think about it. How many shades of greys, browns or even greens does Tamiya has compared to other brands? Other brands gives him an opportunity to choose from a much wider range of choices.

We are simply explaining to him what and how these weathering methods are done. in reality, the best way to do it is by reading, watching youtube videos, and try it yourself. I would recommend practice on a cheap scrap kit first until he gets an idea how to do it. It's really not that hard to do. I've got a couple of scrap aircraft kits and an armor tank at my disposal if i want to try and learn new weathering methods.

I agree wholeheartedly. Youth is wasted on the young.

You know the hard thing about this guy is he is posting all kind of questions and requests,and we are all trying  to be helpful by posting info and  techniques,but we are getting no feedback,no thanks,no back and forth,he just posts and runs to another topic.So are we getting thru,I don't know.

So Rangatron,are you out there ???? Are we getting thru and helping you ?

Tojo72

You know the hard thing about this guy is he is posting all kind of questions and requests,and we are all trying  to be helpful by posting info and  techniques,but we are getting no feedback,no thanks,no back and forth,he just posts and runs to another topic.So are we getting thru,I don't know.

So Rangatron,are you out there ???? Are we getting thru and helping you ?

You know....I didn't notice it til now.

Again, I get the impression he's really young, or.....

Yes you guys are helping a lot! Thank you so much

Theres only one more thing I need help with:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/171177.aspx