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I started watching your videos with the review of the bandai tie interceptor, man you have the BEST informative videos on RU-vid. Not too dry, just the right amount of info covered. I never get bored of watching them or think "man shut up already and just get to the point" your videos are amazing. I just finished a 1/35 scale M41 walker bulldog using some of your techniques... and its my best looking kit yet. Thank you and keep on keeping on! I love these videos
Excellent tutorial, Andy. I tried this technique on an Academy T34/85 I had just finished painting and using your guidance on how to chip and weather the paint it now looks great. I'm now going to weather it further with mud effects using another of your brilliant videos. Thank you sir!
Hi Andy, Matt from Oxford UK. That was one of the clearest and most informative videos I have seen on the subject. I never miss your videos and greatly appreciate the time and effort you put into producing them. Many thanks
A great video as always, i'm beginning in this wonderful world of building military models and your videos has been the greatest source of techniques and inspiration for me. A big thank you for share your wisdom.
I think weathering is one of the hardest disciplines in modelling, however you pulled off all these techniques perfectly, I have personally shied away from the hairspray, because I find I can be a bit too vigorous, and knock parts off, or leave it too long to the point that the hairspray feels like it will never come off, thus no chips. All the tips showed are a real help! Keep up the good work! Thanks
mike wood yes mike your right ther is to mutch rust on this models very littel the tank life spand on feild is 2 to 3 weeks tops I'm reeincatorer for wwII ben doing to for 15 years models 20 years so I do like lotes of chips and rust thanks
Just got done with the German T-34. All dark yellow. Tried the lighter yellow and chip paint. Amazing out come! Thank you a lot Andy! Looks a lot better with the lighter edges around the "chip".
Andy, another great video and very useful too. Many thanks for these how to videos, they are so helpful to relative beginners like me, many thanks, Joe
Andy my friend, with all of these great "How To" videos for helping out all of us 1/35 scale military model enthusiasts, how do you find the time to run the store buddy? LOL. I've been at this modeling hobby for some 50+ years now and from time to time I still learn some great techniques from you and it's greatly appreciated my friend. Thanks so much, Hector.
Andy can you make a video recommending the products that you use regularly like what clear parts cement or if you use any liquid mask, what kind of brushes you use, airbrush setup, ect. you have so much experience using different products id like to see what are the go to tools that you use on your builds.
which method do you prefer? im so close to building my panzer iv ausf j. but I forgot dark yellow lol I guess its a good thing because its making me finish my b-17, I have to brush paint because testors clear part cement is garbage and the windows arent bonded and fall out with any pressure trying to mask them off.
Dumb question Andy...is the rule of thumb to use the hairspray technique on German vehicles, and the paint brush or sponge technique on American armor?
no but usually the hairspray works better on big areas that require a lot more wear, like a winter camo or north African , but if you wanted to do a really beat up American tank you could use hairspray.
Andy, I love your videos. One quick tip on hairspray chipping. The top coat will chip much faster and you will have much more control if you thin the paint with water rather than a thinner. If you use water, you can use a regular paint brush to chip, it gives much more control and you can make really small chips.
Saunaatana - Although I normally use the Tamiya laquer thinner for airbrushing, I've had good success thinning Tamiya paint with water for this application. A few things that make it a lot easier. 1. Don't overthin the paint. I find about a 50/50 mix is good. 2. Use really low pressure on your airbrush (15 lbs maximum, even less if you can) this minimizes splatter 3. Keep the tip of the airbrush clean of droplets with wet q tips as you are spraying. This will help with splatter and also avoid tip dry and clogging. After a wipe with the wet q tip, re-establish a good spray off the model and go back to spraying on the model The resulting coat of paint will not be as smooth as paint thinned with the proper thinner, but I find that it actually accentuates the chipping and makes it more realistic. The water thinning makes it possible to create extremely small chips. Michael Rinaldi, in his TankArt books, describes the hairspray technique well. If you get a chance to pick up one or more of his volumes (I think he has 3) it's well worth reading. One of my favorite lines from him is "you can never have too small a chip"
Hi Neil , Taking a break for a while from train , did so many kind of got burnt out on it , plus I have so many other projects , i will get back to it, eventually
I don't think so. Future is used for a clear coat that won't be removed. The purpose of hairspray is that it will break up and chip away when water touches it.
which method do you prefer? im so close to building my panzer iv ausf j. but I forgot dark yellow lol I guess its a good thing because its making me finish my b-17, I have to brush paint because testors clear part cement is garbage and the windows arent bonded and fall out with any pressure trying to mask them off.
