Phil57
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My pet goal is to have a nice collection of WW2 tanks from a wide variety of countries and armies. After finishing my US Sherman, I decided to give this little French number a go and purchased Tamiya's offering of the French R35 in 1/35 scale. I really like the kit and it went together very well with no major issues at all despite it's small size. My problems started when I elected to to paint the vehicle in a four color camo pattern which was common. I always prime my vehicles in black which was mistake number one. Two of the four colors I wanted to use on the camo took a minimum of four coats to achieve some satisfactory degree of coverage. Half way through the painting, I actually hated it and fortunately I completed the small turret which was when I actually thought this doesn't look too bad. I then finished the entire vehicle. The black outlines were hand painted with a small brush and it was here I made a lot of mistakes. Simply because my hands are not as steady as they used to be. I read during the build process that you can do the outline with a black sharpie.....I liked this idea so tried it, but alas that was harder than painting.
I certainly learnt a few things with this kit. First, don't paint black primer if you want to hand paint a mixture of light and dark colors for camo. Second, paint the entire model with the lighter camo color with your airbrush. I can't do anything about the unsteady hands.
Overall, I really like the kit now that it is finished. I will build a small dio/vignette to put it on and update this post later on but for now, thanks for looking.
I certainly learnt a few things with this kit. First, don't paint black primer if you want to hand paint a mixture of light and dark colors for camo. Second, paint the entire model with the lighter camo color with your airbrush. I can't do anything about the unsteady hands.
Overall, I really like the kit now that it is finished. I will build a small dio/vignette to put it on and update this post later on but for now, thanks for looking.
