Tamiya 1/35 Challenger 1 mk3

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

Steve, yes the white was thinned the same as the black, which sprayed absolutely fine.

[Mr Bowcat]

OK guys, I need some advice from more experienced modellers (which on here means absolutely everybody else ).

I've applied the top coats and reached a stage where I think I should stop, but then I'm second guessing myself and wondering if I should go for one more coat. What do you guys think?

[Guest]

I wouldn't give it a second coat as such. I'd just very lightly mist paint over the entire model from above.

That way you'd keep the pre-shading & fill in the areas that need a smidgen more top coat.

But... if you left it as is, I still think the future weathering would tie it all in together.

[Mr Bowcat]

That was kind of my thinking too. The wash is going to be a slightly darker sand, followed by some powder/pigments. I'd intended giving it a final mist coat at the end to represent sand and dust. I'm hoping this will blend it all together.

[Mr Bowcat]

Well, I decided it was too patchy (it looked better in the pics than in real life) so I decided to go for another coat. I may well have undone a lot of the preshading work, but as this is my first build I decided to be a bit more cautious.

[Mr Bowcat]

I got a little bit of work done today. Detail painted a few bits and painted and fitted the tow cables and MG. I think I will varnish tonight and decal tomorrow, although I'm still not sure what to do with the straps for the fuel barrels.