Kettenkrad 1/72

[Dr. Armor_72]

Dear fellow modelers,

This time, I present a quick build of a small 1/72 Kettenkrad mo

del. It is a 3D-printed kit with a few minor upgrades. The most interesting part of the build was experimenting with the three-color camouflage paint scheme.

 

[Jakko]

I read the title and thought, "That's going to be tiny" Very good paintwork there.

 

[BarleyBop]

three-color camo

Amazing you even found room for three colours at that scale!

 

[Ron2]

Dear fellow modelers,

This time, I present a quick build of a small 1/72 Kettenkrad moView attachment 197583del. It is a 3D-printed kit with a few minor upgrades. The most interesting part of the build was experimenting with the three-color camouflage paint scheme.

That's a really big battery!

 

[Dr. Armor_72]

Some other photos!

 

[Dr. Armor_72]

Very good paintwork there

Could be better. However, I realised an interesting thing - purely acrylic paints (AK or A.MIG) are more or less OK for painting basic colour like dunkel gelb on this model, while they are not very useful for painting small red and green spots on such a scale. In fact, Tamiya and especially AK RC are very good for tiny camo airbrush painting.

 

[Dr. Armor_72]

That's a really big battery!

Yeah! That is my famous fake battery!

 

[Ron2]

Amazing you even found room for three colours at that scale!

From another post- he paints with cat whiskers!

 

[Ron2]

Could be better. However, I realised an interesting thing - purely acrylic paints (AK or A.MIG) are more or less OK for painting basic colour like dunkel gelb on this model, while they are not very useful for painting small red and green spots on such a scale. In fact, Tamiya and especially AK RC are very good for tiny camo airbrush painting.

Wait, you airbrush at that scale? What size nozzle?

 

[Dr. Armor_72]

Wait, you airbrush at that scale? What size nozzle?

Yes. This was airbrushed camo - 0.2 mm nozzle, Harder and Steenbeck ULTRA at around 20 psi, and A.MIG 7100 set of paints with AK 3G thinner (something like 1 to 1).

 

[Ron2]

Yes. This was airbrushed camo - 0.2 mm nozzle, Harder and Steenbeck ULTRA at around 20 psi, and A.MIG 7100 set of paints with AK 3G thinner (something like 1 to 1).

That is surprising to me. I use the same set up but I usually lower the pressure when I'm trying to paint smaller details. I'll go as low as 8psi. I've also been airbrushing less than a year tho. At the lower psi I generally thin it about 60/40. For my main spraying I usually keep it around 12-15 psi. Why do you use higher psi?