Easy chipping technique (German Afrika Korps) with Humbrol Maskol

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The vehicles of the german Afrika Korps in the Second World War were originally painted in german grey, just like all other german vehicles in the beginning of the war (later on the regulations were different).
For the service in North Africa the grey vehicles were painted in desert yellow. After a while the yellow paint began to fade and chipped off. Therefore it is very important to add a heavy chipping on a model that depicts a vehicle of the Afrika Korps. I always had big troubles with that, because my Q-tip-method is quite limited in this case.
So i used a sponge, an airbrush and Humbrol Maskol to simulate heavy chipping on the model.
First of all you have to paint the model in german grey, like it was the case in reality. Then you apply the Maskol with the sponge and paint the desert camo afterwards. It is quite easy to remove the Maskol again, so don´t worry about that.
The video shows my first try on that technique, so there is a lot to improve in the future, but i think it is good to share my experiences with you now. I hope this short video is helpful for everybody.

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Howto & Style

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• hamilkar barkas
• scale modelling
• historic figures

[romydngr]

This is definitely the technique that i was lookin for...thnx 4 d video bro...

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@romydngr thank you! i made a series of videos about a tiger tank with winter camo recently, where you can see me working and commenting. maybe this interesting for you aswell.

[millitarychap]

888hamilkarbarkas888, can you replicate the paint chipping result with other methods? cause i can't seem to find it from my local modelling shop. i'm building a panzer iii ausf l and the time line is in tunisia, 1942. Your video above helps me a lot XD thanks

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@millitarychap there is the so called "hairspray-technique" but thats rather complicated. instead you can use a very thin brush instead and paint all the chips on, or you use a sponge and dip it into the paint you want and apply it on the model.

[coladito1]

Awesome technique! Ill give it a try..... This is the second video i favorite of yours, thanks so much for sharing with us.

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@coladito1 thank you very much for this nice comment :) i´m always happy to hear that my videos are helpful and inspire other model builders.

[palehorse1948]

great video!I

[beibiro]

after that, thevsame washing process needed like this one in the video.

[beibiro]

then put salt,extra fine salt.wait till it dries then apply the base coat..

[beibiro]

hi! another technique would be the easy salt technique. you can get the same effect by pouring water in the places you desire,then put slt

[TheSeasonman1]

Great tutorial will be looking out for theis mask liquid when next shopping . Thank you

[dunk1978banker]

great tip cheer buddy might get myself one of these Humbrol masking pots!