Painting and apply primer

[Martin Hofmann]

Hello to all Armortek friends of this world,

my name is Martin Hofmann, and i am a proud owner of a new tiger 1 mid production since yesterday.
i am a mechanical engineer but i have not so much experience in painting and apply primer for such a big tank.
Can you help me with: what kind of primer do you use ( etch primer? primer? which product? ) and what kind of paint do you use ( acryl or synthetic resin paint? and also which company? )

would like to hear from you

Martin

[Russ Clark]

MARTIN
YOU CAN USE ANY METAL PRIMER AND TAMIYA PANTS FOR YOUR FINISH COATS.
HAPPY BUILDING

[Mark Bennett]

Hi Martin,

Congrats on the new project.

For what it's worth, here how I am proceeding. For aluminum, I use a metal conditioner and a scotch-bright pad to clean the oxidation. The conditioner is just weak phosphoric acid which you can get anywhere. Prime with an etch primer. I no longer use spray cans and but use a 2-part etch primer available at auto parts stores. The primer works very well with an air brush.

I use lacquer primers on bare steel parts and as a fill coat on the entire tank before starting final painting. I also keep a few bottles of "Mr Surfacer" to fix small problem spots.

Most people use acrylic paints for the base coats and then do the weathering with oil based paints, at least that is what I am going to do.

Have fun with your Tiger.

Mark

[Russ Clark]

WELL I LEARNED SOMETHING,THANKS

[Russ Clark]

Mark and Dave
Thanks for that information on metal prep. and priming I would hate to have to take apart my tiger but will have to go back and correct a thing or to on my 25 pownder I just started.
thanks again.

[Martin Hofmann]

Hello and many thanks for the very interested informations

Greatings
Martin

[peterbarclay]

Hi the way i paint my vehicles is to etch prime first with an auto spray. Then to apply a red oxide enamal .Then you apply the tamiya german grey or dark yellow acrylic . The acrylic does not stick really well to enamal so it is easy to weather the finish with a scourer pad and other items to make scratches. The germans only applied a thin final coat as there was a shortage of paint towards the end of the war and therefore it weathered quickly. I use White Knight rust guard all purpose primer red oxide. It is excellent product. Cheers Peter