"die cast 1:72 tanks to paint or not to paint?" Topic
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| ITALWARS | 08 Jun 2017 4:57 a.m. PST |
as i bought at excellent price a lot of tanks/AFV from De Agostini/Altaya i would like to ear, please, your opinion…do you , as i saw in many blogs, totally repaint them?..partially paint them (in a few case the semi gloss original paint is not too bad as in US Vehicles) or leave as tehy are?
many thanks |
 20thmaine  | 08 Jun 2017 5:12 a.m. PST |
I usually use them as they are – maybe a little weathering. If it needed a complete repaint then I'd start with a Rapid Build plastic or metal kit (if one was available). |
| 7dot62mm | 08 Jun 2017 5:33 a.m. PST |
I've done all three. I find that Dragon and Panzerstahl prepaints totally outclass my skills as a painter so I don't try to improve them. Easymodels I sometimes touch up a little and add stowage and weathering but most of the time they are great. Fabbri/Russkie Tanki/Tanki Mira, DeAgostini, Altaya, CinC on the other hand sometimes require complete repaints and additional stowage before being admitted onto the gaming table. |
| vogless | 08 Jun 2017 5:35 a.m. PST |
Depends. Dragons I pretty much just weather them. Some of the others a full paint job. I'm finding the cheaper models have crap molding with very soft detail. Here's on of my Dragons with weathering and AB crew:
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| ITALWARS | 08 Jun 2017 6:05 a.m. PST |
excellent answers thank you…as my models are Altaya/De agostini i have to consider repainting them |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 08 Jun 2017 6:42 a.m. PST |
If you use only one tank in games or different tanks if more than one repainting is optional. If you want a squadron or platoon of the same tanks you should repaint them so their schemes would be consistent and you can renumber them consecutively. |
Troop of Shewe  | 10 Jun 2017 8:42 a.m. PST |
strip 'em down totally and rebuild and repaint, but that's just me :o) |
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