Got some Dinky military vehicles for my young lad (Honnest) and they have been rubbed back to bare metal with wire brush in pillar drill and sprayed in primer.
Now some need to be in camoflague and others are desert sand or military green & some raf grey.
How is best to spray in camoflague or hand paint small toys?
By: WJ244 - 24th October 2010 at 20:08
If you can’t run to an airbrush the small Revell sprays are pretty good. They used to be better than Humbrol because Revell used a more finely ground pigment which gave a smoother finish.
By: ZRX61 - 24th October 2010 at 19:13
thin paint applied with an airbrush 🙂
By: steve wilson - 24th October 2010 at 17:41
I bought a book on how to paint camouflage once. I put it down and cant find it again :diablo:
By: piston power! - 24th October 2010 at 17:12
There for my son to play with but the intention is for them to look v good,For me i enjoy the preparation and finish for him he gets to play with them and been metal they will paint over and over again!!:D
By: BEIHAN62 - 24th October 2010 at 17:07
Restoring Dinky’s
Hi Pistonpower,I have restored some military dinky toys and in my experience there are two choices,if they are to be used/played with brush painting is ok but if they are to be put on display it is far better to use a very fine spray,compare a good unused original dinky and you will see that all detail is crisp,brush painting tends to load too much paint in the wrong places and some of the detail is lost due to the paint being too thick,a fine mist spray will not “clog up”the finer detail in the casting resulting in an even colour and a much closer finish to the original Dinky,hope this helps,
Regards,Don,
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October 24, 2010 at 12:38 pm