You have to be careful whose advice you listen to. Tom gave you good advice, you are obviously not a cheapskate if you bought that beautiful tank,it will last you many years, so who cares about a few bucks for some decent paint. The other guys who answered you failed to mention they don't have Tamiya tanks, they have cheap $50 junk toys ,the paint you need to buy probably costs more than their tanks, so of course they dont buy the good stuff.