I just ordered a Bulldog... to keep me occupied while I totally reconstruct my Tiger (My first tank).... So I have very little experience but everyone here has been great!......

OK my question, about my bulldog..... I don't plan on upgrading it at all until my Tiger is done....HOWEVER... I do want to paint it for teh short term to rid it of teh shiney look... Just a quick spray of flat paint.... Any suggestions.. keeping in mind it is only meant to make it look better for teh short term. I assume I can just paint it... no sanding no primer....YES? NO?

THANKS!!!

Testor's Dullcote should be fine, its laquer based so its pretty much friendly with any surface. On color impregnated plastic, it does have the tendency to spot, so you probably need 3 very faint mist coats first before a final coat. This way you build a coat of fine particles before laying a final coat on(which should still be thin, but fully covering the model for an even finish). It will probably take just over 1 can to get a decent coat on it. Just make sure you wipe as much down as possible with rubbing alcohol to get as much oil off the tank(they are kinda covered with it) as possible. Any hobby store should have it on the standard Testors or the Testor's model master paint racks.

I may paint my bro's Bulldog for him(buy it for him, and then upgrade and paint it for him, cripes...)-and will probably use the USAF AS series olive drab Tamiya spray paints as its a little less green then the 'OD #2' TS series standard Tamiya spray...

Thanks!!!

Second the comments by kevinb120. Dullcoat is the best and does a nice job. Hope you are going to modify ther driver's periscopes etc.
They are a mess. And please don't put in in Vietnam with a US crew. We never used the M-41 in combat, but I see an number of them done as such..
Bill

Driver's periscopes? Damn... I am too involve in my Tiger... I just want to paint it before I use it... but thanks, now I will have to look into that.

KT

A suggestion for regular paint, with pigment, I would say: Krylon Olive Drab!

Works great and you can spray it on right over the original HL paint, no primer needed. That's what I used for the Snow Leopard.

I think too much emphasis is placed on having a tank with a crew visible on the exterior. For most situations (i.e., being driven), I think the tank should be 'buttoned up'.


-Harq

I wanted a quick paint job too, so I bought some matte camo-like colors (Oregano, Honey, Fossil) from the local hardware store (Lowes). I chose to take the tank completely apart, and remove the detail items, but that's not totally needed. Some random holes cut in cardboard sheets served as the masking. I played with different elevations to get just the right misting effect. Oh yeah, I hit it with primer first, and also made sure all the flashing was cut off. Not bad for a cheap paint job.

Here are the results:

thats one unique looking bulldog! really stands out.

Beutiful bulldog.