NATO Weathering Set Ammo Mig Jimenez | 5x 35ml (Paint set)

From a fresh coat to a worn-out machine

Three-tone camouflage was introduced in the 1980s, and in photographs from exercises it rarely looks as crisp as it comes out of the gun. Green shifts toward gray under dust, brown draws itself into vertical streaks in the rain, black fields lose their depth. The set leads the modeler along exactly that route, and each of the five products has different work to do on the surface.

Five steps and what each does

• a filter in a sandy tone evens the three camouflage fields into one whole
• a dark wash runs into engraved lines, rivets and joints and gives the surface its depth back
• the product for greasy streaks creates vertical marks under the places where runoff occurs
• the churned-earth effect builds a deposit on the bottom of the hull and on the running gear
• a powdered pigment in the shade of European soil closes the whole with a flat layer

The order that has proved itself

The layers are laid on from the finest downwards. First the filter over the whole surface, then the wash into the hollows, only then the vertical streaks and finally the earth. Between steps it pays to let the surface dry through properly, otherwise the next layer will dissolve the previous one and the deposit will lighten into patches. The pigment is rubbed in dry and fixed either with matte varnish or with a drop of thinner let in beside the deposit.

Range of use

The set is not tied to a single vehicle. The same sequence works on tracked as well as wheeled vehicles, on containers, crates and any surface that is to look as though it has spent some time in the field. A volume of five times 35 ml will do for several models.