Thanks Andy. I used a grip pad thingy, given to me at the hospital, to remove the lid on the MM Middle Stone, but the green would just not budge, although I'll admit my arms and wrists were aching and painful, so I probably didn't have much strength at the time !
I remembered what you'd said about the lids, and the possibility of leakage, so I ensured the Stone lid, before I used the whole bottle, was really tight when replacing it, after cleaning the neck and rim of the bottle, an the rim of the lid. No leakage problems !
The Tiger has now got its stripes !
It took almost as long to spray the stripes, as it did to spray the entire model !
But then, I did have to take care with each stripe, and ensure they all followed a pattern, in order to look like a general colour scheme used by the 2 Kompanie of s.Pz.Abt 101, in June 1944.
The green was, as previously mentioned, Humbrol 105, which went on without problems, for a change, although I did get a bit of spitting due to moisture on a couple of occasions, no doubt due to the length of time spent spraying (I'd swapped airbrushes, and used the one without the moisture trap filter fitted to it).
I changed back to the 'filtered' airbrush for the 'Wein Rot', mixing this using Humbrol 60 Matt Red, and Humbrol 29 Matt Dark Earth.
It looks a touch bright in the photos, but this is due to the mixed lighting, with some pics taken using flash too.
Next step is to paint the tracks, including the spare links for the front, and road wheel tyres, before hand-painting the turret numbers, tactical and unit markings, and the German crosses. Once that's done, the entire vehicle will receive a coat of 'dust', along with some dirt, staining and general weathering.
Back soon with another up-date, and thanks again for looking.