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The British tended to paint all of their vehicles used in Europe the same colour:
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
Sing, You can indeed use Model Color through your airbrush. Its a matter of thinning properly and using the right amount of PSI for your airbrush. I find that with Model color I use about 1:1:2 Paint/ Matte Medium/ Thinner. This works for me with the darker Model Colors, and I shoot it between 15-20PSI. You just need to play with it and find what works for you.
Their AFV painting sets are actually pretty good - comes with a short tutorial that explains all the how's and when's for the different paints in the kits. Prethinned Air Color paints too - so there you go.
For a specific break down, you can find (without much difficulty) copies of the instructions for that Tamiya tank online. They give pretty useful painting indicators. Then you can use a site like this one:
