NOOO, No Pawel, nooooooo no varnish, no varnish!!!!!!!!

Listen me.....I am a poor modeller also. I haven't too special display for my models, and I live near the street, near a garden, where in summer there are dust and sun!. But my models still in perfect conditions. I never has used varnish, because as you say it change the look.

Well, Marcus and my self we have adventage over others, because we can take pictures of our models, to publish it in magazines and after that, we can abandonated the model, because is not useful. But ...I use my models for entry in contest or exhibitions around the world, and I need to protect very well my models after publish it.

You can use another tips for work with pigments, for example.

If your model is a modern tank, in satin color.....if you apply the pigment directly on the satin surface, it will be removed easily. But is you apply before pigments, a soft coat of tamiya buff or earth with Airbrush, and after that you apply the pigment, it will be fixed easily on a MATT surface.

My models...you can touch with fingers after to eat a hamburger and the pigment still on the surface...and is the same pigments as yours!!!! ;-)

use the matt-satin surfaces as combination, even in IIWW vehicles.

Apply big quantity....exageratin the effects, not soft or light effects.

And of course...in the first stage of pigment coats...apply thinner. Second coats without thinner. only pigments. Try it please.

they are pretty expensive, but a pot will last you a while.

i reckon european earth(my most used colour) will probably last for around a dozen 1/35 scale tanks at least!