Blu-tac camo method
Discussion
Yes, what I did was spray the brown areas larger than they needed to be. Then I used fresh Blu-Tac and rolled them into nice and evenly thin sausages and laid them just inside the brown areas of paint. You can also just spray the whole plane first in brown.
Then using lots of little bits of Tamiya tape, just filled in the gaps.
BTW the underneath has already been painted and completely masked off.
Then using my airbrush, spray the dark green straight down onto the surface, trying to keep the spray perpendicular to the surface to keep the overspray around the blu-tac regular and not let the paint get under the blu-tac creating sharp edges and paint build up.
I was impressed myself how nice it came out, but remember the more time you take getting the masking right, the better and easier the actual painting will be.
Klear went on yesterday, so hopefully some decalling tonight. This has been good practice for the Tempest build.
Then using lots of little bits of Tamiya tape, just filled in the gaps.
BTW the underneath has already been painted and completely masked off.
Then using my airbrush, spray the dark green straight down onto the surface, trying to keep the spray perpendicular to the surface to keep the overspray around the blu-tac regular and not let the paint get under the blu-tac creating sharp edges and paint build up.
I was impressed myself how nice it came out, but remember the more time you take getting the masking right, the better and easier the actual painting will be.
Klear went on yesterday, so hopefully some decalling tonight. This has been good practice for the Tempest build.
I've got Humbrol Matt Cote (the new one in the clear bottle).
I've heard it's actually quite good but needs a lot of shaking/stirring just to make sure.
I will be testing it on a spare Jaguar that I have applying the same camo method on step by step.
Do you have a link or pic of the one you are talking about?
Say if this is taking liberties but.....I assume you are someone with a vast collection of liquids and potions for modelling. Would it be possible for you to do a review/comparison of flat/satin cote options on similar items or even on a single large model surface? ie. paint an old scrap fuselage or wing a standard matt RAF colour then mask and paint strips of different clear cotes.
Klear and matt coats are all new to me this time round. As a kid everything was painted in shiny enamels slapped on with a very hairy brush lol
I've heard it's actually quite good but needs a lot of shaking/stirring just to make sure.
I will be testing it on a spare Jaguar that I have applying the same camo method on step by step.
Do you have a link or pic of the one you are talking about?
Say if this is taking liberties but.....I assume you are someone with a vast collection of liquids and potions for modelling. Would it be possible for you to do a review/comparison of flat/satin cote options on similar items or even on a single large model surface? ie. paint an old scrap fuselage or wing a standard matt RAF colour then mask and paint strips of different clear cotes.
Klear and matt coats are all new to me this time round. As a kid everything was painted in shiny enamels slapped on with a very hairy brush lol
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