Painting stripes on bombs

[goose]

What's the best way to paint the yellow stripes around bombs? 

Wasn't sure where to post this 

[Muzz]

Never really used the method as I don't do many bombs requiring it but I know many folk swear by the rubber washer method, assuming you're using an airbrush?

 

You can buy sets of multi sized small rubber washers on eBay, select the ones of the correct size and roll 2 onto the weapon at the required distance apart, mask off the rest and spray away.

 

Muzz

[nigelshipp]

Thanks a great idea, gonna try that

[goose]

Never thought of washers sounds like a great idea 💡 

[Muzz]

Should probably have specified 'o-rings' rather than washers, here's the kind of set I'm talking about - 

 

http://www.force4.co.uk/nitrile-o-ring-assortment.html?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=CLzkpozYttMCFcSRGwod-HQG7w#.WPqTylTTWhA

[AngstROM]

Howzabout this here...?

[Antoine]

Just get an inflatable balloon (but deflated!) from your kids, open it in two or more parts, use a needle to pierce it, then thread it onto the forward end of the bomb to the aft limit of the yellow strape.  Same thing for the forward limit. Airbrush. You're done. Simple, and cost-effective.

[Vultures1]

O-rings idea is interesting.  Never thought of that ... or balloons!

 

 

[Troffa]

One method not yet mentioned, paint ordnance stripe area with stripe colour, (yellow?)  let it dry,  then mask out the stripe with your favourite (i.e. Tamiya) tape.  Then paint the whole thing the requisite top colour (Olive Drab?) .  Remove mask. one stripey bomb. 

 

:-) 

 

 

[Finn]

Not quite modern, more Cold War but this pic shows examples of how some stripes were painted:

 

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/22da6cc1e04e4401_large

 

Jari

[Nigel Bunker]

Easiest way is to put them in a lathe then paint the rings as they revolve. Just means you need to buy a lathe , or have access to one.

[Fernando]

On 2017-4-29 at 0:43 PM, Troffa said:

One method not yet mentioned, paint ordnance stripe area with stripe colour, (yellow?)  let it dry,  then mask out the stripe with your favourite (i.e. Tamiya) tape.  Then paint the whole thing the requisite top colour (Olive Drab?) .  Remove mask. one stripey bomb. 

 

:-) 

 

 

The problem is that a straight cut tape, however the right width, will wrinkle when adapting itself to the generally conical volume of the tip of a bomb (not applicable to those strips applied to perfectly cylindrical sections). You may find difficult to cut a ovoid strip while keeping the width constant (not applicable when the Yellow area covers the whole tip, instead of being a strip). I have tried the masks by Maketar recently and found them super.

 

Fernando

Edited May 12, 2017 by Fernando

[tweeky]

Don't forget the Coloured bands weren't just yellow, Blue denotes inert yellow live munition. Missiles have different coloured too  

[Finn]

Here is how the early 2 stripe thermally protected bombs were:

 

http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv66-70/064.htm

 

the second stripe was obviously painted freehand. The white stripe and dashes indicated that it is a Mk-36 Destructor, the mine version of the Mk-82.

 

Jari