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    First Time Painting Camo, What Should I Lookout For?

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    I would apply: a primer

                           apply the N grey

                           mask the contour with either tape or masking putty

                           apply the M green

                           mask the painted area and apply the G grey

     

    Are you using brushes or airbrush? Tape should work better with brushes.

    You don't have to follow the camo pattern 100%. You could print the camo scheme, easy to find a pdf version of it on scalemates.com, cut it and hold it in place with a tiny bit of tape. Works great with rattle cans and airbrush.

    AK Mig Ammo - Brush Painting

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    I have decent results with Mig paint. Cover is good, be careful when adding water/thinner the paint will be very runny very quickly. I do not use mig thinner anymore, just plain water, the paint was drying way too quickly with the thinner.

    1/72 Bf-109 E4 airfix old kit. Paint advice

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by Xavnl

    This took me quite some time and the result is not really convincing. How would you do it?

     

    Another thing drove me crazy. How do you stop the paint from going underneath the tape and live its life?

    The paint is quite thin, this thing is going all over the place. I cannot imagine what is going to happen to the F-16 waiting on the shelf...

     

    Next I applied the varnish-decals-varnish-dark wash. I might have over-done it a bit:

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    How do you do the exhaust gas stain? Any picture?

     

    Next will be the canopy. I tried to mask it..... I will have to try something else. 😀

     

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    1/72 Bf-109 E4 airfix old kit. Paint advice

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by Xavnl

    Wrong place, I meant to post it in the WIP section, sorry.

     

     

    Hi gents,

     

    I finally manage to, almost, finish a kit! 

    It's not really a work in progress but more a paint in progress / looking for advice post.

     

    I found this kit for not much:

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    Construction went not so well, fuselage sides were not aligned, propeller axis gap not centered, etc...  but I enjoyed it.

     

    I am painting with brushes, no airbrush, and I am struggling a bit with the shading.

    Primer colour was white, I applied the basic colours, found the RLM65 too blue and added a hint of light grey. RLM02 and 71 were kept as it is.

    I brushed a lighter thin layer on top of the basis (drop of white).

    For the shading I, tried, to apply a darker colour along the panel lines and then a very thin layer of the basis.

    Hopefully this is clear to you.

    Here is the result:

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    Zvezda 1/72 Su-33

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    Back online, very slow build...

     

    I have a problem with the air intakes, with the "ceiling" exactly.

    It will not fit or I have to push on it quite hard and it's the air intake that will not fit on the fuselage.

    I guess I am doing something wrong but what? Any help?

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    Zvezda 1/72 Su-33

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    Hey!

     

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    First build since...., let's try not to screw it too much.

    I am, slowly, building the "stock" version, no eduard PE.

     

    Cockpit is done. That's small, and yes I did had some problem with the side panel stencils! Luckily we can hardly see them.

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    Once question about the landing gear bay. What is their color? For the main one I guess it's red and grey, but for the front one?

     

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    Acrylic paint and brushes.

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    1 hour ago, Ratch said:

    I have used Vallejo Acrylic Polyurethane Surface Primers for a few years now. I have never thinned them and I always apply them via the airbrush, so I don't know what their performance is with a hairy stick. The only time I had a problem was when I tried to sand it. Have you tried putting it on straight from the bottle?

    Yep, same result.

    I cleaned all the parts, I guess primer from a rattlecan will be the solution until the airbrush time. It stinks but it works.

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    Acrylic paint and brushes.

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    Hey!

     

    I have a problem with my paints/primers.

    I primed some parts, tried to, both with thinned and pure primer and the end result is quite horrible. Primer will not spread equally, it's like when you try to brush some over-thinned paint.

    Same result with the paints. 

    Primers used are Mig and Vallejo ones (grey and white).

     

    Is 'modern' acrylic designed to be used mostly by airbrush?

    White color nightmare

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    Hey!

     

    I am having a hard time painting this color.

    I am using acrylic Ammo Mig White with a brush. Paint doesn't "stick" to the primer, the end result is a very thin and uneven layer of white-ish paint.

    So far I tried to paint a radome, some missiles and landing gear bays.

     

    Any tips?

     

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