wonwinglo

For a long time now I have been trying to find the best way to paint mottle effects onto models,the Italian air force schemes are some of the most difficult to achieve and look realistic,for these experiments I took my old Dakota paint hack and set about an entirely different approach,I cut the patterns into ordinary potatoes and used them like a rubber stamp to replicate the squiggly effect of the camouflage pattern,the potatoe is just used all over the model until the patterns are completed.
To apply the paint to the spud just use a paintbrush and keep adding colour until the entire model is completed.



Here the Piaggio has been base coat painted prior to the addition of the three colours,the idea is low tech but it works well,with a little patience the finished results look convincing.



Being flexible the potatoe takes the curve of the surface well,here you see the technique in use,only the lightest of pressures is needed,experimenting on the wing of that Dakota paid out before I tackled the Piaggio bomber.

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