Schlissefahrt

While I did not use any sort of wash because I have no experience with it, I did pick up a silver pencil and a burnt umber pencil for some fine detailing. I made some chips and lightly went over some panel lines with the burnt umber and I feel like it has a decent looking effect so far. Let me know what you guys think, I put 3 new pictures in the D.520 album (the last 3), two of them show the wing that I have "weathered" and one shows the other "un-weathered" wing for comparison. Comments and criticism much appreciated.

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jspitza

That looks really, really great! It gives me a few ideas with the two pencils I have now for more weathering. Take care, Jeff Oh, forgot to ask what scale this is and how did you paint the canopy?

Schlissefahrt

The scale is 1/48 and it is a Tamiya kit. I painted the canopy free hand with a very fine brush. I know I should start learning to mask and paint them normally, but I am just more comfortable without having to deal with masking tape.

Marius

It looks good! When you "age" your model it's important to know when to stop. When you're asking yourself if it is too much, then it really is too much.
Your Dewoitine has the right amount of chiped paint.]
You should insist a bit with the burnt umber at the panel lines, but perhaps it will be too much. If you like it, then leave it this way. I like it!

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rjwood_uk

that does look really good!!! perfect amount of chipping. nice idea, what kind of pencils did you use?

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Schlissefahrt

The pencils I bought are made by a company called Prismacolor. It is a basic art pencil that you would find in any art store. The great thing about it is that it is very strong and can be sharpened to a very fine point in order to get into those pesky little panel lines. I picked them up from my University's bookstore which has a decent art section. They were about $1.75 a piece. A bargain if you ask me.

rjwood_uk

nice. thanks!

Bunkerbarge

That looks very effective. A realistic weathering is very difficult to achieve but your panel lines and chipped and worn paint looks perfect.

Certainly a technique well worth us all having an experiment with!!

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maxidad66

Indeed that weathering is spot on! I really must invest in a couple of those pencils; my attempts with paint applied with a sharpened cocktail stick look nowhere near as realistic as that. Well done.

AerynPk

That weathering is just perfect. The detail is brilliant. Well done.