peterairfix
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This sounds like a great technique that I will keep in mind for the future.Cotton buds. Dip them in paint and dab on a bit of tissue to get rid of the excess and then apply. Try on a scrap model first to practice. My daughter did this on a Messerschmitt.
you could try aerosols with a single round stencil cut out of paper, held a millimeter away from the surface then sprayed carefully. I know I might get absolutely shot down for saying this, but I have only seen nightfighter camo done convincingly with an air propelled source of paint. Therefore, if tending towards doing luftwaffe in the future, an airbrush would be a worthy investment along with a compressor
Cheers, John
I have tried airbrush's in the past and I can't get on with them plus no room for set up so I will have a play with the stencil ideaI too have to agree with John and Patrick. What looks OK on a small scale model can be awful in large scale. It is worth investing in an airbrush set-up, even a farily cheap one, it needs a lot of practice but it will open up new possibilities. Of course not everyone can accomodate a set-up let alone afford one.
While a lot better results can be achieved from an airbrush, this is perfectly acceptable and is far from being the amateurish type of cotton bud/sponge technique. As a matter of fact, this looks to be a very good alternative. The one millimeter one looks better. The one done directly has way too sharp a demarcation for a luftwaffe aircraft. Keep it up!I have just had a go at the stencil idea drawing around one of the body halves and sketching random pattern's in the camouflage style and an hour of cutting later I have done two test pieces one from about 1mm away and one from directly on top comments welcome on my first attemptView attachment 274197 View attachment 274198 View attachment 274199 View attachment 274200
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