Ambaryerno
Airman
- 66
- Jul 21, 2020
I'm curious if anyone has ever tried this technique for weathering a model:
1) Mask off any areas that aren't metal, and spray the whole thing with metalizer to create a BMF look.
2) Spray whatever color primer would have been used on the historical aircraft (IE Yellow Zinc Chromate on an F4U Corsair) over the metalizer.
3) Apply your final paint colors.
4) Using a mix of sandpaper and an X-acto knife, begin sanding or scratching away the paint and primer layers to expose the metalizer beneath.
Would this actually work? The idea being that it would offer depth and realism to the weathering by replicating the process in which the paint flakes away, so that in some areas it may be the primer just beginning to be exposed, with more heavily weathered areas exposing the bare metal underneath.
1) Mask off any areas that aren't metal, and spray the whole thing with metalizer to create a BMF look.
2) Spray whatever color primer would have been used on the historical aircraft (IE Yellow Zinc Chromate on an F4U Corsair) over the metalizer.
3) Apply your final paint colors.
4) Using a mix of sandpaper and an X-acto knife, begin sanding or scratching away the paint and primer layers to expose the metalizer beneath.
Would this actually work? The idea being that it would offer depth and realism to the weathering by replicating the process in which the paint flakes away, so that in some areas it may be the primer just beginning to be exposed, with more heavily weathered areas exposing the bare metal underneath.