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lesofprimus
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And now this is where we are at.....
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les said:Got the front canopy piece taped off as well now... Will probably spray them and some other small items today....
Im really at a loss as to how to do the fuselage camo mottleing... I was planning on taping off the main areas that will have the deeper tones and spraying them... Then, let dry, remove tape and try to free hand the lighter splashes of RLM82 and 83...
I know u mentioned something about it to me awhile ago about a mask/template for the camo job Wayne... An idea I was going to possibly try was to use blue tac tape, draw out the camo pattern as best I can on it from the profile, then cut it out with an exacto knife, apply to the crate and spray it, using the techniques we been talkin about with the airbrush...
With my well-known lack of skill and glitchy sprayer, which is the right way to go???
Wayne said:How about a higher mix of thinner to paint and practice on some scrap paper to see if you can create the mottle effect?
The masking of the primary area is probably a wise start but if you can get the mottle to work this would be better.....
les said:OK Wayne.. I use Model Master enamels and use a mix of 1 part paint/3 parts thinner now, so maybe 1/4 ratio for the mottle??
And u are recommending, if I can, to do the entire fuselage camo in a mottle??? If so, wont it look kinda off if the wings werent done that way and the fuselage was???
Wayne said:Try the higher ratio...even 1:5 ? can't hurt to try.....on scrap!! you have to do small areas at a time, keep the tip clean and work down from the top, concentrating on getting the flow just right, if it's not you pull away and start again...your fuselage would take me 30 minutes or more to do, light Green first over the full length then the Dark Green on its correct areas over the light Green....mottling lightly and building it up, trying to get a soft but hard edge, just like on my 1/48 190....
If the Light green is going on right I usually apply random mottle on the fuselage too...!
Man If you can get it right it will look good....
IF you get it right you can always go over the hard edge camo on the wings....
...and make sure your wings are covered you don't want overspray messing them up!