And they added extra expense. Luckily, fixing them is a simple matter: just spray a light coat of thinner on the model and the strings will reconstitute and form a regular part of the paint coat. document.write(''); Harder & Steenbeck Infinity double-action gravity feed, Harder & Steenbeck Euro-Tec 10A with pressure regulator. When it comes to the actual painting, experiment on a scrap model every time you move to a new paint. If you’d like to join them, find out how on my Patreon page. Use loops of flattened tape, or small pieces of "Blu-tac" to attach paper masks to the model. Curative water-soluble acrylics tend to be weak in that regard, while solvent-based paints tend to be stronger in surface adhesion. Let dry and repeat. The small distance between mask and model will create the softer lines. Application starts at the area of the pattern where there is the least amount of curvature. Everyone has a slightly different approach to painting a model and you still see hand-painted models beating out airbrushed models on the contest tables. But when you are finished, you get a nice, masked boundary that adheres to all curves. Need help with my next project. I also like to use a cocktail stick to further burnish it down into panel lines. If you get some slight ridges in the camo scheme, use a paper coffee filter or a piece of soft cotton to buff them down smooth. Cut the mask a bit beyond where it will need to stop in this instance, so the excess can wrap under the wing. (While you’re there, give me a “Like” and share with your friends! I generally prefer to go from lighter to darker colors, though sometimes the paint type or color quantity and distribution can dictate otherwise. For this, I get a large enough piece of tape that will allow me to define one “boundary” of the camo section. See the section on Surface Prep. ) And if you have questions, please ask away! Yes, this results in a lot of masking, but it does work. One challenge is getting around the tight corners between the nose and engine nacelles. For these lacquers, I will keep the cups for later use, as future mixing will just reconstitute the dried paint in the cups. Pre-cut vinyl masks seemed to hold promise, but in the three instances I tried them, I either ran into issues of the masks not being sized or shaped correctly to fit the model, the mask itself causing paint lift, or in one nightmare case- both. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I start by cutting a long enough piece of tape to fully cover the outline of the area being mask. This M113 has also been painted in standard Nato three tone camouflage. To maintain a straight line, though, I needed to carefully massage the tape over the airfoil curve. No "fade" line between colors, such as with Luftwaffe and US camo patterns. Once it was all covered, I airbrushed on the lighter of the two upper surface greens. It is better to build up light coats here, rather than laying on a thick, wet coat. Don’t hurry this process. Model Building Accessories, Hardware & Tools; With that section on place, I added the other “ends” of the boundaries for that area, using a combination of 2mm and 5mm curve tape. Here I have my Trumpeter 1/48 L-39ZA, freshly painted with a coat of Vallejo Model Air Interior Green. google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6082633428136445"; The move from single color schemes to multi-color schemes means that there needs to be some sort of planning involved, in order to get the best results. They require a bit of planning, and it's often good to make notes to make notes about which color is applied to which part when. By working with a thinner piece, you can get a good edge and then fill in the rest with the leftover pieces of tape. While some masking methods, such as using a masking putty, are simple in their application, it’s often more difficult to be precise if that is needed. 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