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- From: gse@ida.liu.se (Goran Sedvall)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.scale
- Subject: Re: Advice on painting road grime
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.091132.27518@ida.liu.se>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 09:11:32 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.235018.17224@eff.org>
- Sender: news@ida.liu.se
- Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
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- peterco@eff.org (Peter Cohen) writes:
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- >Does anyone have any effective techniques for painting road grime onto
- >model cars? My best technique so far involves flicking paint using a
- >toothbrush and my thumb. The problem is that the paint goes on really
- >thick. It's okay when I'm painting mud onto a jeep or a rallye car,
- >because mud slops on to chassis, but I'm trying to figure out a way to do
- >effective road salt.
-
- >Road salt generally is translucent on top of the paint. Should I thin an
- >enamel, or try a water-based paint? I've tried water-based before with
- >bad luck...it flakes off, beads, or smears. Any advice?
-
- Well, I don't know if my technic is usefull but I found that my airbrush
- have tiny slots in the front end. I have tried to attach a nylon wire
- in these slots, crossing the paint beam. That gives a very splattering
- paint pattern and very usefull for painting heavy mud splashes. Alter
- this method with washing- and drybrush techic.
- Goran
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