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- From: pscotto@MtHolyoke.edu (Peter J. Scotto)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.scale
- Subject: Camouflage painting opinions needed!
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:08:26 -0500
- Organization: Mount Holyoke College
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- OK, I realize that airbrushes produce a really great finish,
- but I've got a problem with some of the stuff I've seen.
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- When I see models with say, RAF bi-color patterns or modern
- American tri-color patterns, I see alot of this feather edge
- freehand stuff, where one color kind of feathers off into another.
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- However, on the actual aircraft and vehicles I have seen, the
- lines of demarcation between colors seem pretty distinct and should be
- more so on the smaller scale model. So what's going on here?
- Is this a case of the tool driving the modeller?
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- Specifically, I'm working on an A-10 now with a three color
- camouflage pattern (dark green, medium green, and dark grey).
- When I look at the plans, what I see represented are distinct
- patches of color, but when I look at the box, I see this indistinct
- feathery stuff. My inclination is to mask and use the airbrush or
- use a brush.
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- Any opinions or advice on this?
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- --Peter Scotto
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