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- From: c34657b@saha.hut.fi (Tuomas Viljanen)
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- Subject: Re: Camouflage painting opinions needed!
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 05:40:52 GMT
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- In article <1k1hbqINNqp5@slab.mtholyoke.edu> pscotto@MtHolyoke.edu (Peter J. Scotto) writes:
-
- >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?
- >
- >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.
-
- Actually, IMHO, it is a question of an illusion. The wiever knows there
- are soft demarcation lines on the real thing - he waits to see them also
- in the model. To make things clear, the demarcation lines must be exagger-
- ated in the small scales to look realistic: compare with the highlighting
- and shading of the miniature figurines. Therefore demarcation lines are
- airbrushed on the model to appear as soft, and they do look like ones
- on the real thing - although they are grossly out of scale. Sharp edges,
- like those obtained with an ordinary brush, just don't create the same
- illusion - they don't resemble the real thing.
-
- To reduce the feathery edge, but still leave it to look like brushed, one
- good solution is to use mask. I have two solutions: either I use 3M Post-
- It patches cut in form (the yellow billets, you know) or ordinary carpenter's
- tape with the edges rolled up for about 1-2 mm. To obtain thin line, one should
- have VERY dilute paint (I use 1:3 - 1:4) AND high pressure (2-2.5 bar).
- Xtracolor enamels and Tamiya acrylics are good for this.
-
- And also, if you want hard edges, just press the mask edge firmly onto the
- model. Also, an airbrush is an enormous timesaver - you'll do the same job
- in fifteen minutes you'd be using 2 h with a hairbrush (a pun intended !)
- and the coat is even - no flocks, brush marks etc. For a serious modeler
- an airbrush is, IMHO, a must.
-
- And, with the T-bolt, the demarcation lines on the real thing are RREALLY
- coarse, I'd use an airbrush freehand to paint the blotches.
-
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