Subj : Model Painting
To   : Jamestyree
From : Moondog
Date : Wed Sep 25 2019 20:52:00

  Re: Model Painting
  By: Jamestyree to Mike Powell on Wed Sep 25 2019 05:38 pm

 >   Re: Model Painting
 >   By: Mike Powell to MOONDOG on Tue Sep 24 2019 06:46 pm
 > 
 >  > any excess humidity in the air.  I never had trouble with it gumming or
 >  > drying out.  I think I had the opposite problem.  Conditions here are
 >  > rarely dry enough to get a better spray with an air brush vs. using a spr
 >  > can.
 >  >
 > 
 > I know you're only as goood as the tools you use, but is it worth it to spen
 > more for the better quality air brush equipment or can you expect good resul
 > with a modetly priced equipment as well?
 > 

I have an inexpensive Testors brand airbrush, and I cannot achieve the same
detail as the Tamiya (I think that's the name) brushes.  The settings on mine
are way too coarse to do anything real fine.  I can paint plane fuselages all
day and paint camoflage details, however the real fine weathering and
detailing is too fine.  I can't meter it reliably even when thinned down.

The techniques I've seen with acrylics that amaze me are when the modeller
dilutes black paint, then uses a large brush to cover everything, then goes
over it once again with a cloth before it dries.  It reminds me of staining
of wood, where you want paint in every pore and seam, but not coating the
piece.  This also works on adding detail to uniforms and clothing, where you
want the impression of shadow on recesses and folds and texturing.  Without
the process, a cloth top on a military jeep or a tent would appear to be just
another piece of plastic painted solid green or tan.

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