Thanks for all the nice replies.
Very very interesting post.
Thanks to share your wood tecnic.
The colour you use smach very well with the idea I have...
I have an D.II in project too.
If I inderstand well you use Vallejo: model color or model air ? how do you diluate them?
Could you please tell me the references you use?
(camouflage and tail paint )
Thanks a lot and congratulations again!
Xan
Hello Xan,
Indeed Vallejo and Vallejo Air. I use Vallejo Airbrush Thinner to dilute for use with the airbrush.
For brush painting (most is airbrushed...even the very small parts), I mostly use...water. Sometimes also the airbrush thinner.
Wood is done with Ammo-Mig Jimenez oilbrushers and thinner from the same brand.
The Vallejo colours I used are:
Vallejo Air 71.021 Black Green. Used for pre-shading the wings and changing the tone of the top colour a bit.
Vallejo 70.886 Green Grey 50% + Vallejo Air 71.103 RLM84 Grey 50%. Metal covers, prop hub, etc.
Vallejo 70.906 Pale Blue. Bottom wings.
Vallejo Air 71.302 Sky Type S. Light green wing surface.
Vallejo 70.893 US Dark Green. Dark green wing surface.
Vallejo 70.846 Mahogany Brown. Red brown wing surface.
Note the black green pre-shading make the colours I used on top of it somewhat darker. Without I think the result is somewhat too light....specially the light green.
My reverences are (among others) the WNW colours (mainly the FS numbers given) and more so the artwork by Ronny Bar...made for WNW.
Disclaimer: All rather unscientific, so what I do might be way off. I'm not an expert on used colours.
I just came back from a weekend R&R in Paris, so...more soon.
Thanks again,
Robin