After the Windisch-Fokker and before the start of a new project, I found a little time to finish painting the Orcarina exhaust of the Roland C.II.
The colors I used were Mr. Metallcolor “Iron”, “Dark Iron” Mr. Hobby “Rust Red” and some watercolor “Brown” and “Black”.
The colors were applied in the order as written.
All colors were dabbed on with a short-haired brush, only the Mr. Hobby “Rust Red” was sprayed very heavily diluted with the airbrush.
Before the watercolors dry, dab them irregularly with a cotton swab.
The Mr. Metalcolor paints are polishing paints.
Do NOT (!) polish them after dabbing on with the short-haired brush.
The worn and matt-looking effect would be lost.
At the very end, after the dabbed-on watercolors, heavily diluted with water, have dried, they can be very carefully scratched over with a brush that has very stiff bristles.
These scratches make the metal colors, hidden under the watercolors and the rust red, shine a little.
I hope the meaning is clear, because I think this last two sentence are difficult to translate.
In the original, the exhaust was directly in the propeller wind.
For me, this meant that swirled-up soil/dirt and oil burnt onto the surface by the heat of the exhaust should be visible on the exhaust.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Servus
Bertl
