Prez -
Thank you - I appreciate your comments!
She's a beauty, Dave!
I would be impressed with the results regardless of your technique, but given that I will do almost anything to avoid brush painting, I really tip my cap to you. Any brush painting tips you care to pass along?
Well done,
Chris
Thanks, Chris -
I paint using acrylics (Revell aqua colour paint in my case) and select brush size depending on size of area to be painted, e.g. large brush for large area, small size for smaller areas, e.g. the underwing edging was painted free hand (no masking used) using a fine brush and then touched in as necessary till all looked straight.
Undercoat with neutral colour first, e.g. light grey, etc. depending on top coat colour.
Regarding paint - always thin paint before use - approx just slightly thicker than water. Build up in layers. Paint in one direction allow to dry then add next coat in another direction. Build up until area fully covered with top coat - last coat goes in direction of airflow over aircraft surface. If you don not thin the paint, once dry you will see brush strokes in the painted surface which looks awful.
Before applying decals - I gloss coat model surface to be decalled with clear gloss. As soon as dry, apply decals. I then use a decal softening solution and dry brush (carefully) the decal to conform to model surface. Again, as soon as dry, I then apply up to four coats of clear and then leave all to completely dry for several hours. I know others would advise against this and wait for some time before clear coating decals. I have found doing it this way really pulls the decals tight into the model surface and when fully dry almost looks like markings actually painted on. That's just my method so I do not suggest this is necessarily the way to go for you.
Hope this made sense and was useful.
Regards
Dave
