"Painting 1/285/300 scale aircraft" Topic
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| acctingman1869 | 10 Feb 2014 4:07 p.m. PST |
Can anyone share some techniques they've used/found in painting this scale? Seems like it's too small a scale to airbrush (unless it's bombers) and hand painting you can see the cruddy strokes. Any tips/tricks to make the detail "pop" so to speak? Thanks folks! |
| boy wundyr x | 10 Feb 2014 4:21 p.m. PST |
I do 1/285-300 and 1/600 a/c by hand. I'm not a great painter, but I think they came out ok, no brush strokes that I really see (and I use craft paints too). I've even done 1/300 lozenge schemes by hand. A bit of judicious drybrushing should be all you need. On the 1/600 air wargaming Yahoo group, there's a good guide up by Dom Skelton that got me started. Some guys do some nice tricks with little L's in the corner of cockpits etc. to give the hint of glass. Remembering the "three foot rule" really helps too, you can go nuts looking at them up close, but from 3' away people think you're a genius. Here's a link to a blog post with some pics of mine:
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| gweirda | 10 Feb 2014 4:22 p.m. PST |
re: airbrushing
I've used liquid mask where I would normally use tape or freehand. I like the minimal thickness of paint used that doesn't mess with the detail. I'll admit it's not a perfect solution, but satisfies my 'good enough' assessment. link link PS – those are 1/600 minis |
| Striker | 10 Feb 2014 4:38 p.m. PST |
I haven't painted up all my planes but on the ones I have done with an airbrush it's possible. On the BF110s I used tape for a mask to get the hard edge lines. |
| jpattern2 | 10 Feb 2014 5:41 p.m. PST |
I find that a good thin primer coat followed by two or more color coats with very thin paint look good without covering the details. Trying to get good paint coverage in one coat can be done, but it can also obscure the details and look "blobby." |
| fernworthy | 11 Feb 2014 5:10 a.m. PST |
If you are seeing brush strokes, you might want to thin your paint down a bit. It doesn't take much paint to cover at 1/300. For details I use a wash of black acrylic and Future (acrylic floor wax). This brings out the details and adds an additional protective layer to the mini. My process goes: primer, paint (I use primarily craft paints thinned down), details, highlights, acrylic wax, decals, tinted acrylic wax, matte coat.
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