New Guy

Welcome to the forum, got a great bunch of modelers here so you have come to the right place, thank you for your service in nam. as for the camo pattern on SeA birds a hard line is not what you want so cut out a pattern and apply to the wing with some blue tac or silly putty but leave the edges raised a bit and spray so you get a soft out line . thats the way i do it but there are other methods . so if you got other questions feel free to ask , and again welcome to the forum

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Ron

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Hey and welcome. Lots of good people and info here so have a  good time.

Slim.

Welcome aboard. We like lots of pics on here so will look forward to seeing some of yours.

Seems the only thing your missing is what to mask with. Alot of guys from your side of the pond use silly putty. I think that will fit your needs nicely.

  First off thanks for your service to this great country and welcome to the forums. As a relatively new guy myself I can tell you this is a fantastic place for advice and help.

  For softer camo patterns I use cardboard cut outs in the shape I want and either tack them on the aircraft with putty about an 1/8 of an inch off the surface or simply hold them in front of my spray. I don't have an airbrush yet so rely only on rattle cans. The process works well enough for my purposes but I'm certain others have better methods. Enjoy your hobby and the forums!

Welcome to the forums, Sky..........  

Glad to have you with us

Howdy and welcome to the group,  Thanks for being a Vet!!! I don’t own an Iwata air brush but several things can help. Make sure the paint in stirred thoroughly before mixing in the thinner/water. The air pressure in critical you will want to experiment, for instance, 30psi can produce a lot of overspray and droplets so try 20psi or 35psi. Practice is the key with the paint. As far as a camouflage paint job goes, if free handing, use a fine tip and either have a diagram in front of you as a guide or lightly draw the pattern on the plane. You can blow up the pattern to the same size as the plane. Usually using a medium tip on the air brush, cut the patterns out, and use the two darker colors of the pattern as masks and then first paint the interior color on the clear canopy and framed windows first then paint the entire model with the lightest color. When using a mask and you want a feathered edge make sire the edge is lifted off the model a little to allow the paint spray to slightly penetrate past the masking edge. Remember spray the interior color on the clear canopy and framed windows first then paint the entire model with the lightest color first, then mask those areas that need to stay light then paint the model with the medium color. Mask the areas that need to stay the medium color then paint the remaining areas the darkest color. After the paint has dried a few hours carefully remove the masking.