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I'm nearing the end of the build and would like to add smoke stains to the sides of the hull. The Littoral Combat ships have their exhaust tubes oin the port and starboard sides of the hulls just above the waterline. I don't want any weathering to be extreme, just a hint of stain is all I need. Any suggestions?
Could you pull it off with an airbrush, or perhaps a bit of drybrushing? That'd be the route I'd try first.
--Chris
"Some say the alien didn't die in the crash. It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."
No way without a picture.
Post one.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
I'm afraid of an overspray with the airbrush. I have an old hull from the Freedom class. I'll experiment with dry brush and/or weathering powders.
Google USS Fort Worth and you will see what I'm talking about.
tonyo615I'm afraid of an overspray with the airbrush.
The exhaust stains seem to be very angular. Just soft-mask with a couple of bits of cardboard about a matchstick-width off the surface. Should be pretty simple.
Tamiya "Smoke" acrylic and then come along with a couple of "Q-tips" with acrylic cleaner and take off the overspray edge.
On the mustang I'm doing, had to clean up some edge issues and that worked well.
Something I've been fond of is artist's chalk. It's available at art supply stores in a huge variety of shades. I rub a little into the kit box I keep for paint mixing and apply the dust with a brush. Very subtle and easy to do.
I would post this query to the ships forum.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
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