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How to brush paint Testors small enamels to look it was airbrushed ??

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  • Member since
    March 2007
How to brush paint Testors small enamels to look it was airbrushed ??
Posted by KAYSEE88 on Friday, February 27, 2015 12:41 AM

i'm doing soon a 3-color camo on a 1/35 vehicle.  This is my first time using a paint brush because my airbrush broke and I need to present the model before my new one comes in the mail.

Anyone with proven tips on how to use a brush with enamels to get that sprayed on look? Note:  I only have a quarter-inch flat brush and a small angled one at hand.

Thank you in advance for the help!!

 

  • Member since
    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Friday, February 27, 2015 6:09 AM

Two bushes? Man, that's Spartan modeling! lol.

Generally, the best way to brush-paint is to thin the paint and apply two or three thin coats, rather than to glob on paint in one thick coat. And a wide, thick brush of GOOD QUALITY is best for this.

However, I would ask you HOW did your airbrush "break"? Most problems with "broken" airbrushes can be solved with a thorough cleaningl. You might want to investigate that before you waste the time and effort doing an impossible task.

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    January 2015
  • From: Tumwater, WA.
Posted by M. Brindos on Friday, February 27, 2015 11:11 AM
Doog is right. Keep your paint thin and do several cotes. Use your small angled brush for dry brushing the color transitions to get a feathered edge between colors and go slowly. If you rush it, it will not look like anything but a bad brush job.

"Softly, softly, catchy monkey"

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

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    February 2015
Posted by Sgt Rock Fury on Thursday, March 5, 2015 7:28 AM
You'd be better off using a rattle-can and masking tape. To get a feathered edge with a spray can, leave the edge off the surface by folding one edge of the tape over (about an eighth-inch works)... If it's a "mottled" effect you're after, then take a round brush, cut the bristles back to about an eighth-inch in length, and use a stabbing/stippling motion to apply the paint.

Dip the brush into the paint left on the inside of the LID and then stab a piece of paper with it until it's similar to the amount used fir dry-brushing...

You can also use that technique to go th length of the color demarcation line... It won't look sprayed, but it's as close as you're gonna get without spraying...

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