Muzzle Charring

10-4, pencil lead or a charcoal pencil is the way to go.

Simple and effective!

Thanks for the pencil lead tip.

I do the camo color first, then black paint inside of the brake finally pencil to highlight, like all have said. Usually a muzzle brake is given a cleaning each time the tube is punched, so there'll usually be some paint showing through also... especially on the 'front' edges of it.
Maybe Redleg or the Major can verify this, but I don't recall ever seeing black on the front of a muzzle brake. The paint will be darkened from heat and cleaning (getting carbon rubbed into it) at times, but the carbon (nice 'n' black) tends to be inside of the brake. I have seen MB's scoured down to the metal, and one that was silver in color on an M48... However, as far as charring goes, I think the flash is so brief that the brake doesn't really heat up all that much (It's also kind of a natural radiator)... so, to my knowledge, which isn't always right, the black on the brake is carbon, not charring.

Ron.

Smith M

Sorry I cannot help. But I love Calvin and Hobbes. Good Luck

all we need now is a Mr Anderson
i thought the idea would have come from the Shermie

Hello "Agent" Smith M,

I always wanted to say that! Hey, on my Tiger I I airbrushed flat black and then used a lead pencil on the edges to give it a metallic sheen. It looks outstanding.

Hey Muzzleflash, I checked out your website. Man, you did a
terrific job on that Sd Kfz 10. That was brilliant how you used putty to mask off the rounded areas for painting. Now I'll have to build a Panther and use that paint scheme!

Roy

Works every time ..... a just too simple.

Shermie recommended pencil lead for me and it worked great. Grind up a little and rub it in with your fingers.

good luck, have fun,

i think theres beeen a thread about this and i heard about using pencil lead