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What I have used in the past is cotton . I work it with a fine wire PET brush carefully combing it to get the look I want .Then , spray with hairspray LIGHTLY ! Let dry and touch up one more time lightly with that brush .Now ,paint with acrylics only , sprayed with a squirt bottle from a distance .Make sure the bottle squirts very fine ! That works for me . Tanker-builder .
I am using railroad lights to simulate fire and ordnance. I think cotton will work best. Thanks guys.
Chris Carl
You could also try the Flickering fire mini scene. Look in the Walthers model railroad cataloge in the electronics section. Dont know what scale your "Fire " will be but this unit is small and would probably work down to 1\144 scale.
littletimmy! stop it, your just causing trouble .....
Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"
littletimmy If all else fails do what I do..... set it on fire and quickly take pictures!
If all else fails do what I do..... set it on fire and quickly take pictures!
.....Besides you took my answer
Steve
Building the perfect model---just not quite yet
Hi,
When I did a Rob. E. Lee for a customer I used coat hanger wire to support the streached cotton balls. After I posistioned them I sprayed them with hairspray to stiffen, then starting with red/orange a sprayed the centers with an airbrush, then lightly overcoated with various shades of grey and black towards the aft section of the 'plume'. Made for a nice display.
OOPS! I forgot.....The grey paint should be thinned down quite a bit so the cotton absorbs it. Use a few different shades on different strands. place the cotton into a container of your mixture. dont let it set too long or it sucks up too much paint and gets gooiey
Cotton balls streached out and painted grey. Add a ciggarett celophane wrapper cut into small long triangles and paint some orange, some transparent red, and a few transparent yellow. A hint of transparent blue here and there along the tips will help the effect. You will want to practice a bit to get it right but when it works its beautiful. If all else fails do what I do..... set it on fire and quickly take pictures!
Has anyone got a good technique/materials for a ship stern on fire? Use cotton, plaster molding? Spraying methods? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
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