Hi all,
I have been modeling scale 1/700 and 1/350 ships for the last 15 years. I have an airbrush and do a good bit of PE detailing. The questions I have are about when and where to use the airbrush, masking, and assebly sequence.
First, do you use the airbrush on unassembled parts such as the deck, hull etc or do you assemble them first then paint?
If you've assembled the hull and deck and they are different colors, do you mask the deck, paint the hull, then remove the mask, mask the hull and paint the deck?
If you do the second, masking over the new paint, how do you prevent the masking from damaging the new paint?
Do you paint the PE parts first, then mold them to fit and attach them, or mold them to fit then paint them or mold them to fit, attach them then paint them when you've assembled them?
I have used all of the above with varying degrees and success and failure. Also do you attach smaller parts like parts of the superstructure then paint them with an airbrush all at once?
What do you paint with a brush on the 1/700 and 1/350 kits?
I am speaking about WWI and WWII kits.
thanks for the help
john nicoletto