Revell HMS Victory (the small one) copper plating questions

Use any of the three following paints: Testors square bottle copper, SNJ copper of Alclad copper...the last is a lacquer. Let dry a few days no matter which you choose. Now take some enamels: green (I liked Testors square bottle "beret green"), pale green, very light grey and white and put a quarter sized blob of pale green, a couple pinhead drops of the other green and the grey and about 7 or 8 pinhead drops of white....take a toothpick and swirl them together but do not mix...you want the swirls. Use a wide flat brush and lay the flat in the paint then lay it on the hull in a few random spots.....work only one side at a time. Next let it sit 2-3 minutes and take a cotton ball soaked in Turpenoid *NOT* turpentine and drag it down the hull from the waterline to the keel.....take most of the green mix off, let dry....you might have to repeat a couple times but it does look good in the end.

Ron, thanks for the reply. I understand what you mean by mixing the colors, but not thoroughly stirring.

Thanks very much,

Dave

You're welcome. It would also work with artists oils but they take forever to dry.

We had a good discussion of this topic recently in the Forum, under the heading "Copper leafing instead of paint for plates on hull?" I've moved that thread to p. 1; it should appear just below this one.

Hope it helps a little. That old Revell Victory is actually a nice kit - fully worthy of a modeler's best efforts. Good luck.

Jtilley,

Thanks for the thread. While I want to make it a very good model I won't be doing copper leaf. Will probably either drybrush the patina green on, or use enamel thinner to blend the paints, or I might even use weathering powders.
But I just might try the leaf method when I do my Heller Victory

Thank you,

Dave