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Washing raised panel lines
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 11:52 PM
Is there a way to 'wash' raised panel lines on older aircraft kits?
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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, April 19, 2004 11:44 AM
A wash is intended to high-light recessed panel lines by making them darker in contrast to the AC color. I don't see how that would work with raised panels.
RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Monday, April 19, 2004 12:01 PM
What would be a good way to accentuate raised panel lines then?
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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, April 19, 2004 1:04 PM
I've seen descriptions of modelers dry brushing raised panel lines, or undercoating with a dark color and very carefully sanding the top color off so that the undercoat shows. Never tried it personally. I normally rescribe older kits to remove the raised lines and replace with recessed.
RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:28 PM
Yeah, I thought it had to be removed. Crappy. I guess I just got spoiled by armour kits, where I've never had to rescribe anything. What do you people use to scribe? I know there are a variety of scribing tools out there. Which is the most versatile?
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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:02 PM
Well, building Armor has it's own challenges, but you don't have to scribe panel lines or mask & paint canopies. I use a tool makers scriber with a tungsten tip made by Starret and also use the one sold by Squadron, which is designed more like a dental pick. You could also use a large steel needle in a pin vice.
RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 31, 2004 1:43 PM
After painting, you sould sand the model with a very fine sand paper and the rised panels will come out. You sould be very carefull in order to not sand too much or the paint will come out too.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 31, 2004 1:44 PM
After painting, you sould sand the model with a very fine sand paper and the rised panels will come out. You sould be very carefull in order to not sand too much or the paint will come out too.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 31, 2004 9:08 PM
what i do is dry brush the raised panel lines with the color that works best with the model so you can see the lines
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  • From: Singapore
Posted by albert_sy2 on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 5:37 AM
I read somewhere that you can just accent just one side of the raised panel line. If you accent both, it looks like a "double" line and won't look right.
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  • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
Posted by Swanny on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 11:47 AM
This is how you do it ...
http://www.swannysmodels.com/Salting.html
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