Washes... i'm a beginner

Oddjob

Washes and drybrushing are two different techniques.

Your wash will be very thin (mostly thinners) so you can apply with a small brush or cottonbud (swab). The best way is to dab some on and let it run along the recessed line/nook/cranny. Use it on areas where grime would build up.

I do mainly armour so someone else may know better than me which areas of a plane you should apply to.
I suppose along the panel lines and where the flaps/ailerons bend etc.

Tip: buy a cheap plane, build it (the main body at least) and use it for testing techniques. My $2.00 MIG is currently painted Khaki with RLM Grey camo and has had a rust wash applied!!

All the best.

Just one more question. Do you apply the wash with a airbrush or dry brush?

Concerning the ratio:

I use a mix that is very very liquid. Thus hardly any paint in a puddle of thinner. Off course only on a future service, which is necessary anyway for applying the decals.
Be carefull choosing the right color!. Your making a Corsair. If I guess you mean the F4 Corsair WWII aircraft, you'll probably make it a deep blue. Using black as a wash, might be too radical. Perhaps you would like a more gentle effect on the panellines, using a darkened version of your overall paint coat.

I've written it several times on the forum now: using a black wash on a white plain, leads to a IMHO cartoonlike result, which I personally do not prefer. Thus, a more gentle effect on the wash is needed. I suggest you browse the forum for built models and study the washes used. From this, discover what is a wash that you prefer.
O, and by-the-by: you shouldn't use a wash on a raised panel line model. Makes a strange effect, and actually makes the panel line seem above the panels.

Best of luck and happy modelling!

Sander

Oddjob
Go to your local art shop and get some artist's oil paints and some odourless solvent.
You can make an endless variety of colour washes with these.
Mix up the solvent with just a drop of paint and add to the nooks and crannies.
A black wash is great for tanks.

The 2nd reason why you want that future (or some other clear coat) is to make sure your wash doesn't attack the underlying paint.

Sorry jin, I ment to say ratio insted of ration, but i edited it. Good humor though!

the future thing is just so that when you wipe off the extra wash off, it won't smudge on a flat finish, and just glide off (am I right people?), but it doesn't do anything to go into the panel lines. you can find out the ration on swanny's web

Do you have a ratio for the water? By the way, I herd that if u put future on the model before weathirng, it will make the wash go into the ingravings, inwhich case is the panel lining

oddjob. on my wash, I don't use thinners, but water. on swanny's site, there is a detailed description about washes, and future will go through any AB acrylic AB and other paint AB are the same thing