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    November 2005
Feathering!!!!!!!
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 30, 2003 10:27 AM
OK, now that the airbrush is working good, time to learn some new stuff!!!

I'mpainting a Nissan R390, its black and red, and the black fades into the red... the kit came with fading decals, but my red and the decal red do not match......

Can you explain how to do the fading???? i know i have to practice on a scrap sheet, but ant tips????


Thanks
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:30 AM
Ron,

That will take some practice. I would practice on a piece of scrap and paint it all red and then start at the other end and paint it black.
As you come to the part that you want the color to fade you will have to learn to pull the airbrush back further from the surface to get an even softer line. You also need to get the feel of pulling back the airbrush trigger really softly so that the paint coming out is so light that you would need to hold it in one place a while to get the color to build up.
If you learn to pull back away toward the part you want feathered, along with learning to push the trigger forward as you move the airbrush, you will get a real soft fade. It is going to take practice though. Wink [;)]
Just remember to always hold the trigger down all the way and learn to educate your index finger as to how to move that trigger to get the amount of paint you want for the effect desired.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:34 AM
Thanks mike!!!!


I have been practicing for the last hour, and its coming out fairly well!!!!


I'm actually having fun!!!
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:24 PM
That's great that you are having fun Ron.
Many people get frustrated and put it away after a while. Big Smile [:D]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:40 PM
I don't give up!!!!! I just cuss alot!!!!!!!


and go through ALOT of CSC!!!!!!!
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:49 PM
What is "CSC?"

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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