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                        Preshading Question for F-4J Phantom II ?

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                        Air Master Modeler
                        • Member since
                          June 2006
                        • From: Westerville, Ohio
                        Preshading Question for F-4J Phantom II ?
                        Posted by Air Master Modeler on Monday, March 2, 2009 11:14 AM

                        I would like to know what color is best for preshading an F-4J that will be painted the standard Gull Gray over all top and White on the bottom? I usually use black or a very very dark gray. I am planning to weather it and I dont want to panel line detail to stand out to much.

                        Any help and advise is greatly appreciated.

                         

                        Rand

                        30 years experience building plastic models.

                        WIP: Revell F-14B Tomcat, backdating to F-14A VF-32 1989 Gulf Of Sidra MiG-23 Killer "Gypsy 207".

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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 1:23 AM

                        Rand,

                        I would say the colors you mentioned should work fine.

                        Experiment a little on an old model and see what the differences are in black versus a dark gray. I have never done preshading so I would not know what color works best.

                        “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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                        Air Master Modeler
                        • Member since
                          June 2006
                        • From: Westerville, Ohio
                        Posted by Air Master Modeler on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 11:50 AM

                        Thanks for the advice Mike! I did use dark gray last time to preshade when I built my Showtime 100 F-4J, so I think I will do that again too on my Marines F-4J. Big Smile [:D]

                         

                        Rand

                        30 years experience building plastic models.

                        WIP: Revell F-14B Tomcat, backdating to F-14A VF-32 1989 Gulf Of Sidra MiG-23 Killer "Gypsy 207".

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