Well, I finally was ready to start weathering my
Tamiya German Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf.A/B/C (Sd.Kfz.121) (French Campaign). Before I started the Dot-filtering process, I think I made the big mistake of applying future to the model. I painted the model an overall basecoat of German Grey, a rather dark color. So I decided to use Winston and Newton's white titanium oil color, Dark blue, and some Georgian Oil Buff to lighten up the model by using the dot-filtering technique. I applied future, with the plan on spraying Testors dullcote once after the weathering process was done. Anyway, I applied small dots all over the model, dipped the brush in turpenoid, starting streaking down the model. The oil paint did not catch onto the model. It basically just rubbed off the more I brushed it up and down, and created these terrible brush streaks. Anyway, I think the surface was too slick. I should have applied the dot filtering to a flat acrylic German Grey without the future. Bascially all it did was create a wash in the crevices, which is now next to impossible to clean-up.. What ticks me off is that I read several articles that precisely say to apply future before dot filtering. I just wanted to vent, and also wonder if anybody else had the same problem, or was this my dumb mistake. Thanks for reading.