Salt Technique With Brush Painting

I don't think it will work with brush painting because after you put down your basecoat,you add the salt,then the overcoat,a brush would move the salt around,it needs to be sprayed over the salt.

You could simulate wear by chipping by dabbing a sponge with a very little basecoat on it to simulate where it wore thru,or by carefully painting the nicks with a small brush.

I disagree, as long as you let it dry well it should be fine (as long as your careful). When I tried it with my A6M2-N early this year I had to scrub pretty hard to remove some of it. Just try not to get it to wet.

Andrew

hmm, it might be a try and see thing. Ill give it a go on one of my crapier models and see how it turns out.

If the salt stays in place I think you are going to have problems with the paint forming ridges around the grain of salt .  The vision of a tiny micro sized barnacle is in my head if that helps you see what I am talking about.

In my opinion, it doesnt work as well with brush paint. Airbrush or rattle can is better. I've tried this technique before and I'm a brush painter (Hopefully not much longer). It didnt work to well for me because some of the salt came off with the brush, and like wingnut said, I got a few ridges around some of the salt. And some of the salt was a pita to get off. I will say that was the first time trying that and it did work well in the end but the process is learn as you go, trial and error. 

Instead of salt try using rubber cement. Base coat with silver or aluminum, let cure. Dab on spots of rubber cement and let dry. Apply your scheme and let dry. Once dry rub away the rubber cement dabs, they should release taking the over coat with them revealing the undercoat.

Experiment on a test mule.  Rubber cement is available at most office and craft supply stores.  This is an old school technique.

Rubber cement you say? i will have to give that a go. It doesnt pull the underside off at all?