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To heat treat or not to heat treat.

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    March 2015
To heat treat or not to heat treat.
Posted by Peaches on Sunday, April 15, 2018 6:16 AM

So I am at the point on that Academy F-15 where I am painting the heat shields on the bottom and the top, but it seems to bright, I was thinking about using some of Vallejo's Transparent smoke and Transparent blue to make the heat shields there look like they have been not burnt, but exposed to the heat of the engines.  Any thoughts?

WIP:
Academy F-18 (1/72)

On Deck 

MH-60G 1:48 (Minicraft)

C-17 1/144

KC-135R 1/144

Academy F-18(1/72)

Ting Ting Ting, WTF is that....

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, April 15, 2018 8:53 AM

If you have a good airbrush you can put down a fairly good transparent (very light and thin) coat of regular paints. It is also possible to drybrush those stains  Either way, go very easy on it- less is better!  It is easier with a DA brush, thin paint-almost a wash- and lots of air with little paint flow.

 

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Sunday, April 15, 2018 9:12 AM

Try using Alclad products instead.

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