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featherd edge with a spray can?

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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Monday, September 27, 2004 8:42 PM
i use the old "rolled" blue tak/elmer's tak/poster putty method. roll it into about a 1/4 inch "rope", and then press it against the subject in the pattern you want. the trick here is to keep the spray pattern at the same angle with each pass to insure a nice, evenly feathered edge. good luck. later.
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Monday, September 27, 2004 8:07 PM
You can also cut your camo patterns from light cardboard / heavy paper and use small rolls of masking tape, Blue Tack, something like that to hold it up off the surface of the model. The space will allow some of the overspray to get underneath producing a feathered edge. The higher the patterns are off the surface the heavier the feathering effect.

Practice on some scrap though. It works well, but takes a little adjusting to get everything the way you want it to be.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 27, 2004 5:04 PM
Just pull the edge of the tape up so its not stuck along the line.
Then spray so you arn't spraying directly under the mask.
it'll leave a nice feather effect.
  • Member since
    November 2005
featherd edge with a spray can?
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 27, 2004 4:52 PM
I have put my airbrush away while I participate in the "budget group build" I would like to feather the demarcation line between my white/gull gray, Atlantic theater wildcat I've thought of putting cotton batting? alnog the line instead of tape which will produce a sharper edge. I am painting with testors in the spray can .Clown [:o)]
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