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Newbie Questions regarding painting camo
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 11:51 PM
Hello Forum

Although I built models when I was a kid, I never bothered to try and paint them except for a few really bad attempts which pretty much precipitated my loss of interest in the hobby. And now, I am back!

I am going to be handpainting, and I am interested in terms of what the best method is to paint camo patterns. Do I paint a common undercoat and then paint over the other colours? E.g. I have a 1/32 Mosquito that I resurrected (lower - light grey, uppers - grey/green) - do I paint the light grey on the underside over everything, followed by grey over all the upper-camo'd parts, followed by green selectively.

Also, what is the best way to mask the patterns on the upper surfaces?

Any and all suggestions welcome.

Thanks

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:34 AM
Welcome to the forum.
As far as the Mosquito colors, there are alot of people in the aircraft forum that know lots about that but what you said sounds about right.

Personally I would strip the old paint before anything but that is optional.  An alternative to brush painting is spraycans (spray lightly from a distance of at least 1 foot) but I have seen many brush painted models that are very good.  For masking the patterns there are many ways.  My favorite is play-doh.  It does stick some to the model though.  Silly putty is also good.  Rolls of tape are also good.  For the tape make long rolls with the sticky side out like thin tubes.  Put them on the model to conform to the pattern outline then put paper cutouts on top that conform to the outline.  Because the edge of the paper is off the surface it will produce a soft edge if you use a spraycan.

Here is a picture of play-doh masking:


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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 11, 2005 2:56 PM
Thanks for the tip also! I never even began to imagine using playdoh to mask a camo pattern. Now I can rob my wifes acrylics and my sons playdoh!!! Any color work better than the next? :)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 11, 2005 4:05 PM
MSlater, Don't thank me so fast.  The play-doh does work good but it sticks to the model.  When you pull it off some small specks will be left.  Wait for them to dry (about a day) and flick them off with a toothpick.  It's kinda tedious to do.  I don't think the color matters.  Maybe mixing some talc with the play-doh would prevent if from sticking so much though.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 11, 2005 7:54 PM

Still a good idea i think, Im in no hurry.

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