Luftwaffe Mottling 1/72

Well the results are in. I have a nice two tone grey FW-190. The paintscheme is definetly not the mottling I was looking for. Doh!

I will post pics of the plane when it is done in the aircraft forum.

As for the 175 fine tip. For me I was unable to pull off the look I was going for. Im sure someone could pull it off, but I couldnt, hehe.

Ive used the fine tip to do 1/48 aircraft mottling and free hand camo and it always worked out well. The 1/72 aircraft was just way too tiny. Which makes me wonder...how did I pull it off on my last 1/72 FW-190, lol.

let us know how the fine tip with modeling paint works out.. I have the 175 as my brush for larger things, and my Iwata handles everything else... I was wondering if the 175 with the fine needle/nozzle might even be able to freehand the 1/72 mottling! 

My Iwata HP-CR with the .5mm tip and needle do it decently but I can see it would be better with one of the smaller diameter combos.. I was thinking of taking the 175 and trying it (even though I plan to get a new airbrush soon for the smaller stuff)

Thanks for the feedback. I sometimes look at some of my other german planes and wonder "how did I do that". Its just been a while since ive done one in this scheme.

I plan on using the fine tip, and like you mentioned a piece of heavy paper as a mask.

That is a nice airbrush you got there... just like mine There was an article in FSM about doing a mottled camo scheme. The person who built it used receipe cards with a rough cutout in it for a mask and just moved it around to make diffrent sizes. It turned out looking pretty nice, and seemed like it would be a  lot easier than using all that tape. I think it was the October 2005 issue. Good luck and post some pics when you get her done!