Preshading lines with ink or sharpie

i tried a sharpie once and when i used a dullcoat it bleed through and ruinrd the finish  

turned into a purplish color

hope this helps

k

MortarMagnet wrote:

It would seem there is conflicting opinions on the matter.  I looking for hard lines as a way to avoid the R/M raised line rescribe blues.  I like trying new things, and since this project is both cheap and already a testbed, I figured why not try something else?  However, I don't what to try something that's plain stupid.

I've always wondered if this worked.

Will

I'm not really intrested in preshading though. I've never tryed it but I will in the future. I won't try this one.

Will

I have used a sharpie twice for preshading.

One time with enamel paint and it worked fine. I had no problems what so ever.

the other time with acrillic, this worked ok, but Future over the acrillic paint lightly attacked the sharpie underneath.

Although this is not a big big problem (there where just a few runs) I am not sure if I would use a sharpie again with acrillic paint and Future.

Hmm, seems like you sprayed a heck of a lot of paint and the sharpie ink still shows up a bit too stark.  I've tried this technique before, with mixed results as well.  I've had more success with airbrushing enamels for pre-shading.  I normally spray black or an appropriate dark shadow color.  Once dry, I begin airbrushing the color coats, from lightest to darkest. 

I have to agree that it does not work well enough for panel line on wings and fuselage.  I have been using it for the really small detail around cockpit wall and LG door frames, and LG struts.  In the flowing photos, the affect does not show up as well as looking at the real part.  The fine point marker is easy to outline the parts and after dry brushing has a nice look.