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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:26 AM
thanks to all of you for the advice and the article, i'm sure it will come in very handy,I can't wait to start.
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Posted by uh-oh on Monday, March 26, 2007 11:44 PM

Following instructions in this article and you're guaranteed to get the same result.

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1/101-200/tnt122_panellines_Wickham/tnt122.htm

 

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Posted by Chuck0 on Monday, March 26, 2007 8:25 PM
  I had read that watercolors work well for washes and accenting panelines. Worked very well on my F/A18F. And if you don't like it you can just wash it right off.
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Posted by MontanaCowboy on Monday, March 26, 2007 8:14 PM

I have a lot of trouble with it, too. Make sure you ae adding a few drops of dish soap. Also, I don't do the whole model at once, I usually do a panel or two at a time. Make sure to use Q-tips, also. And the last tip I have is; Don't use black. Use a really dark shade of the original color, in this case I would use a very dark brown acryl wash.

And make sure you are coating the parts in Future before the wash.

 

Good luck! 

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Need help with the wash.
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 26, 2007 8:05 PM

Can anyone help me please? I am building a model of the UH-1C Huey and am almost ready to start painting, I have every intention of doing a wash on the model so I grabbed one of my other projects to test out the wash process. I used Tamiya flat black acrylic paint with water as a mix (between a one to ten and a one to twenty mix)and could not get the desired results. Upon first application of the wash, the paint seemed to flow well through the cracks and seams but when I tried to wipe off the excess it wiped it all off. So I tried again, same mixture as before but I let it sit for a little bit longer and when I tried to wipe it off, it stained the surface around the cracks and seams resulting in having to repaint the model. I'm glad I choose to practice on something else instead of the Huey, and I know it will take some time but I can't seem to get it right. Could someone tell me what the correct mixture is? How long do I leave it sit? What direction do I wipe it off? And is it OK to use acrylic paints as a wash as opposed to oils, which most everyone uses.    Thanks for the help.

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