echolmberg wrote: |
Thanks for the great tip, OhOh! (Love the name too, by the way. Hopefully it's not what's heard frequently when you model.) |
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Just passing on what came my way. The OhOh is actually from my hockey number 00 pronounced OhOh :-)
echolmberg wrote: |
Personally I just take a brush with a very long and fine brush head. It pulls up a fair amount of paint and then I just spot touch the brush where the rim and the tire meets. Capilary action does the rest with some additional mild coaxing on my part. |
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The difference you'll find is that the thinner really helps the paint flow - much improved capilary action, much less mild coaxing.
I should point out that the effect can be very dependent on the paint you're using.
I was painting with a Humbrol grey (40 gloss) last night which needed no further thinning. I find most yellows don't react well to thinning. but Humbrol 119 leaves brush marks unless I dip-thin as I'm going. (Oh and any metallics that tend to seperate out are a problem as the thinner just increases the speed at which seperation occurs.)
If I'm starting with a paint colour or manufacturer that I've not used recently it's out with the scrap styrene sheet and 2 or three minutes experimentation before I get near the model.
Enjoy, hope it goes well for you.
OhOh