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  • Member since
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  • From: Amherst, MA
Decaling OVER pastels
Posted by M1 A1 A2 Tanker on Monday, October 18, 2010 3:30 PM

Hi

     All

     I am about ready to try the white wash technique I read in "Painting and Weather Scale Models 2" on my Tamiya T-34/85.

     One problem in the article the author decals first then does the white wash but the decals for the white wash on my T-34/85 are RED so I'm pretty sure they should go on after the white wash. The technique in the article use pastels so my question is can decals be applied after pastels have been used?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Member since
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  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:53 PM

No reason why not.  But they will have to be sealed with a gloss coat as if you putting the decal and nay flat paint surface.  The issue would be that when the pastels are sealed, it can sometime drastically change their appearance.

Marc  

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:18 AM

Decals first. White wash was applied over a vehicle as a temporary measure to help hide a vehicle during winter. The crews would use care to leave those markings which would help identify them not so much that the enemy could identify them, but so their own wouldn't shoot them by mistake. If some of the white wash happened to get slopped on or oversprayed  on those marking they would clean it off.

When you apply decals over pastels, you'll find that you'll have the fine grains of the chalk under and preventing the decals from laying down. Thus silvering. You'll also wash much of your weathering away. You want to avoid handling the model after the pastels are applied. You also want those marking weathered as well.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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