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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, March 7, 2016 8:46 AM

spiralcity
 
BlackSheepTwoOneFour

I'm doing invasion stripes in a different way on my P-47 Thunderbolt. Instead of spraypainting the stripes, I've decided to kick it up another notch by hand brushing the stripes white and black. Since most invasion stripes were never spray painted on but were done by hand.

 

Also, my thought of using flat white and flat black gave me an impression the stripes would look too new during combat.

Instead, I'm using Vallejo Off White and Floquil's Weathered Black to give it a bit of both a sort of hand brushed look and a subtled beaten, weathered look as well.

 

 

 

 

Yes, I think this is a common flaw on many builders kits. Many people try to make the invasion stripes perfect and in reality, they were far from perfect. In most cases the stripes were painted on by the ground crews; with only a few hours' notice, few of the stripes were masked. As a result, depending on the abilities of the crew, the stripes were often far from neat and tidy.

 

Here's the kicker.... on real aircrafts they look so perfect and straight .... from a distance. LOL!

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Posted by 5-high on Monday, March 7, 2016 12:39 AM

But duster .....it is ...it's ...and yes there wrong Wink.

5-high Toast

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Posted by DUSTER on Sunday, March 6, 2016 2:45 PM

spiralcity
 the stripes were often far from neat and tidy.
 

 
 WHAT!

Heresy! We all "know" the crew would have used a ruler and masking tape to be able to follow the directives implicitly.   After all  thousands of modelers and decal makers would  be wrong…….  Say it ain’t so Joe  

        

Steve

Building the perfect model---just not quite yet  Confused

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  • From: Fox Lake, Il., USA
Posted by spiralcity on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 9:28 AM

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

I'm doing invasion stripes in a different way on my P-47 Thunderbolt. Instead of spraypainting the stripes, I've decided to kick it up another notch by hand brushing the stripes white and black. Since most invasion stripes were never spray painted on but were done by hand.

 

Also, my thought of using flat white and flat black gave me an impression the stripes would look too new during combat.

Instead, I'm using Vallejo Off White and Floquil's Weathered Black to give it a bit of both a sort of hand brushed look and a subtled beaten, weathered look as well.

 

 

Yes, I think this is a common flaw on many builders kits. Many people try to make the invasion stripes perfect and in reality, they were far from perfect. In most cases the stripes were painted on by the ground crews; with only a few hours' notice, few of the stripes were masked. As a result, depending on the abilities of the crew, the stripes were often far from neat and tidy.

 

 

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    July 2013
  • From: Chicago area
Posted by modelmaker66 on Monday, February 22, 2016 4:12 PM

I think that it would be very realistic. much better than the perfect looking stripeson other kits. hastily applied before d day was the method. good work.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, February 22, 2016 9:40 AM

I'm doing invasion stripes in a different way on my P-47 Thunderbolt. Instead of spraypainting the stripes, I've decided to kick it up another notch by hand brushing the stripes white and black. Since most invasion stripes were never spray painted on but were done by hand.

 

Also, my thought of using flat white and flat black gave me an impression the stripes would look too new during combat.

Instead, I'm using Vallejo Off White and Floquil's Weathered Black to give it a bit of both a sort of hand brushed look and a subtled beaten, weathered look as well.

 

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    June 2010
Posted by 5-high on Sunday, February 21, 2016 9:42 PM

Avi ..I just ran into that very same issue with my mustang lll. .I applied the fuselage roundel. And the black showed through no big deal for me cuss I'll weather it out ...plus I'm dot filtering it too. Like GM said ..I usely make a mask slightly smaller and paint a lighter color ie white to keep the undercoat from showing though 

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Sunday, February 21, 2016 7:53 PM

Drew, if you think it might....guess what?! Easy fix- make a mask for the circle, slightly smaller and paint it white.

Often with camo stuff I make a mask over the primer in the shape (smaller) of the decal and leave it on till the end.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    August 2014
Decals over invasion stripes
Posted by avipond on Sunday, February 21, 2016 7:29 PM

Will the black/white contrast of the invasion stripes show through the white star part of the insignia decal?  The decals are Eagle Strike.

-Drew

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