Zoukei-Mura F4J Phantom II 1:48 (WIP)....a couple of WIP boo-boos

wpwar11

The Doogs Models site says an advantage of black basing is your project looks bad ass under black primer.  That plane looks really cool under the black.  Good luck with the technique.  Looking forward to the seeing the result.

 

Thanks for your encouragement. I'm procrasitinating out of fear my paint work might not be perfect, (and being the first time) which I always do. Need to go dive into it!

I recall Doog saying that in one of his videos, now that you mention it.

Last time I was visiting Orange County one of my young relative-in-laws was painting his car flat black. He builds Gundam models. You just got me wondering, maybe black-basing is where the newish trend of painting cars in flat black came from?!?!

Greg

Last time I was visiting Orange County one of my young relative-in-laws was painting his car flat black. He builds Gundam models. You just got me wondering, maybe black-basing is where the newish trend of painting cars in flat black came from?!?! Surprise Smile

Can't say as to the modeling world, but in the "rat rod" world of DIY car customization going back to the '40s and '50s, flat black was common from the get-go. Probably partly for the 'outlaw' look...and probably because a lot of them never progressed paint-wise past the black primer stage.

gregbale

Can't say as to the modeling world, but in the "rat rod" world of DIY car customization going back to the '40s and '50s, flat black was common from the get-go. Probably partly for the 'outlaw' look...and probably because a lot of them never progressed paint-wise past the black primer stage.

Didn't know that, and find it really interesting. More evidence that maybe it's true that there aren't any (many) truly 'new' ideas anymore.