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When you paint a WWII German camo scheme, do you airbrush free-hand? Or, do you use some kind of template? I'll attempt a German camo scheme for the 1st time and I'm worried that camo patterns will be all over the place.
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I free hand the soft schemes,if I did one of those hard edge camo schemes,I would probably try silly putty or the like.
Freehand with refs nearby. Especially if there's multiple colors which would make masking a pain. Plus, late war German stuff was painted freehand in real life anyway. Sometimes early war (41-'43) stuff had softer edges so I use a mask with raised edges like this fw 190-
Then free hand like these 109s-
Early war splinter patters I use tamiya tape as masks.
funny...I just replied to the favorite camo post with the same...
I free hand AB...use very low pressure and over thin the paint. Work slowly and very tight to the surface, build up the color. I tried a template once....too "rigid"...free hand gives more variety of spots as you fill in the areas
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Well, I chose a wrong model for my 1st shot at Ab'ing camo schemes. It's a 1/35 Hetzer, which requires a hard edge camo scheme.
hard edge....easier to mask with tape or sticky film....or use silly putty or blue tack...make sure you have some goo be gone for cleanup afterwards....
personally I still prefer a softer edge..
Chris, for the hard edged armour scheme you are trying to replicate, i would suggest something like silly putty, assuming you are in the USA. These hard edged schemes usually don't have the straight lines as seen in hard edged aircrfat schemes.
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I'll check if Hobby Lobby or Michael's has silly putty.
If you are not comfortable with free hand, you can use templates. Blow up the painting scheme you want to 100%, print it out with bond paper and cut out the patterns. Then you can use "handi-tac", or the like, and raise the pattern about 1/16 inch off the surface. Use low presure (so the pattern doesn't "ghost" under the template.)
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Chrisk-k I'll check if Hobby Lobby or Michael's has silly putty.
For Silly Putty try a toy store,like Toys R Us, or Kay B,as it is basically a kids toy
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