Use of Tamiya Smoke for weathering

[Dave Williams]

I've seen references to people using Tamiya Smoke to weather silver or white wheels wells and gear struts. Do most people use the smoke as a wash, or just airbrush it on over the base color? TIA.

[Andy Mullen]

I tend to use it like a wash. The bottle I possess is about 3 years old and it is a bit thick, so I thin it down with Tamiya Thinners. I have not tried spraying with it yet.

Edited October 12, 2006 by Andy Mullen

[pingu1]

I find that it's much more controllable if you use it as a wash. I normally use 1 part Tamiya smoke to 2 parts Tamiya acrylic thinner to 1 part flow enhancer. I've just used a Tamiya smoke wash to enhance the detail on a set of 1/35 shock abosrbers, and it worked well.

That said, I find that, in most circumstances, a black or dark brown ink wash works better, since it doesn't dry glossy.

Cheers,

Chris.

[jrallman]

I use it as a wash for light wheel wells and landing gear as well. I thin it about 50/50 with tamiya thinner, but I like to add a little flat base to cut the sheen. Ive found that it works really well as a first wash for engines. After sparying with steel or aluminum, i will wash with smoke (with a little flat base and thinner) then when thats dry, a second wash with burnt sienna oils. looks nice and used and grimy!

[Chorse6]

I use it for all the methods above. On the attached photo of my F-101C Voodoo, I thinned it out and airbrushed the panel lines to accenetuate the weathering. Saw this on many of the NMF Century Series aircraft. [bTW: Steve, the article for this model was never archived. Must have gotten lost in the great hack of May 06].

Edited October 13, 2006 by Chorse6

[model_madness]

Chorse, i do like that effect. Not too overdone, just right.

Very nice!

[MikeC]

Nice Voodoo!!!

81st TFW Bentwaters I believe?

How did you do it (I assume it's the Monogram kit converted)?

[Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy]

Jeez, Chorse, that really turned up quite a treat! :D

[David Walker]

I've used it via my airbrush to add exhaust staining to an F-4S. I haven't tried it as a wash yet but I plan to in the future.

Edited February 26, 2007 by David Walker

[madmike]

I thin Tamiya smoke with distilled water and use it for a wash over AS-12'd oleo legs and wheel hubs. Once they are coated with a flat coat it gives an excellent representation of flat weathered aluminium.

MikeJ