Chris Kethan Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Saltydog, That Dauntless is phenomenal! I really love the patchy effect you got with that painting method. I WILL be trying it out soon. That's the best looking finish I've ever seen on a WWII USN aircraft. Thanks for sharing your technique. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saltydog Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 thanks chris. just a note, you may want to try rock salt or something with a little larger grain. next time i do this, i'm gonna try a larger grain salt for a lot less "clean up". good luck and thanks for the kind words. later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woodbeck3 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Heya Chris, I remember that beast!!! just as beautiful as I remembered it. You have a PM by the way. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mkimages Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Wonderful finish on the Dauntless and a very interesting technique to achieve it. Many thanks for the informative article. I have a Corsair waiting for paint that is definitely going to get the "Salty Treatment". I think I will try using kosher salt. The grains are larger than table salt and smaller than rock salt, but they are also very irregular and jagged so they may clump better to give a better edge to the masking. We'll see if I can do your technique justice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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