Randy Wise Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Afternoon All, I normally weather my panel lines with turpentine thinned oils. Not a problem since it's over Tamiya acrylics. I have an SnJ painted CF-104G waiting to be weathered. I'm curious to l know how anyone else works the panel lines over SnJ or Testors Metallizers. Regards, Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
is it windy yet? Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 I've used floquil(SP) grimey black and oily black for weathering over SnJ. It works really well for me anyway. Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 I personally find black a very stark colour to panel line wash BMF aircraft , so I usually use a dark grey acrylic "sludgewash" or a 6B pencil nice and sharp, run down the panel lines. Benefit of using either is that if you are not happy, a damp cloth can be used to remove and start over! HTH ;) MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggie96 Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 I'd have to think that, assuming SNJ is in the enamel/laquer family, you could use a watercolor or chalk pastel wash. As long as its water based. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggie96 Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 flood control induced double post! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I personally find black a very stark colour to panel line wash BMF aircraft , so I usually use a dark grey acrylic "sludgewash" or a 6B pencil nice and sharp, run down the panel lines. Benefit of using either is that if you are not happy, a damp cloth can be used to remove and start over! HTH MikeJ Mike; I normally use an HB mechanical drafting pencil for panel lines. Don't you find that 6B is somewhat hard? Wouldn't you be taking the risk of scratching the paint right out of the panel lines? Or is 6B soft? Confused. Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 6B is very, very soft. 6H is a very hard pencil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 6B is very, very soft. 6H is a very hard pencil. Yes, of course, what a dolt I am.... Duh.... ;) :blink: Thanks for the clarification. I was obviously thinking of 6h. Do they even make em that hard??? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kevjon Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I've used a turps/oil paint wash on Alclad II finish and it works fine with no problems. As both SNJ and Testors Metalizers are laquers like Alclad they should have no problems with this type of wash. I have also used acrylics for accentuating panel lines on NMF. I use Jo Sonja artist acrylics mixed with water and flow control medium. I've also tried Liquitex and Vallejo and both of these work well also. Kevin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 6B is very, very soft. 6H is a very hard pencil. Yes, of course, what a dolt I am.... Duh.... ;) :blink: Thanks for the clarification. I was obviously thinking of 6h. Do they even make em that hard??? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Jamie They certainly do make a 6H, I used to use them when I was a board drafter way back in the dim mists of time :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old72s Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 That's an outstanding SabreDog Mike! Is that the 1/48 Pro-modeler kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 That's an outstanding SabreDog Mike! Is that the 1/48 Pro-modeler kit? it's the 1:72 Hasegawa F-86D Sabre Dog They are absolute gems to build, the only gripe is that the leading edge slats and airbrakes are not positionable MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricardo Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I've got a very simple but convincing way to enhance panel lines on NMF aircraft, i found it out while building my Ki-84. I painted it overall with Testor's Chrome Silver. After that, used Humbrol's flat steel mixed with a tad of flat black and sprayed the panel lines by masking one of the panels. I don't know if I made myself clear, but anyway, here's a pic of the mentioned model. http://www.geocities.com/ipmsbogotaar/gafrank.htm Hope you guys like it. Ricardo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barneydhc82 Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Randy: When it comes to NMF, I don't use anything on the panel lines because they stand out quite nicely on their own. Barney http://www.barneysairforce.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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