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On a NMF aircraft, be it a P-51 or P-47, what colors (wash mix) do you gentlemen use on the TOP and BOTTOM of the a/c to weather it?

TIA

Andy

Good question on weathering NMF. My biggest gripe with most bare metal models I see out there is that they look like they are made out of polished chrome. To me, they are totally unrealistic. Although I will admit that a few of the actual aircraft "may" have been polished by some poor crew chief, the vast majority were hard-worked combat aircraft and had a very faded, greyish tone to their finish. I can count on one hand the number of models I've seen posted that have a realistic metal finish.

That being said, I never thought of using washes to dull down the finish. Always thought it would be easier to add some gray / white paint to your silver mix. I'd be interested in hearing more about the use of washes for this.

Regards,

John

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Havn't done it myself, but read a few times how individuals have masked off certain panels around the a/c and then sprayed each with slightly differing shades of silver/aluminium/chrome via mixing ito create that weathered, used look.

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Hello,

take a look here: http://www.clubhyper.com/forums/plasticpixframe.htm , "1:32 Hasegawa P-47 WIP - getting there". (from Ralph Riese)

In my opinion a very, very well "weathered" build. He also did a post a little earlier on that build, search this Hyperscale-forum!

Regards, Jens

That's exactly the build I was thinking of as a response to the OP's question! Stuff is hard to find on HS, so here's a link to Ralph's thread on LSP:

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=29846

Kev

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That's exactly the build I was thinking of as a response to the OP's question! Stuff is hard to find on HS, so here's a link to Ralph's thread on LSP:

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=29846

Kev

Wow, that is the best looking NMF I've ever seen. Looks like the real deal. Thanks very much for posting those links. I never would have thought that Tamiya paints would have dissolved in Testors Dull Coat. I'll definitely give this method a try. I hope some of the "more shine = more realistic" crowd check out those pictures.

Regards,

John

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