tips for afterburner can painting?

[RKic]

I'm working on a Monogram F-101 voodoo in 1/48, and this being my first large scale jet since my childhood days (back when the burners were painted Testors silver), I'm not really sure how to get at the cans. Any advice would be appreciated.

Maybe we can pin this topic for others?

[VFA-103guy]

You've got a couple of options here.

1. You could use Model Master Burnt Metal which is from their Metalizer line. Once a few coats of Future are brushed on to it, it looks the part. I use for my F-14B/D petals religiously.

2. ALCLAD makes a nice series of metal paints, and if memory serves correctly, they require a gloss black under coat. I haven't used ALCLAD yet, but I'm giving it a try on the Trumpy F-100D I'm building.

[Mark M.]

The Mono 48th F101B:

When I joined my left/right sides, it had very bad join lines. I had to clean these up. My first tip would be to rescribe the lines circling the cans. Nothing fancy, just use your exacto and recarve them where you obliterated them at the joints.

Also, you can almost see nothing on the inside. Don't sweat any detailing on the inside.

I would say the best thing on these is to work with your coloring. They're titanium and were unpainted in real life. Get the right color and/or shading that helps the eye of the viewer see how much heat and stress these parts underwent. I went with more of a burnt aluminum color, which has a slight purplish tint to it (at least in the brand I had). If I had a fine-tipped airbrush I'd would have tried some shade variations but I did what I could.

For other burner cans, it's more of a chore. F-16s, F14s, F18s, for example are more open to a tips/techniques thread than the old F-101B.

[viking73]

The Mono 48th F101B:

When I joined my left/right sides, it had very bad join lines. I had to clean these up. My first tip would be to rescribe the lines circling the cans. Nothing fancy, just use your exacto and recarve them where you obliterated them at the joints

That's why I haven't built mine yet. I'm waiting on the Two Mikes resin burner cans that are supposed to be out in September!

-Derek

[jester292]

RKic,

In the ARC Gallery, there was a great article about painting natural metal exhausts (I think it was on a Su-27), but I can't remember whose it was, and I can't seem to find the specific article on the Su-27/33/35/etc pages. Maybe its worth browsing. I know its not a Voodoo, but he had fantastic results with blues, oranges, and reds on top of his metal paint.

Aaron

[RKic]

RKic,

In the ARC Gallery, there was a great article about painting natural metal exhausts (I think it was on a Su-27), but I can't remember whose it was, and I can't seem to find the specific article on the Su-27/33/35/etc pages. Maybe its worth browsing. I know its not a Voodoo, but he had fantastic results with blues, oranges, and reds on top of his metal paint.

Aaron

Thats the style I would like to emulate. I know the article you're talking about, but I don't remember where I saw it either. I thought it was on HS though. It was some time ago

[dkobayashi]

I use different shades of model master metal paints, a coat of future and then tamiya clear red, orange, and blue to emulate the burnt finish.

[Murph]

Check out this thread.

Regards,

Murph

[jester292]

Thanks for the link, Murph. Led me right to the page I was thinking of, here.

Take a look, RKic. This is the article I mentioned above.

Aaron

Edited August 3, 2010 by jester292

[RKic]

thanks guys

[Nuno Andresen]

I don't know if these shots can be helpful to you. I made these images some time ago, in a step by step f-16AM and especially to show that even with the kit plastic parts you can achieve fine results.

If someone would ask me if there is some kind of "secret", I would reply: Only one – pin a large size photo of the real turbine near your airbrush. The rest is easy

Colors are Alclad Jet Exhaust, Burnt Metal and Dark Aluminium applied until I can match the photo in front of me.

In these shots the ceramic white interior of the turbine and the blue ring don't appear yet. If you need more, just say :)

[frequent_flyer]

Need (definitely) more

Regards

frequent_flyer