F-100 rear fuselage

[afspret]

What's the best and easiest way to hand paint the burnt metal area of the rear fuselage of the F-100?  FYI, at best, my airbrushing skills and options are pretty limited.  Thanks.

[VADM Fangschleister]

Hey afspret....here's an idea.

Wal-Mart has a whole slew of metallic tones in the women's eyeshade aisle. If not there, then Walgreens, CVS, etc. Paint the area with a nice titanium shade...which can be done without a whole lot of airbrush experience...mask the area off and shoot it...or....using Testors Model Master paints or acrylics of your choice...you can hand paint the area in question and to get the varied shades and tones...find the appropriate shades in the women's makeup section of the store-of-choice and rub the powder in with a a foamy applicator m(also in the makeup aisle) and experiment with it. It can likely be washed off if you are unhappy with it..or...practice on something that's toss-able.

Using different rubbing techniques and mixing shades..which can also be done with metallic pencils...you can get incredible results and not use an airbrush at all.

Look it up online. Pastel chalks....makeup for weathering...baked panels, etc. The interwebz are your friends.

[afspret]

thanks