How much weathering?

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[Guest]

Hi Watson. Weathering is a very personal thing. A trap you must never fall into is that all builds should be weathered. You can do as much or as little as you want as in real life, there are clean and dirty aircraft/tanks whatever. In reality, replacement aircraft were joining operational squadrons so there would not be a uniform wear and tear visible. One thing to remember though is that different theatres created different weathering effects. Aircraft flown from bass in the UK would never get as sun and salt bleached as aircraft flying from carriers and shore bases in the Pacific. So it isn't all about 'how much' but consider 'what type' as well.

Key thing is know when to stop. Understated weathering is far better than over the top.

[Guest]

Another thing to do if you don't want to weather a plane ,but have it look not like it is "out the box new" is to simulate a controll surface that was cancbalized from another similar plane.I did hapen in field and then the exact collour of the cammo and the edge of the paint would differ.

Makes for an interesting variation.

Theuns

[Guest]

Good idea, i'm not averse to weathering but am cautious about over doing it.

[Guest]

I think weathering is an art all on it's own.

T

[yak face]

hi watson , for me ,i think your typhoon looks fantastic as it is. How much to weather is purely personal ,ive done planes really dirty and also really clean,it all depends how you want the individual model to be depicted.The most important thing is that youre happy with the end result ,if you like it then what anyone else thinks is irrelevant. cheers tony

[Guest]

Yak face, come to that conclusion, if I like it it's OK, sometimes put decals on just cos they look good!

[Gern]

I'd have to be awfully sure I knew exactly what I was doing before I risked ruining something that looks that good! I'd be gutted if I messed up the weathering somehow.

Gern

[Guest]

Gern, done that a few times, damn, start again!

[stona]

It looks good as it is. I'd experiment with a few weathering techniques on an old model or maybe a cheap build to get the feel of it. In my opinion it is often way overdone anyway. I wouldn't risk bu**ering this one up.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Yep, I'd leave it. Weathering is good for hiding the messy bits. Your finish is so neat I wouldn't bother with any more. I always try and find reference photos for weathering, as you'd be surprised what ends up where! There was a thread recently, possibly a tropical Spitfire, that had a reference photo showing the exhaust marks following the aerodynamic line of the fuselage over the wing Citation needed. Can anyone confirm this with a link? Cheers

Tony B

[Guest]

Just as a matter of interest re. weathering.

I am fortionate enough to work with full size planes for a living and we modlers sometimes want our planes to be "to perfect".They rarely are, even newish General aviation tipes eg. Cessna, Beech ,Piper look like an oilcan when looked at closely!

Remember that the skin is rearly thicker than 25 or 35 Thou allu. and the loss paint shows up all the problems.

Most Airforce planes I have seen were relatively free from serious weathering ,eccept the odd fuel/oil stains.

The airforce use to take good care of their planes, maybe in a conflict situation it will be different.

Theuns

[Guest]

Thanks all for the response, will post pictures of a JU88 where i used a silver pencil to simulate panel chipping to see what you think.