All Black Paint finish

[Dave W]

Im a bit stuck as how to progress the all black paint job on my Black Widow.I had intended using different shades of black to pick out a few panels and so break up an otherwise boring colour scheme.I've spent a lot of time rescribing panel lines and was going to highlight them by spraying the model black which i've done.And then i was going to highlight some panels by spraying different shades of black in the centre of the panels.Only i cant work out how to do this.Should i lay thin 'sausages' of blue tak over the lines and spray in between. Or use a raised card mask and spray the panels that way?.Anyone got any advice please?.

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[Guest]

Dave I like how Steve handled the black underside of the 262 build,might be worth a looksee

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/under-construction/11474-me262b-1au1-trumpeter-1-32-a-6.html

the widow is really coming along nicely

[Dave W]

Thanks Trey.I will have a look at that link.Havent done much to it over the last couple of weeks as my dad (who is 78) had a fall and broke a hip.So i've spent most of my spare time visiting him and making sure mums alright.I was thinking of having a go at the salt chipping technique but think it might be a step to far.Think i will practise that on an old 109 first.

[stona]

Hi Dave,I'm sorry to here about your dad,I'm sure everyone would join me in wishing him well.

Salt chipping usually results in a very used looking airframe and can be difficult to keep in scale. I've seen it look great on armour and sci-fi models but rarely on aircraft.

I lighten the panels free hand. I just add a couple of drops of white to my "black" in the paintcup and do some random panels,then add a bit more white and do a few more and so on. I don't think you have to be terribly accurate as you want a fairly random modulation of the overall finish.

Cheers

Steve

[Dave W]

Thanks Steve.I will try the free hand method and see how that looks.

[Gern]

Hi Dave. Have a look at what Caledonia (Derek) did with his all black SR 71 last week.

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/aircraft-pictures/13120-finished-lockheed-martin-sr-71a-blackbird-1-72-hasegawa.html

Gern

[Dave W]

Yeh i looked at that when he posted it.Very impressive

[yak face]

Im with steve ,dave. I used the same freehand lightening on my mossie. I started by giving it a straight black overall,then lightening it a bit and spraying this in the centre of panels,and a bit of allover random muckying with very thin brown. One thing i found was i had to darken certain bits after too e.g. the control surface hinge lines.Its all a bit 'make it up as you go along' so dont worry too much about any sort of set technique,just have a play. its going to look great. cheers tony

[Guest]

Not tried this myself, but reading how others have gone about painting black, wouldn't it be better to start off with a relatively light colour on the underside instead of black?

A medium to dark grey to start with and then darkening down bit by bit.

It would certainly make it a bit easier than trying to lighten up black.

And use less paint!

[Dave W]

Thanks lads.I appreciate all the advice.Will have a play tomorrow and post pics of the good or bad results.