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(AIR) 1/72 Cockpits: hand-brush or airbrush?

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Martin Sagara

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Feb 19, 2003, 5:42:06 PM2/19/03
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Just polling for opinions:

Do you hand-brush or airbrush cockpit interiors in 1/72 scale?

I'm torn. Hand-brushing is simpler and easier but doesn't look as
smooth. Airbrushing feels like a lot of work for such a small area
but looks smoother.

What do you do?

Martin

Al Superczynski

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Feb 19, 2003, 7:03:20 PM2/19/03
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On 19 Feb 2003 14:42:06 -0800, msa...@rmi.net (Martin Sagara) wrote:

>What do you do?

Airbrush.
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Frank Henriquez

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Feb 19, 2003, 7:05:23 PM2/19/03
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In article <d9270781.03021...@posting.google.com>,
msa...@rmi.net (Martin Sagara) wrote:

>Just polling for opinions:
>
>Do you hand-brush or airbrush cockpit interiors in 1/72 scale?

I hand paint. I used to airbrush, but in 1/72 there's little difference
in appearance between the two, and hand painting is a LOT more
convenient.

Frank

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Julian Hales

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Feb 19, 2003, 7:30:30 PM2/19/03
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hand brush, with thinned down a lill usually b4 the gloss then drybrushing


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Royabulgaf

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Feb 19, 2003, 7:43:22 PM2/19/03
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>>Do you hand-brush or airbrush cockpit interiors in 1/72 scale?

Hand paint. Usually you have the main cockpit color with other colors for
details. It's too big a hassle to f*** with the airbrush for a simple few
swipes with a paintbrush. Kim M

Mike

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Feb 19, 2003, 7:39:36 PM2/19/03
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Martin Sagara wrote:
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> What do you do?


Both. Paint the assembly the overall colour then handbrush the smaller
details.

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Stephen Tontoni

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Feb 19, 2003, 10:30:51 PM2/19/03
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In article <d9270781.03021...@posting.google.com>,
msa...@rmi.net (Martin Sagara) wrote:

Try this; if there's some interior bits, it's incredibly easy and
beautiful. Credit Chris Bucholtz with it.

First, spray black or near-black on the fuselage half. Then spray the
interior color at sharp angle down. This creates some shadows as well as
leavning the darker color in the nooks and crannies.

Then dry brush a slightly lightened interior color.

Last step is pick out itsy bitsy stuff with a detail brush and a
quilting pencil.

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William Banaszak

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Feb 19, 2003, 10:33:55 PM2/19/03
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Brush painting, always.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Chris Hughes

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Feb 20, 2003, 7:26:19 PM2/20/03
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You mean you're supposed to paint in there????? I just smudge my gluey
fingers over the canopy, so nobody can see!

;0)

Chris


m.davis

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Feb 20, 2003, 7:55:51 PM2/20/03
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<< You mean you're supposed to paint in there????? I just smudge my gluey
fingers over the canopy, so nobody can see! >><BR><BR>


LOL

any fool can make a rule, and every fool will follow it
don't be a fool!!!

Maiesm72

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Feb 20, 2003, 9:07:20 PM2/20/03
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That was the only thing about the Roden PKZ-2 that was really easy.

The observer's cupola contained a bar stool-like seat, period.

Tom

Shane Weier

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Feb 20, 2003, 11:28:46 PM2/20/03
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"Chris Hughes" wrote

> You mean you're supposed to paint in there????? I just smudge my gluey
> fingers over the canopy, so nobody can see!

Oh great. Tried that on my Alkbatros and it didn't work at all.

Shane


James McAllister

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Feb 23, 2003, 12:35:47 AM2/23/03
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Airbrush the sidewalls, hand paint the rest. But I build in 1/48.

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Ruediger LANDMANN

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Mar 6, 2003, 12:01:52 AM3/6/03
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Stephen Tontoni <ton...@springmind.com> wrote:

: Last step is pick out itsy bitsy stuff with a detail brush and a
: quilting pencil.

What's a quilting pencil?

I hand-paint cockpits, but then I also always build with the canopy
closed, and most OOB 1/72 canopies are not clear enough for it to make any
visible difference anyway.

Stephen Tontoni

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Mar 6, 2003, 1:21:31 AM3/6/03
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In article <b46ko0$lcc$1...@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>,
Ruediger LANDMANN <zzrl...@fox.uq.net.au> wrote:

> Stephen Tontoni <ton...@springmind.com> wrote:
>
> : Last step is pick out itsy bitsy stuff with a detail brush and a
> : quilting pencil.
>
> What's a quilting pencil?
>


Got to a fabric store and ask for quilting pencils; they usually come in
white and silver as far as I know. Rather than most colored pencils,
which do not lay very opaque colors, quilting pencil is *very* opaque.
It's one of the better things out there for doing chipped paint, for
example. It's also handy for picking out details in the cockpit.

Try it; you'll like it. (I've heard that before..)

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