Good morning!
Another short blog post. Last week, due to my holidays, I had lots of work to do. I've been kept busy until Saturday afternoon.
What has been going on, then?
First off, Modelist is now on the Scalemates marketplace! If you don't know Scalemates, it's a website listing every scale model ever produced. Basically one giant scale modelling database, it includes timelines and instructions for a lot of models, and a list of shops who sell a specific box, with a direct link to the shop page. And Modelist is now in that list!
Second, there is a new rack in the shop. Those of you are regular readers know I use a lot of Ammo-Mig weathering products. So I thought it was about time to stock the full range of enamel weathering solutions and pigments:
I'm still short a few numbers, and a few weren't actually included in the 'full' range, but my selection has been expanded nicely!
With constructing and filling the rack out of the way, I still managed to get a few things done on Saturday.
I used Ammo Panel Line Wash 1610 Tan Grey (right on cue, one of the PLW's not included in the rack) on the undersides of the Corsair.
You've seen me use PLW before, taking care not to spill too much outside the lines, but this time my jar was old and the paint went a bit sludgy. So I went for a 'dirty' application:
Just smear the product over the panel lines. Important to note here that you absolutely need a gloss coat when doing this, otherwise the wash will seep into the matt finish and not come off again.
Using paper towels, cotton buds and paintbrushes, moistened with
Enamel thinner, just wipe off the excess in the direction of the airflow (so front to back). Here's a comparison: one wing has been treated, the other hasn't:
On the fuselage underside, my gloss coat was not perfect, and I left the wash a little too long to dry, so I had to use a bit more thinner and rub a little more to get it all off. This does, however, give you the option to make a very dirty airplane, depending on how much of the wash you take away:
I wanted to make my Corsair weathered, but not too dirty, so here's the end result:
The panel lines have darkened and there's some subtle, irregular streaking, but overall, the plane's belly is relatively clean.
Topsides will be treated the same way. It's important that your wash is of a similar colour as your camouflage paint, in this case grey and green.
1608 Dark Green Grey might do the trick.
Panel Line Washes are enamel paints, so it needs time to dry. Meanwhile, I painted the tires on the Strv road wheels. I went back to my trusty
XF-69, to get a very dark grey colour. Tamiya has a
rubber black these days, which I'll need to try sometime in the future, especially when XF-69 is part of the vehicle camoufage.
Anyway, the wheels have prominent rims, so painting was relatively easy:
That is a very underlit photo, but you get the picture...
This week I really need to work on commissions, so that will take some priority.
See you next week!
