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Rank: Newbie Groups: Registered
Joined: 04/08/2015 Posts: 3 Points: 9 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Joined: 09/06/2015 Posts: 76 Points: 228 Location: Lancaster, CA
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Your first attempt at weathering turned out a lot better then mine. Tamiya 1/32 P-51D, Revell 1/32 Bf 109G-6 x2 1/32 P-51B, 1/32 Trumpeter Bf109K-4, 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109E, Testors 1/32 F-117, RMF 1/35 Tiger 1
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Joined: 27/01/2014 Posts: 5,060 Points: 14,980
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Welcome to the forum As dwayne said you weathering wasn't bad at all, look forward to seeing what you do with this Falcon
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Joined: 17/12/2013 Posts: 3,982 Points: 11,974 Location: NY, USA
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Hi Gunslinger, welcome to the forum.Awesome job on that old kit.I thingk you Deag falcon will be stunning!!!
I aw forum support for USA/Canada so let me know if I can help in any way
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Rank: Newbie Groups: Registered
Joined: 04/08/2015 Posts: 3 Points: 9 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Thank you guys for the warm welcome and kind words.
Weathering used to be the most intimidating part of modelling for me. Now it's the most fun and enjoyable part of the building process. I was a horrible painter when I first began in the hobby mostly due to a few factors; inexperience, impatience, and doing all my paint jobs with a brush. When I returned to the hobby as an adult, starting with replica props, it was inevitable that I would drift back into models. Through various artist friends I met over the years I had gained new knowledge and wanted to test it out. I kicked things off with an old Batwing model from the '89 Batman movie and this Falcon. That was when I discovered spray cans for base coats and I've never looked back. That's how I got some of the variations in the hull colours.
I put down a solid base coat of Tamiya grey primer then used Krylon flat white for the main colour, but I didn't apply it in an even coat. I blended it in in some places letting the grey primer show through to look like grime build up in the mandibles in front and such. I then used Krylon Flat Black to do the soot from the engines (and other shadows). Spraying in one direction with the back and re-cutting the 'wedges' with white by spraying in the opposite direction. The rest of the details and weathering were all done with a brush and Citadel acrylic paints. Now I have an airbrush can't wait to get started on this new Falcon..
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