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Airbrushing camoflauge
Machu
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Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 01:36 AM UTC
How do you airbrush camoflauge without getting the little speckles of paint all over the surrounding area?
shonen_red
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Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 01:51 AM UTC
If you're airbrushing with soft camo, you can do it by freehand. If hard edges, use masking tapes.

To prevent spots, regulate the pressure. If the source is in can (like mine). Stop airbrushing when it cools cause it lose pressure just like with air cans
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Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 05:03 AM UTC
I think the problem is your air pressure ,I usually shoot between 15 and 25 lbs pressure and don't have too much of a problem with that..If you can't adjust your pressure then ,maybe you are spraying too much paint at once ...close your nozzle and make more passes over the same area instead of one heavy pass,or just go back over the spots with a drybrushing after you have finished it should hide most of it ...The biggest thing to remember is practice..practice ..practice.

Richard
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Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 03:51 PM UTC
Here are some specifics that can help you.

If you are getting speckles, then your pressure is too high or your paint is too thick or both. Try reducing the pressure and thin your paints until they have consistency of skim milk. If you get "spidering" then your paint is too thin.

Also, as you airbrush the camo, draw a line for where you want to spray with a pencil, then spray "away from the edge." In other words, point the airbrush inside the boundaries of the painted area. (towards the center of the area you are spraying.)

It also helps if you have a double action airbrush. If you are using acrylics, you can also try adding a retarder, or moistener to your paint. This helps as well.

Hope these things help you out.

Scott
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Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 04:30 PM UTC
tnx all
shonen_red
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Posted: Friday, June 20, 2003 - 12:50 AM UTC

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tnx all



No problem. Just enjoy your modeling and never forget to clean you AB after every use. (Darn! Above all instruments I clean, the hardest would be the AB ). Happy modeling!

PS: Show us your work after its done :-)
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Posted: Friday, June 20, 2003 - 01:50 AM UTC
what I do is to mask the part that you want to paint and cover the rest of the model with a regular plastic bag.
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Posted: Friday, June 20, 2003 - 04:02 AM UTC
If you want a hard edge finish ..try silly putty the stuff works great and is reusable.

Richard
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