Anyone know how to paint Micro-Plywood kids that are etched with details or even the BLMA etched Metals so that the etchings and details are not lost, I have seen pics done but do not know how they do it.
Please advise
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Painting etched metal and Micro-Plywood kits
I would suggest..............
I would highly suggest that you use an airbrush to do your painting of the structure. In some cases painting with a sable brush will be fine. In others the fine detail will be lost by paint that is too heavily applied. Seeing as how we are in N-scale we want all the detail we can get!
Jacko
Do you have an airbrush? I
Do you have an airbrush?
I believe the best way to keep details is very thin coats of paint that I believe one can only get with an airbrush. I do not have a lot of experience with this, but the little bit of airbrushing I have done has been like this.
Although for the wood kits, will they need a bit of priming to seal the wood first?
Thanks,
Charles
Just finished a
Just finished a Northeastern laser cut firehouse kit this week. This is the OOP one with stone walls cut into the wood. I gave it a light spray of dull coat to seal the wood and brush painted it with Testors acrylic paint. Didn't hide any details.
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