discussion Black on Black

[Mickc1440]

Hi all,
I'm currently at the weathering stage for my Beaufighter. I've never done a black model before and would really like some pointers for weathering for things like exhaust and machine gun marks please.
Thanks

 

[yak face]

The exhausts is a fairly easy one mick , a lot of ww2 era aircraft used fuel with a certain amount of lead in it which causes a greyish brown exhaust streak , all the more noticeable on a black scheme , the cordite stains from the gun blast is a little more subtle but i would use a sooty brown for this . Im on the iphone at the mo so dont know how to link to a previous post but if you just search p-61 black widow and type my name in the member box it should bring up my finished pics which shows the exhaust stains on a black finish, hope this helps cheers tony

 

[AlanG]

Because of the lead content Allied aircraft had a light grey appearance where as Axis (German at least) like Tony said had a brown umber/blackish colouring due to the refinement process.

 

[Mickc1440]

Tony and Al many thanks, time for me to try and get subtle then

 

[AlanG]

No problem Mick.

Just read up on it again and to add to what i said about the German staining. It was because they processed their fuels by using coal-oil (especially towards the end of the war), so it gave a brown umber tint to the staining.