O.K peeps, I offered to show how I brush paint my 190 and some of you actually
want to know, the 1/72 scale is a bit small to show how I obtain the mottling, but the principle is the same. Other brush hands methods will know doubt differ from mine but here is stage one:-
Rules I follow....
Use good quality brushes.
Don't fiddle.
Don't be afraid.
Don't go for exactitudes.
Apart from priming, always paint dark over light ( covering light paint with dark is easy...try doing it the other way!)
Have a can of Boddington's handy.
The two brushes I use are as in the picture. One small stubby and one flat. Vallejo Model Colour is the paint.
Priming and the pale blue underside and 1st stage mottling...
Everyone is familiar with priming so other than I use the flat brush, it's much the same as A/Bs I guess.
The pale blue is also put on with the flat brush. I squirt enough paint into one of those cheap plastic ice cube trays , add some distilled water and mix to the right thickness. Don't worry about amount, as long as you mix enough for the first coat, the paint stays workable in the pallet so it can be used for a second coat.
I apply to the underside of the wings first as these don't involve any mottling. Always drag the brush from the centre of the surface to the outside edge, if you do it the opposite direction you will have drips and runs forming under the wings.
Next, get both brushes ready. You need to work quickly here as the idea is not to have the paint drying 'in a line' but rather blending into the primer.
With the flat brush, paint the tail and, with reference to the artwork, work your way in sections along the fus. painting the pale blue solid up to just before the demarkation line with the dark top surface colour. Very quickly with your stubbly brush hardly loaded with paint dab along the paint line to break it up, DON'T FIDDLE! I can't emphasize the need for speed here 'cos as you know Acrylic paint dries fast. Don't be worried if the paint goes where it shouldn't, just look at my photos! ( The dark top coat will easily cover any pale sploshes!) See Rules!
That is it really for the Pale blue mottling. Alway keep an eye open for runs, particularily under the fus. If you spot some gently ease them out with the flat brush before the paint dries too much. Next time we will do the top surface cammo. and finish the mottling.
Me? I'm off at the w/end for a few days touring the S/W, visiting some of the present Mrs. Ron's old school buddies........Can't wait!!!!!!!
Cheers,
Ron
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