Hi all

I am aware of a technique that involves misting a coat of diluted colour over the surface of a model in order to tie in the different camouflage colours and ,importantly for me, decals. I would like to give this a go.

I seem to remember seeing this done by Holdfast on one of his Spitfires using some kind of grey wash. Nige (Lampie) told me he uses a yellow over his OD finishes.

I'm really just looking to know which colours work over what and any other details that might help me.

I've got a sacrificial lamb lined up as the potential for ruining a perfectly decent model seems quite high to me!!

Thanks in anticipation

Cheers

Steve

Mornin' Stona
The yellow (Tamiya XF4) is what I mix with olive drab for the fading technique. Its NOT what I use for blending everything together.
To blend, tone down decals etc I use heavily thinned Tamiya Smoke. 80 or 90% thinners and just misted on until it looks right to my MKI Eyeball.
Very thin coats and build them up slowly is the way to go.
Its quick and easy and makes a big difference to the overall "feel" I believe.
Nige

Hi Nige

Thanks for the clarification. It's the toning down of the decals that I'm really after although any other benefits will be welcome!

I'm thinking of doing this over an extra dark sea grey/dark slate grey scheme. Would the thinned smoke (or similar) work over this?

Also interested to see that you use the yellow to lighten your panels - I always lighten the colour I'm using (completely unscientifically,by adding drops of white,until it looks right)

Just goes to show that there is indeed more than one way of skinning a cat!!

Cheers

Steve

Hi Stonar.
No reason why it shouldnt work over that scheme. Ive used it over dark blues, greys, olive drabs, nmf's etc without problems. Its almost "dirty thinners".
Ive heard that some people do the same thing with a buff colour but havent tried that myself.

That cat had better look out eh? !!

Nige

While I don't shoot Tamiya colors anymore, never had good results, I do use the same technique using heavily thinned flat black or a variationof the base color. It is more akin to tinted thinner than thinned paint. I also use a varitey of colors depending on what the base color of the subject it. If it is OD, then I will thin down OD and/or black. If it is a lighter color I'll adjust accordingly. Give it a try on your sicrificial lamb. Before long you'll develop a sense of what looks good to you, and what works and doesn't work. That's the key, finding what works for you. HTH. "Q"