Hi all,

I read in a magazine (which I have lost) of a technique of putting salt on wings or other parts when applying a winter paint scheme. It described putting a salt paste over the base coat then applying white. Once the white was dried, sand off the salt which would reveal small flecks of the base color, making the weathering effect more scale. Has anyone tried this? And if so tell us more about the technique.

-Derek

I've not done it myself -- I'm anti-weathering, but I understand guys use same technique by painting aluminum base coat, applying salt, then camo-scheme, then knock off salt to make chipped paint look ...

John

The track-toads have been using the 'salt technique' to do weathering and chipping for a while now.

I've done it a few times but only on armour and it didn't turn out too badly, if I do say so myself.

I don't know how many guys have done it with aircraft, but I'm sure there are quite a few who have.

My experiences:

https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/74578#623475

https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/53415&page=1


https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/55766#467560

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/53417&page=1

Thanks for the links!

I have a La-7 that I wanted to try the technique on and your posts will help a lot. Questions though, how do you keep the salt from blowing off when you fire up the air brush?

-Derek

Wet the area you want the salt to stick to with a bit of good ol' H2O and let it dry in place for a while. I found it didn't all stick, but most did.

Btw, I used sea salt for my chips. The crystals are alot larger than regular table salt and it's easier to place them where you want them.

Good luck!

Doug is correct! I wish I had used sea salt for my big Ki-84. For small 'dings' such as the P-40, table salt is fine. For what I envisioned for Ki-84, they are anemic.