I am building the MIG 25 from Tamiya and like the F86 there is the little yellow cart. What is the best way to apply yellow by brush to give an even effect. This color frustrates me as much as flat white. Should I use a matt or gloosy yellow?
Use a flat gray primer first. Thin your yellow properly before painting, if using an acrylic add some flow aid to reduce brush marks. Apply two or three thin coats .
Whenever painting yellow, I always spray first with a white undercoat. The white is much easier to paint yellow over. If brush painting, I would suggest using Vallejo acrylic paint. It is the most opaque yellow I’ve used. It dries smooth so brush strokes aren’t a big problem.
I too would use a white primer. But then, as this is ground equipment we’re talking about, a little preshading in panel lines wouldn’t go amiss. yellow GE gets grubby
quite quickly. If you’re using enamel, thin down by about 30%. And matt would be best.
Again, no one polishes GE, and in (is it 1/48th?) gloss wouldn’t look right. Although, a quick rub with a bit of old T shirt when the paint is dry will add a bit of sheen, which might work, I find matt is too dull sometimes.
Pete
I like to prime with Testors (not MM) silver.
I gotta tell you, a little prime with flat white made the yellow go on just like any other paint. Great answer to my question, thank you.
hey nsclcctl;
Swanny has a good way to apply Whites or Yellows, if you are brush painting with an Polly S or Scale Acrylic type paint, try this: 1.) paint the primer coat Lt Grey, let dry at least over night, 2.) first coat of W or Y,let dry for a day or 2, 3.) then thin some of the color W or Y down with distilled water, 5 drops of paint with 2 drops of water, let dry for a day or 2, 4.) 4 drops of paint to 2 drops of water, let dry for a day or 2, 5.) 1 to 1 paint to water and let dry and this will rid the brush marks, you could use the same ratios with Testors but instead of water use Acryl thinner, but the best results is use an airbrush, first prime with LT Grey the shoot the W or Y color and let dry
and i thought using an airbrush was a pain in the behind!!![:p][:0]
if that’s what it takes to with a brush, i’m gonna stick to my airbrush: one coat (no primer) and she’s done!![;)]
You could still do the brush technic but that’s the way an old friend of my Dad’s used to do and got excellant results with it, and I’ve even tried it on a few planes and it came out better then expected, but now I’ve got a few airbrushs and never looked back
Airbrushing yellow is still a pain in the rear if the plastic is a dark color. I’d recomend priming when airbrushing yellow too.