Does anyone know how to detail a burner can on the inside. I really like the white or tan appearance inside the burner can. Im very familiar with washes and drybrushing,but it just seems as though theres more to it than that. To add to the problem,this is a one peice resin part,and Its for a 1/48th F3h Demon.
Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks Trevor.
Jeff,
How bout flat black or mm jet exhaust, followed by streaks of gray and white, or tan pastels working from the inside out. I tried to take a picture of a B-58 can, but It won’t focus. Just take a Q-tip, reach in and pull out. Looks convincing to me.
good luck,
dragonfly
Thanks dragonfly Ill give it a try,but I seem to remember seeing another style. Im still open to other suggestions.
What I do is airbrush the entire engine set with a base color of Metallizer, usually Stainless Steel or a darker shade. Then, carefully buff this with a Qtip or old, clean cotton T-shirt. Once I have it as polished as I want it, I do some very fine sprays of some darker colors, like Titanium or Dark Anondized. Buff again (as long as the colors are Buffable).
Then I seal it with Metalizer sealer.
Next I very lightly streak it with some blues and rust-colored enamels, then dull cote all of it. Just enough to give it some hints of that color. This is to simulate burnt metal.
Some people I have seen “weather” the engine with some black chalk to soot it up a bit.
Grab an old kit’s engine set, play with it. Use a small container of thinner to clean the paint off if you aren’ satisfied, and start over. After all, it is just a test.
Thanks chimera, that sounds alot more like the tec. I was looking for. I ll give it a try.
I don’t think my method necessarily applies in your case, with the F3H. But the reason for the white color on the inside of modern jet exausts, such as what you see inside an F-15, F-16 and F-18 exhaust, is due to the fact that it’s coated with porcelin. The white is not exhaust residue. And the porcelin gets cleaned from time to time as well.
My method is ridiculously simple, but I’ve found that often the real way is the best way: For an F-15 (and keep in mind this works best where there’s detail engraved on the inside) or other modern jets, I paint the inside semi-gloss white, just like the real thing, and then spray Metalizer Exhaust through it from the front so it exits out the back just like real exhaust. The paint tends to cling to the inside just where it does on the real thing if you’ve got good detailing molded in.
I’d be curious to know, some of you old Phantom Phixers or other guys who worked on the J-79 engine, as was used by the B-58 mentioned above, if porcelin was used on that engine, or if it’s a more modern innovation?
TOM
Thanks Tom, I was totaly unawere that they were coated in porcelin. Your method sounds great aswell. Do you have any photos you could share?
The best color photo I know of to illustrate the ceramic coating (I kept using the term porcelin, and I don’t know if that word is interchangable) with sooty stains is on page 65 of “Squadron/Signal’s F/A-18 Walk Around.” I think there is a similar photo in the F-15 Walk Around.
TOM