I have tried several different ways but to no avail. OK, swallow the pride, Gulp, now what is the best, not easiest, way to paint the red edge on modern naval aircraft gear doors?
I may take a bit to say thanks so I’ll say it now,
Thank all.[;)]
I’ve always used a brush and took my time. Use the smallest brush you’ve got. It takes practice so you may want to try it on someting out of the parts box first.
You could use a red permanent felt marker with a fine tip, that would give you much better control of where the colour goes.
You could also put a small bit of the red paint on a flat surface, say a plastic container lid, and just touch each door edge to the paint.
I’ve used both a red Sharpie and paint brushes. The only thing I do differently is to take the part to the paint - not take the paint to the part. I hold the Sharpie (or brush) still and vertical with my left hand and the gear door in my right hand. Then I barely touch the edge of the door to the side of the Sharpie and move the door to apply the red. Takes a little practice but goes very well and seems to make less mistakes.
Thanks for the ideas guys. I’ll start practicing right after a quick trip to the office supply store.
Drew
same as Quincy but I use the red sharpie exclusively. Same technique though - hold it still and move the gear door. Even works pretty well on the really, REALLY thin PE doors (in some Eduard detail sets, eg) that I would have no hope of painting decently. Good luck!
Hi Drew. Great name!
I use the smallest size of Microbrush and red paint. The key is to not load the brush up with too much paint or it will run.
Regards,
3 words - red decal strips.
Normally I use a fine pointed brush, slightly flattened. I’ve recently tried red decals as well and found them to be a bit more controllable and consistant.
Try this, first paint the door Red, I mean the whole thing even the edges, then wait a day or two then mask the edges, then paint the interior color, wait a couple days and now mask the interior side then paint the exterior color wait a couple of hour then remove all masking and Voila, or load up a paint brush all the way up to the crimp then wipe off the excess and paint the door with the brush at the brisile to crimp area
A good old small paint brush and red paint for me.
lay off the hooch beforehand and your hand doesn’t shake so much!
Testors makes a paint pen in both enamel and acrylic, I use a red on my 1/48 scale planes with no problem.
I use a fine brush, but the Testor pen sounds interresting.