Painting/ weathering sequence

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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I posted this in the painting and AB forum too, but I thought I’d post this here just in case there isn’t much of a response.

I’ve been doing some research on painting and weathering aircraft and this seems to be the average procedure:

  1. clean model before painting
  2. depending on the paint, prime
  3. Paint base coat and any camo overcoats
  4. Coat with future
  5. apply decals
  6. future again
  7. use washes and/or pastels to weather
  8. Future again
  9. Dull Coat

My question is about #4. Is one coat of future enough or should I spray it a second time. I’ve already applied one coat and let it dry for several days, but it doesn’t have that shinny, wet look that tells you the surface is really slick and ready for decals. I haven’t done this in a while, my memory needs to be refreshed.

Thanks for your help.[:)]

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  1. Always prime when acrylics are used

  2. If you need a second future coat, then apply it. Sometimes I have to apply 2 or 3 times.

  3. no need to future, just apply your flat coat.

Andy

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You can do it with one coat but I highly recommend that you don’t. The problem I have is I get impatient with it and try to put on a big coat. That presents other problems, like small puddles, rounding of corners, loss of detail. I have trained myself to put on several … several light mists. I usually swipe the model surface twice at around 12" on full blast. I wait an hour or 2 and then do another mist. Usually works great after 3 or 4 coats. It starts to shine without losing any detail.