Lots of questions for me tonight guys. [:D]
In doing a NMF aircraft, how does one decide which panels should be buffed more or darkned more than the next? Does it matter? Should the same panel on each wing be darkened the same?
I’m looking over the model trying to decide how to determine which I should darken or buff to a greater shine. What’s the school of thought on this?
Thanks.
im about to start a P-51D with a bare metal finish and from what ive gathered its mix matched. ofcourse, the pics im going by are of models themselves and not the actual aircraft photos. i think youd be safe by just randomly selecting the panels and darken or lighten them. later.
Dana
What A/C are you modeling?
After metalizing my f-86, the best advice I can give is to find all the photo references you can and use those as a guideline. In the absence of any references though, I’d just pick out a few panels that look like they might be servicable (like access panels) or perhaps requiring a different manufacturing process, like a wing root, or fin root panel. Something that is not just a flat panel, but maybe had to be specially formed to fit its placement on the aircraft.
Turned out that I didn’t accent enough on my Sabre, and now it looks rather dull.
Wish I could add more but I’m kinda going through the same decision making process myself.
stinger
Stinger, two aircraft now. A 1/144 KC-97 and a 1/32 Mig-19. Later I’ll be doing a 1/48 F-89J.
Of course, on the F-89, I have to learn to rescribe first. [:D]