Tamiya 1/48 Wildcat done

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Very nice Jan. [#welcome] Thanks for sharing and welcome to the forums.

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Thanks you like this US Navy bird; the Tamiya Wildcat is a pleasure to build.

This is how I normally do the painting and weathering:

  • start with pre-shading with black

  • airbrush the camouflage colours (Tamiya and Gunze acrylics), very diluted in several layers

  • Then I use Future to prepare for the decals, put on the decals and Future again

  • sometimes, depending on the camouflage colors, I spray a very much diluted orange brown mix from Humbrol (enamel), at low pressure, over the panel lines, this is the most difficult part, you have to spray very small lines

  • then oil paint, I cover the whole area, not only the panel lines, after a few minutes I start rubbing with a kitchen paper in the direction of the airflow, just as long until I find that the right look is there, this step might has to be done more than ones when you clean it to much or when you rub the oil paint out of the panel lines

  • shipping with a light gray and on some spots aluminium (Humbrol)

  • Then a last coat of clear matt (acrylic) to finish it of

So, very normal and simple,

Success, Jan

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Jan, thanks for sharing with us how you got that amazing finish on your warbird. I’d like to try that fine-line with the diluted orange-brown technique you mentioned, because I really like the effect it creates. [tup]

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Mike

for a Navy bird, i take much more orange then brown

and very very diluted, i even spray over the white parts of the decals

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WOW!!! Awesome job!!!

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Wow, thanks Jan. I did not even notice that the orange was over the white until you mentioned it.

Thanks and keep the Models Coming.[tup][8D]

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Duly noted, Jan. It’s going to take a bit of practice on my part to master your technique, but I’m looking forward to trying it until I get the feel for it. [tup]