First question to the forum as a newbie: I recently completed a 1/48 scale F177a Nighthawk and would like to add a dirty, oil sheen to the gloss white landing gear and wheel wells. Any suggestions?
welcome to the forum. A thinned wash of artist’s oils would do the trick-oilly and brown or blackish depending.
In other words, pick a grey or black coloured oil paint and thin it down? How are artist’s oils different from garden variety Testors?
from what I understand-testors are an enamel with a solvent to keep them liquid. when the solvent evaporates the pigment(color particales) and carrier(the stuff that hold paint together) stays behind and “paints” the surface. artist’s oil’s are oil based. with oils, the carrier is linseed oil even when the paint is dry the oil is still around but just enough the glue the pigments together. So when they dry-takes awhile- they have an oily sheen. They are used to weather because oily stains are easy with these and figures are often painted with them for that slight oily sheen seen on skin. Look at some of the tips on weathering and oils. try a search and see what you come up with