I recently purchased an eduard photo etch detail kit for a 1/72 hasegawa f-16. I was wondering how you would paint the photo etch cockpit control panels while keeping the details. It seems that if the photo etch panels are painted all details would be lost. The relief of the details is very shallow that it might be difficult to dry brush. Painting it also removes the detail of the buttons and dials.
Hope someone could help.
I would try using a light coat of primer, followed by a thinned down black or dark grey paint to get a base color, then drybrush to accent the dials / switches. It’s unfortunate that they would make the detail so shallow, but that’s the drawback of superdetailing 1/72.
I am using their 1/32 detail kit for my revell corsair and I found that a light coat of anything flat will not take away the detail. I also cut stryene rods to make buttons and knobs. I strip down electrical wires(fine guage) to make togel switches. Nothing brings out detail like 3D details. For painting though I recomened for 1/72 to air brush the color on. 1/32 can take brush painting but the much smaller scale needs that fine mist of atomized paint to keep the detail.
Thanks for the info, will be trying it in a while. Does anybody know of somebody who is knowledgable in using eduard photo etched parts. I need some help in the canopy of the kit I am building which is the 1/72 f-16, it appears that the hud canopy assembly is to large for the kit. Am referring to part no 23 of the 72152 eduard photo etched unit.