Weathering Raised Panel Lines

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Techniques
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I’ve really starting to get into the weathering of my plane models. Was wondering what’s the best way of weathering raised panel lines. I’m really not interested in sanding these down and rescribing them. Does preshading work?

John

2

Many many ways,

  1. use the blade to make to recessed panel line. By draw the brade beside the raised panel. After finished sand the raised out by sand paper.

  2. For the many revet use the needle and endure. Or

  3. After painted, Cover the raised panel with Flat Base Clear (Glossy Clear + Flat Clear 70%+30% or depend on you but if Too flat that means it hard to clean) you have to airbrush on the raised panel just 1 round and let them dry and then wash as you wish

3

hey i working on a kit atm with raised panel lines, and im going to try preshading it, but im worried about the dark top colour… maybe u could try dry brushing aswell

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If you plan your paint and weathering steps well enough, washes aren’t necessary with raised lines.

When I do the odd kit with raised lines (very few I maight add), I spray all the raised lines with the colour I want the wash to be, and use an enamel paint.

Then I do the models paint job as normal using acrylics. After the paint has cured, I go over all the panel lines with a cotton bud (Q tip) LIGHTLY moistened with acrylic thinner, and voila!!!

One set of raised panel lines, washed.

Yes it may be a bit time consuming, but the end result is well worth the effort, and it minimises stuff ups.
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5

tho thats a good idea… i suppose u could use the fencing technique to prevent rubbing off the wrong spots?(the panel line are really small!!))

thanks mate!

6

fencing idea would be advisable.
But after a few lines, you would be able to judge just how much pressure to apply to get the acrylic off.

Practice makes perfect.

7

Here’s a technique I like:

First, paint the model a very dark shade of your base color.
Second, clear coat the model several times to protect the first coat
Third, apply the base coat
Fourth, weather with other airbrushed colors as desired (or omit)

Here’s the clincher: Fifth, lightly sand through the base and weathered color to get down to the initial coating. Voila…darker panel lines that are easy to distinguish. Too heavy of sanding and one goes through to the plastic, or worse yet, flattens and widens the panel line distorting it.

Hope this is helpful,
Planecrazy

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jenj -

Lazy way to do it?

After the gloss coat for decaling, and decals are in place. I go over the raised panal lines with a very thin acrylic wash of the correct color. A second or two later a use a dry brush and brsuh in the direction of the air flow. This removes a bit of the light wash, and gives a faint, but not too faint apearance. I can repeat if necessary. The final dull coat seals everything up, and I can then highlight any thing that needs high lighting with pastel dust.

Here’s an example:

Archer out

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I use this tech. on all raised panel lines,after decals followed by dull-coat let model dry for 24hours.I then take a 0.5mm mech. pencil and if needed sharpen it on a fine sanding stick.trace over all panel lines and details.at this time the panel lines will appear shiny gunmetal,lightly spray final dull-coat and the lines will look flt.black.if you make a mistake you can remove the graphite with a gum eraser.

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I use ground pastels of an appropriate shade. Apply the ground pastels and gently run a flat wide brush in the direction of airflow, streaking back the pastel dust. Very subtle highlighting and streaks can be achieved with practice…

cheers

Mike