Can anyone recommend a white and slighly dark yellow paint that actually covers.
In venturing over to aircraft, have an F-117 that needs white and yellow trim…and the @#$#@% thing is molded in BLACK. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
I’ve got it primed in gray but I can never seem to get yellow or white to cover.
I’ve used (among others) Floquil white, Modelmaster Insignia White, Modelmasters Chrome Yellow (the yellow I want) but none have really cut the mustard.
Is flat or gloss better for coverage?
So before I start, I thought I’d ask you folks if you know of a paint in these colors that works.
You primed it, which is good… white & yellow are always tougher to get good coverage with. My recommendations reflect my own techniques, which by no means is the final authority, because you’ve landed right smack in the middle of a virtual melting-pot of modeling idea’s, so experiment and find what works best for you.
I always prime the area with a light colored gray and apply the paint with an airbrush in light, progressive passes. A can of spray paint at the very minimum, and NEVER with a brush (streaking). Allow the paint to dry and cure completely before attempting to add any bordering colors.
A good primer, light coats of paint, and drying time… but as I said, practice will be your salvation. [:)]
the best paint for brush painting yellow would have to be Vallejo Acrylics.
Always over white or very light grey.
I use citadel miniatures skull white spray cans to prime and usually spray or brush paint yellow or red .
the white primer is a must and relatively hassle free
I use Tamiya fine white or Citadel skull white primer to prep a surface ready for white. These are even good enough for final coats as well.
Vallejo is a good yellow to use and it can be brush painted to a high standard as well. Just thin with distilled water and apply over the primers mentioned above and not much can go wrong really.
The key to light coloured paints such as white and yellow is multiple thin coats. This applies to either airbrush or brushpainting.
If your’e airbrushing, Floquil “Reefer White” enamel gives the best coverage & should also be used as an undercoat for the Yellow. For Chrome Yellow, I mix 2 parts Floquil CN Yellow with 1 part CNW Yellow. These are all in the Floquil Model Railroad paint line, but they are excellent paints. If brush painting, I agree with the above posts on Vallejo acrylics. They are the most opaque colors I’ve used.
I agree with all and would like to add that when you spray your paint (yellow/white)
spray it DRY.
Meaning never let it pool in a little puddle and spiderweb.
To do this the airbrush cannot linger over an area too long ,keep it moving.
Test your paint mixture over a piece of non pourous material like glass or a
tile or a piece of plastic ,spray the paint on a spot and count until it pools and spiderwebs.If it take 4 seconds to do so ,then you can only linger over the area you are painting for less than 4 seconds.Your paint mixture should be slightly thinner than milk.
It might take longer to cover an area ,but this is a great technique and its also very good for painting camo and canopies.
In cases like that, yes it usually an airbrush only situation, and I don’t mind “priming” with FLAT white (Yes, flats generally do cover better than gloss, usually.). If you need a gloss finish, the gloss coat you shoot before decaling, might just do it, else a shot of gloss white over the flat white works.
I generally don’t like mixing paint brands, and have found the the ModelMaster Acryls prety good for all around use.
I can’t add much, except to agree with those who say always start with FLATS, because they cover better and unlike glossy paints, with their added varnish, do not pool around edges and in corners. Then you are tempted to pour on more paint, and it just makes the problem much worse.
A note about using reefer white: If you use the laquer, remember that laquers tend to dry before they hit your model, or if you do the opposite, and put them on too wet, they will craze or orangepeel the plastic. So you must find the balance. Personally, for whites, I got with acrylics. And always flats. You can always go back and gloss it up with an overcoat of gloss white or clear gloss. Good luck.
Shark, the new breed of Floquil is enamel, not lacquer. Reefer White, if you have ever actually used it, is the best white I’ve used, & I’ve tried em all.