What a difference that weathering makes! I love that hairspray technique, used it on a P-51 mustang last summer to bring through the aluminium from under the olive drab topcoat. Excellent tutorial as always matey, thank you ;)
Sorry my luv, couldn't hear you with all this perming solution...anywhere nice for the hols? Benidorm meself, yeeeessssssss... Good grief, I need more coffee!
Gareth Tucker Well I WAS mixing four pots of Tamiya Flat White with 1 pot of Tamiya Deck Tan, burt now there is an easier solution - DOA paints have released pre-mixed water-based colours specifically for the MIllennium Falcon - go check them out: trackpads.co.uk/swsshop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9&zenid=sb5rd44ka6i58pp1sfc994ee25
Another top quality vid. Two questions, how long do you wait for the hairspray to dry and how long did you allow the black coat to dry before applying the water and starting the scratching? Many thanks
The hairspray really around half an hour or so to be safe, longer if you want to be extra careful. You don't need to spray a lot, just a nice coating over everything. As for the water, ideally you should leave it to soak in for at least a minute to get he least hassle - I kinda rushed this a bit for filming so as you can see some areas don't give up the paint that easily!
Yep, let it dry for an hour or so :) Ideally you want to airbrush or spray can it on though, brushing it would most likely make the paint too thick and the process wouldn't work (that's why I airbrushed it even though as I said in the film, everything else was brush painted out of sheer laziness ^_^
It's Tamiya Surface Primer, right from the rattlecan. Not sure if it is acrylic (doubtful, it's flammable), but it is for acrylic paints. I personally prefer rattlecan primer, you can prime a big model in minutes, no farting about with airbrushes.
Hey, great tutorial! Btw I miss a point... When you color the dark brown on back seats? You say, flat aluminiu, then air spray, then gun metal, then black.... Can you explain well? Thanks!
+Domenico Neri Hi Domenico! I actually replaied to you on the Facebooks, but for everyone else's benefit I'll copy that reply here: "It's called the "hairspray technique" and it is a cheap way to do paint chipping smile emoticon You simply paint the seat your metal colour (Flat Aluminium), let that drym then spray the piece with hairspray. Any cheap hairspray from a supermarket will do, the cheaper the better. Let that dry for maybe half an hour, then lightly airbrush you colour on top (in this case black)Let that dry for half an hour, then take brush and brush on plain water over the piece. Leave it for a minute, then ship at the paint gently with either a cocktail stick, toothpick or a stiff brush. The water will have soaked through the paint but will not soak through the hairspray, so when you scrape the paint the black will chip off but the metal underneath will not be affected smile emoticon If you want more control over the chipping, you can use Ammo for Mig Chipping Fluid instead of hairspray, as it does the same thing but can be applied through an airbrush, but hairspray is cheaper."
The hairspray was really only for the black paint to chip off to reveal the metallic colour underneath on the seat frame and arms. Once you have done the chipping, you can then go in and paint the cushions and any other parts that are not meant to be chipped (just do the chipping part first) ^_^
+Domenico Neri It was very straightforward, I sumply brush painted them the base khaki colour, then brush painted the darker colour (khaki + a little black) areas over that to suggest shadows and folds in the material, and then went over the cushions with the pastels as I showed. Dead simple :)
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Your weathering effects are genius Mike, just done my pilot chairs and door surround and to have them in my hand the effects really stand out.
whiteknight723 Thank you :)
your videos are very helpful. I cant wait to get started on my Falcon. Great advice and nice to see this unfold!
Thanks! I'm siting on my hands waiting for more issues to arrive, but stay tuned :)
I know what you mean. I hope my will start shipping soon.
Awesome painting skills....
Thanks :)
What a difference that weathering makes! I love that hairspray technique, used it on a P-51 mustang last summer to bring through the aluminium from under the olive drab topcoat. Excellent tutorial as always matey, thank you ;)
Pleaseure, amigo :)
'course, the downside to the hairspray method is you do smell like a tart's boudoir after a while...
Sorry my luv, couldn't hear you with all this perming solution...anywhere nice for the hols? Benidorm meself, yeeeessssssss...
Good grief, I need more coffee!
helgan35 I just went three days with only two cups of coffee. That's not right, that isn't.
Nice job. What is the interlude music?
Thanks! It's one of my own pieces, called "Sa Mo Do Do"
Hi mate can you tell me the mix you use plz as I have been looking and see lots of ways but I like the mix you do ?
Gareth Tucker Well I WAS mixing four pots of Tamiya Flat White with 1 pot of Tamiya Deck Tan, burt now there is an easier solution - DOA paints have released pre-mixed water-based colours specifically for the MIllennium Falcon - go check them out: trackpads.co.uk/swsshop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9&zenid=sb5rd44ka6i58pp1sfc994ee25
Thanks mate keep up with the vids mate they have gave me loads of info and help thanks.
+Modelmaking Guru I just went to this link and I don't see any paints labeled at for the Falcon. Did they stop making them?
Try this link instead :) www.starwars-doa.co.uk/
Another top quality vid. Two questions, how long do you wait for the hairspray to dry and how long did you allow the black coat to dry before applying the water and starting the scratching? Many thanks
The hairspray really around half an hour or so to be safe, longer if you want to be extra careful. You don't need to spray a lot, just a nice coating over everything. As for the water, ideally you should leave it to soak in for at least a minute to get he least hassle - I kinda rushed this a bit for filming so as you can see some areas don't give up the paint that easily!
Thanks as always for the reply, so you let the black coat dry completely first?
Yep, let it dry for an hour or so :) Ideally you want to airbrush or spray can it on though, brushing it would most likely make the paint too thick and the process wouldn't work (that's why I airbrushed it even though as I said in the film, everything else was brush painted out of sheer laziness ^_^
Is the primer you use, acrylic too from the rattle can?
It's Tamiya Surface Primer, right from the rattlecan. Not sure if it is acrylic (doubtful, it's flammable), but it is for acrylic paints. I personally prefer rattlecan primer, you can prime a big model in minutes, no farting about with airbrushes.
Hey, great tutorial! Btw I miss a point... When you color the dark brown on back seats? You say, flat aluminiu, then air spray, then gun metal, then black.... Can you explain well? Thanks!
+Domenico Neri Hi Domenico! I actually replaied to you on the Facebooks, but for everyone else's benefit I'll copy that reply here:
"It's called the "hairspray technique" and it is a cheap way to do paint chipping smile emoticon
You simply paint the seat your metal colour (Flat Aluminium), let that drym then spray the piece with hairspray. Any cheap hairspray from a supermarket will do, the cheaper the better. Let that dry for maybe half an hour, then lightly airbrush you colour on top (in this case black)Let that dry for half an hour, then take brush and brush on plain water over the piece. Leave it for a minute, then ship at the paint gently with either a cocktail stick, toothpick or a stiff brush. The water will have soaked through the paint but will not soak through the hairspray, so when you scrape the paint the black will chip off but the metal underneath will not be affected smile emoticon
If you want more control over the chipping, you can use Ammo for Mig Chipping Fluid instead of hairspray, as it does the same thing but can be applied through an airbrush, but hairspray is cheaper."
+Modelmaking Guru Thanks for the answer. On the rear seats, I see brown where it was white... It's only like that with the airspray tecnique?
The hairspray was really only for the black paint to chip off to reveal the metallic colour underneath on the seat frame and arms. Once you have done the chipping, you can then go in and paint the cushions and any other parts that are not meant to be chipped (just do the chipping part first) ^_^
+Modelmaking Guru ok, so you did not explain when you paint the cuschions with brown or I didn't understand when... can you explain well pls? :)
+Domenico Neri It was very straightforward, I sumply brush painted them the base khaki colour, then brush painted the darker colour (khaki + a little black) areas over that to suggest shadows and folds in the material, and then went over the cushions with the pastels as I showed. Dead simple :)
I presumed that all the parts came pre-painted; especially for 900 quid!
Yeah, Well, just barely painted. It'll probably look "okay" unpainted, but repainting it will make it look AWESOME.
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