themongoose Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I need some expert advice on what order of operations to use here. I'm working on the thunderbird graphic and all the blue. I have the model primered. I question the approach because I'd like to minimize the number of layers of paint but then i wonder if I'll have problems with the line between the colors if I don't do one all-over color first. Let me know what your experience has been ? Should I paint all the white and then put on the masks and do the blue, Paint the blue in ageneral area and then mask it and try to come ver the blue, Put the masks on the area that will be blue, paint the white and then reverse the process to do the blue, Or some other way to go about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Wow, good question and you will probably get a few different answers. I started on a 1/72 Thunderbird a while ago and faced the same question. Since there is a lot of fine-line and edging in white that would be difficult to mask on its own, I would suggest a white base coat and go with the blue and the red over the white. At most you should have 2 layers of paint (White and Blue, and White and Red) on the fuselage and most of the wings. You COULD leave the Red areas masked if you really wanted to and do them directly over primer, but I think either way you will be ok. Good luck! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I think you'll want to paint the white first and then mask and paint the blue. You'll likely have trouble trying to paint white over dark blue. A-10LOADER and CANicoll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Thankfully, confining my interests to WWII rescues me from having to face such dilemmas, but I must also recommend white first for the same reason. Rule of thumb is usually go from light TO dark when overlaying colors. CANicoll, A-10LOADER and DesTROYer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yep, what they said. White first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 White, Red, then the Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 As already written, always go from light to dark on clean schemes. Of course, if you want to paint a dirty F-18, you can do the opposite but for a Thunderbirds Viper, this is the best approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Sounds like I keep with the plan - white first. Thanks for keeping me on the right path 👠CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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