G-Man Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Looking really good. If it was mine, I'd make the exhaust darker. I use AK pigments, they do a nice job of creating a smokey exhaust stain. I just layer it until it's dark enough. JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Looks really nice. Exhaust staining looks OK to me, but equally I imagine it could look better a bit darker, as G-Man said. Often, less is more ... JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dany Boy Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Very nice! Really like the Revell model and the modeling! JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefH Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 13 hours ago, G-Man said: Looking really good. If it was mine, I'd make the exhaust darker. I use AK pigments, they do a nice job of creating a smokey exhaust stain. I just layer it until it's dark enough. 12 hours ago, MikeC said: Looks really nice. Exhaust staining looks OK to me, but equally I imagine it could look better a bit darker, as G-Man said. Often, less is more ... Thanks for the input. Do you have a particular colour or colours of pigment you'd use for exhaust? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffH Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 A really simple exhaust stain method I picked up from Floyd Werner's Master Class DVD mix up about 3 drops Tamiya dark earth with a drop of black and a _ton_ of thinner so that it's the consistency of gray water Spray the mixture in successive coats in the direction of airflow building it up. The mixture is so thin it takes about 10 passes to be able to see anything but you can stop any time it looks right. Just be careful the paint doesn't pool between the layers (short, quick strokes at slightly lower pressure due to the thin mix does the trick) The Tamiya 'Make-up for Models' kits have a good 'soot' mixture but I usually have trouble controlling the application of the stuff HTH JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 4 hours ago, JefH said: Do you have a particular colour or colours of pigment you'd use for exhaust? The darkness depends on how long the stains have been built up so that's a variable. The important thing is to make sure it fades gradually toward the end rather than ending abruptly. Looking good Jeff JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 9 hours ago, JefH said: Thanks for the input. Do you have a particular colour or colours of pigment you'd use for exhaust? Jeff I use AK 2038 Smoke pigment. I actually bought the exhaust stain set which includes a few different useful colors. JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 12 hours ago, JefH said: Thanks for the input. Do you have a particular colour or colours of pigment you'd use for exhaust? Jeff 9 hours ago, JeffH said: A really simple exhaust stain method I picked up from Floyd Werner's Master Class DVD mix up about 3 drops Tamiya dark earth with a drop of black and a _ton_ of thinner so that it's the consistency of gray water Spray the mixture in successive coats in the direction of airflow building it up. The mixture is so thin it takes about 10 passes to be able to see anything but you can stop any time it looks right. Just be careful the paint doesn't pool between the layers (short, quick strokes at slightly lower pressure due to the thin mix does the trick) The Tamiya 'Make-up for Models' kits have a good 'soot' mixture but I usually have trouble controlling the application of the stuff HTH I tend to use Tamiya Smoke X19, but it depends on the subject. JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefH Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Thanks for the input. I hate doing exhaust staining, but the colour recommendations and the great suggestion from Mike to try to feather it and end less abruptly is going to be a big help. I have a coupe days off work coming up and hopefully I'll be able to get some bench time. On 7/24/2018 at 5:38 PM, JeffH said: A really simple exhaust stain method I picked up from Floyd Werner's Master Class DVD mix up about 3 drops Tamiya dark earth with a drop of black and a _ton_ of thinner so that it's the consistency of gray water Spray the mixture in successive coats in the direction of airflow building it up. The mixture is so thin it takes about 10 passes to be able to see anything but you can stop any time it looks right. Just be careful the paint doesn't pool between the layers (short, quick strokes at slightly lower pressure due to the thin mix does the trick) I did something really similar to this on my current build, but must not have thinned it enough. Also my wife and I are heading into Ottawa for a couple days next month. Is there any good hobby shops to hit in town? Jeff MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Nice work. One day when l get some cashflow l will get one. Buy the way we drink the same tea so great modelers think a like lol hacker...occasional tea tottler JefH and Dan Paxton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffH Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 On 7/25/2018 at 8:48 PM, JefH said: Thanks for the input. I hate doing exhaust staining, but the colour recommendations and the great suggestion from Mike to try to feather it and end less abruptly is going to be a big help. I have a coupe days off work coming up and hopefully I'll be able to get some bench time. I did something really similar to this on my current build, but must not have thinned it enough. Also my wife and I are heading into Ottawa for a couple days next month. Is there any good hobby shops to hit in town? Jeff There are 4 that I know about, Hobby House, The Hobby Center, Orleans Hobbies and Great Hobbies Hobby House is my usual hangout but I've been to them all. Orleans, Great Hobbies are more oriented towards R/C with a small selection of aircraft and armor. Hobby House has a section for planes, armor, cars and trains with a little less stress on R/C. Hobby Center had good stuff but I think they have scaled back to an online presence. Hobby Center even had a small selection of AM at one point . JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefH Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Hello again. I think I'm calling this kit done. There's a few things about the build I feel like I could have done better, but I learned from the mistakes and had a good time with it. Thanks for following along and once more thanks for the constructive criticism with regards to the exhaust staining. After using those suggestions I'm much happier with the results. The final pics Cheers Jeff Geddyme, LSP_Kevin and Nick32 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 This is looking just great, Jeff. JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 That turned out very nice! JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Super nice, looks like a great addition for your display! JefH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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