quang Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 In fact, it’s mostly the blue that hurts. A readily improvement would be to replace the ‘pure’ true blue with a ‘greyed’ variety (greyed meaning adding a bit of contrasting colour like brown to dirty up the blue and make it less vibrant). It would be easier to paint the triangle and the disc with the greyed blue before applying the decal motifs. HTH Quang Fanes and MARU5137 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted September 17 Author Share Posted September 17 Fair point Quang, it's definitely the blue. If I only had any spare decals to cut accordingly and replace the ones already applied My best idea so far: dabble grey and brown oils over the blue regions to make them less vibrant. MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 (edited) A thin transparent black/brown layer like Tamiya Smoke over the decals should do. Or else Payne’s Grey or Umber oils thinned with Liquin or another type of medium. As long as it’s thin and transparent because it’s a filter you need. Edited September 17 by quang MARU5137 and Fanes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 Filters it is Because an acyrcilc filter couldn't be wiped of, I decided to use oils. I mixed up neutral grey, umber and burnt umber with Liquin medium und some thinner. And here we have them applied to the fuselage decals. I started with the darker tones and finished with the Grey. You can see some beach marks from the oils. They were supposed to diasppear under another flat coat. Guess what: Everything worked fine except for one part: the flat coatr frosted like hell and I now have to repair that as well BradG, Landrotten Highlander, Rockie Yarwood and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Hi Joachim, Looks like you need to know how to work with Liquin. HERE @03:50 Study the part where the instructor talks about ‘glaze’ (‘filter’ in our hobby). See how you can increase or lower the transparency of the paint by varying the amount of Liquin. Two more things: Don’t mix thinner with Liquin because it would defeat the purpose of Liquin. Also in our hobby, the Liquin layer is supposed to be the very last coat on the model. So don’t varnish over Liquin. HTH Cheers, Quang MARU5137, Fanes and Landrotten Highlander 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 On 9/19/2022 at 10:36 PM, quang said: Hi Joachim, Looks like you need to know how to work with Liquin. HERE @03:50 Study the part where the instructor talks about ‘glaze’ (‘filter’ in our hobby). See how you can increase or lower the transparency of the paint by varying the amount of Liquin. Two more things: Don’t mix thinner with Liquin because it would defeat the purpose of Liquin. Also in our hobby, the Liquin layer is supposed to be the very last coat on the model. So don’t varnish over Liquin. HTH Cheers, Quang Oh well, I've been (obviously) using it wrong for quite some time now Thanks for the help - I'll try again once I have repaired the clear coat! MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 In order of making oil paint transparent, you can use either Liquin or thinner, but NOT both. Thinners will degrade paint by separating the pigments ( think microscopic specks of colour) from the binder ( think glue which keeps the pigments togethe). The more you add thinner, the weaker your paint layer will become. Liquin on the other hand is a medium. The pigments are separated BUT stay together because you’re adding more binder. The resulting layer is stronger (tougher) than the thinned paint. MARU5137, Fanes and Rockie Yarwood 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 So, the little Falco is all finished up and sitting in its display cabinet. Unfortunately the rainy weather prevents any beauty shots IainM and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 Finally - we're ready for inspection With a free and sunny weekend, the little black Falco was rolled out into the (indirect) sun. Not much words are needed, I guess. Pavel Vacek, patricksparks, mgbooyv8 and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Magnificent job! Cheers, Tom Fanes and MARU5137 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Well done! Beautiful Falco in black! Alain MARU5137 and Fanes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Lovely build! Iain Fanes and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS build. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Very nice model Regards - dutik Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Black is reputedly the most difficult colour to replicate and also to photograph realistically. You’ve done a very respectable job here! Now what’s next? Special Hobby X-15 or HPH Tigercat? Cheers, Quang Fanes and MARU5137 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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