How to make a mottle camo pattern without an airbrush (first method) 

I didn't know that! Seems like the sponge technique wasn't so unusual after all. Thanks for the historical info.

@@KitKabinet Thank you for your work. I'll look up references for you. If you ever get a NOVO kit, there is a technique in the instruction sheet where you cut the tip off an old brush to produce a similar effect.

@@abdalabinladen I remember that, they copied that from the Frog sheets of the same kits. What I meant was that apparently the sponge method was already in use on real aircraft, far before scale modeling got popular.

They also scraped salt from carrier decks, applied it to the planes before painting. The salt was then rubbed and washed off to produce a chipping effect. /s

Thanks for the compliment, and you're welcome!

Thanks, in fact the second method (with powdered dry pastels) is a Regia Aeronautica pattern (in Hungarian service); ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pDI7rXgoA5s.html

You're welcome!

Thanks! I'd like to draw your attention to my dry pastel-mottle video too; the effect is more subtle and actually quite easy to achieve, and I'm amazed it's not being used more often. At this moment it's becoming my new favourite way of mottling; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pDI7rXgoA5s.html

Thank you!

Thanks🙏you're welcome!

You can indeed see on historical photos that the fuselage camo on Wick's machine looks quite gritty. One wonders what was actually used for applying that camo at that time!

Thanks! I just recently hit a hundred subs, and intend to go on with the channel for a good while!

@@KitKabinet good tip. If you mount it in a straw, you can use it more like a brush.

I spent the first 10 years of model making trying lots of things to achieve the effects, even spray cans and stencils - nothing works as well as airbrush. Took me another 10 to get the really important part, the compressor - tube tires and spray can proppellants just don't cut it. A cheap air brush will teach you mixing, thinning, air pressure management and techniques, and they are dirt cheap. And, very very fun (except cleaning them ugh! I'd almost rather throw the airbrush away rather than clean it lol)

@@robertmaybeth3434 I believe you, I tried this sponge method a few times and never got any really good results.

Thanks! Japanese mottle was sometimes applied more roughly than for example German or Italian patterns. But for a more subtle effect the dry pastel method (see link in description) works very well too.

You are welcome, and thank you for your compliment! 👌

You're welcome! I'll upload another mottle video in the near future which you may want to check out. Good luck with the 109!

@@KitKabinet 👍

@@mhos6940 New video here on applying mottle camo with chalk (dry pastel) powder! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pDI7rXgoA5s.html

You're welcome! Je kunt in feite allerlei soorten spons/schuimrubber gebruiken. Van bv een keukensponsje kun je met een hobbymes een strook afsnijden. De truc is dat je de strook vervolgens strak oprolt (als in de video) met plakband zodat de structuur fijner wordt maar toch poreus blijft om verf op te nemen. Hope this helps!

Thanks and thanks! For another mottle camo pattern you may also want to check the dry pastel (chalk powder) method, which gives a more subtle effect; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pDI7rXgoA5s.html

Haha, thanks! I'll upload a second method for mottling without an airbrush soon.

No, the glaze medium that I used with the brush has a milky look to it, but it dries transparent. A piece of sink sponge can work, but do roll it tightly into the tape; that way the 'grit' of the spots will be finer. You then have to test on paper how wet your sponge has to be (usually fairly saturated with paint, but nearly dry to the touch).

I used a sink sponge to try camo on a ME 109 and it was a bit too spotty for this type of paint job.I liked the effect it made but it was different.

Thanks! Although I do have an airbrush myself, I still use the soft pastel technique often, and occasionally this sponge technique as well. Also, several ww1 planes were actually camouflaged in real life with the use of sponges (like the Albatros biplane).

@@KitKabinet the soft pastel technique is really good, never saw that one used this way. I ll try mottling with your sponge+glaze method on an Airfix FW 190 in the upcoming days ;)

You're welcome!

Glad to be of help and good luck with your build!

Yes; although Vietnamese MiG 17s had many different camouflage patterns, this technique should be suitable for the mottle patterned ones, such as the famous '3020'.

@@KitKabinet thank you very much!!!

You're welcome :-) Although I have started on airbrushing recently, I also want to try out some more non-AB techniques to see if I can still work around the use of an airbrush. Cheers

Oh, but I dO own an airbrush as well. It's just that I like doing different techniques now and then, plus that this is a nice technique for people who don't have an airbrush (like for example many beginning modelers) or who don't have enough experience yet to try mottling small patches. But yes, an airbrush and a steady hand will give a more subtle effect. Although the dry paste/chalk powder method as linked in the description will give an effect nearing that of an airbrush!

@@mattiapresti7295 I first started in high school. In 1976 and I still have nowhere near mastered it, it was just so much fun for the new paint effects you can do it sort of motivates you to continue. The most important thing isn't even the airbrush (cheap ones work just as well as the $200 ones) - it is the compressor. Just get the compressor first, an oil-filled one NOT an oil free" - and the rest will follow.

@@mattiapresti7295 For models the water based acrylics work better and not so fumey.

@@mattiapresti7295 cheers mate

спасибо!

Thanks! I have a new video coming up (end of week 11, 2020) with a second method of doing mottle camo without an airbrush. You can already preview the results in this video; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XODhYALzWKg.html

The new video on applying mottle camo with chalk (dry pastel) powder is here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pDI7rXgoA5s.html

Im going to do a 109 too, there's so many different types of 109 camos.

Yes, these are all water based acrylics that I used; mostly Vallejo's model color (brush-on variant). In the past I also used the sponge technique with Humbrol enamels, but I think acrylics simply work so much easier.