I freakin love this video! I am currently on my first build since i was a kid and I am now 45. I am taking my time to build the Revell 1:48 Top Gun Maverick F-14 and all I got is RAISED lines. I was able to take the landing bay doors that have a ton of raised detail on them [edit:(hoses, clamps and other unknown metal items)] and after watching this I went back to them and "improvised" with techniques that YOU showed me and I am so proud of myself that I was able to put into play something I had just learned. Thank you for your work and I look forward to all your other videos!
i guess thats one way to skin a cat, although still seems more work and a worse/rough result than spraying a light silver laquer base and then spraying a enamel gray. and uing a qtip in lighter fluid to rub away the gray from raised areas. that way is still better in my opinion as not hand painting which leaves uneven finish. but if not airbrusing, i guess thats a way to go.
Yeah but that way the edges of the raised part are still not painted the right color. Because the q tip will only take paint off the top not the edge. I do agree that the finish would be better. Thanks for the comment.
@@ScaleModellingVideos oh yeah thats true, alot of people seem to not like the fact the sides of raised detail are not silver. i dont have problem with it, but others ddo mention it alot. cheers
Enamel base the piece in gray...once cured then apply silver acrylic craft paint over the raised sections...then using a wet and a dry tooth pick you can rub out any excess...once dry you can pledge over it to protect it from chipping you can also add pledge to the craft paint as it self levels as they are both acrylic.
Alternatively and far easier way would be to drybrush the raised details until details were crisp and clear, then just shoot a coat of matte clear over it to lock it in. Good video and nice idea, always good to know multiple ways to achieve something.
Thanks for the feedback. Ive already done a video on that and jts called how to highight raised detail. This technique helps paint the sides of the raised bits too as i discussed in the video
beautiful work, came out really good. seeing a few critical comments on here which blows my mind. extremely fine detail work especially considering the scale...I will be using your technique for sure!
Fantastic technique! But I have a question, why is it necessary to alternate the acrylic and the enamel? Also let's say I paint the raised in enamels, you then make a wash out of the acrylic? How is that, do you just add some water?
Thanks for the feedback. I use Tamiya X20 Acrylic Thinner to make an acrylic wash. I alternate the paint so I do not damage the underlying paint with the paint I put on top, hope that makes sense.
Turned out great! But: 1- How the heck do you NOT get the wash color all over the top of everything when you're not wiping as you go? (I've done tons of washes, and it *ALWAYS* darkens *EVERYTHING* even with wiping, let alone *NOT* quickly wiping excess) 2- How the heck are you going back later and rubbing it with paint thinner *without* removing all the paint? This isn't making sense in my brain. Lol
Very cool handy tip for my engine painting i just subbed to u my moddeling freind only modelling 2years still lots to learn glad u done this video im mainly motor vehicles but i will be trying new other stuff soon but again thanks for sharing i enjoyed ill be watching more as im new to ur sub count, 👍👍👍Keith
A couple of points: 1. i know this is going on your finished model, but for a demo video using grey, silver & gloss black makes things blur together & gets a bit lost due to the angle of the light; 2. the music is horrible imo. otherwise good info.
I don't know why but all the types of paint are mind boggling, and im a handyman! I only know oil and water based paint, which is acrylic i think, anyway awesome job looks like you used oil and acrylic to achieve the results
@@ScaleModellingVideos I thought I heard the ozie twang Good on ya. To be honest I dont have a problem where you were from but thought only Americans called it aloominium
@@ScaleModellingVideos Here's a clue : Al U minium...Americans coined it something else, just like hostil (hostile) and Missil (missile). My favourite rant! Good work on the video mate.
You could always drybrush those details on or take a piece of plasticard and put paint on the edge to get the details without much mess. Jun's Mini Garage does this quite often
I just did that same Skyline kit and had a hell of a hard time with that valve cover. Those little areas between the sparkplugs don't hold the color as well as you'd think, but I did mine in red.
You can wait for the thinned overcoat to dry and then reapply additional overcoats. Eventually you will build up to an opaque paint coat. Also you may be thinning the overcoat a bit too much.
Hello! Thank you for this video! So much to learn to really build a model properly. Do you have to split between enamels and acrylics as you did? Will all acrylic paints not work?
It might work if you have a large item with large raised detail. You can try with all acrylics but you would have to gloss coat your part after each paint colour, which will increase the thickness of the total coat of paint, making it difficult to paint smaller details. In theory it might work, I dont know if it will actually work. Use an enamel or non acrylic gloss goat though to ensure that when you clean your paint spills with thinner you do not eat through your gloss coat. Hope that helps.
Only the bustle rack part left and I will finish the M1A2 sep tusk 2 , I may buy a Iraq T-55 Enigma to make a fighting scene between the M1A2 and the T55 , lol
You can also lay down the silver over the whole thing you have the lettering to be in acrylic then paint the grey over the top of that with enamel then dampen the cotton bud with thinner and rub over the raised detail lettering and the acrylic will show through perfectly without the need for used washes that leave tide marks
That requires a very steady hand. I would use Tamiya 87105 extra small pointed buds which would give you much more precision that a regular cotton bud.
I twist a paper towel into a blunt "stub" and moisten it with thinner. The flatter the stub, the better. Lightly brush across the raised detail several times without much pressure (to avoid taking off the underlying acrylic).
Detailing seems to be in the eye of the beholder, I know your a great model master, I just didn't see a difference in the part you were trying to highlight. Maybe my screen is too small or the part was to small. Filming through a lighted hobby magnifying glass might have brought it out more clearly. I'll stick with my current technique for now and catch you on the next one.
I havent tried it on an instrument panel. They are much smaller, that does change the dynamic as its harder to get into the gaps or raised detail. It might work.
For cars, If I want to paint the interior a different color than the exterior do you have any tips on doing that? Like the sequence of events, or when and how I should do what? Anyone answer if you have tips, I'm building my first car model.
Thanks, thats highlighting though, and it doesnt paint the edges as well. This is more to do with actually painting all of the raised detail, not just the top of it.
Love this video! What an artist you are. You sound so humble too. So much so that I am now a subscriber! Looking forward to reviewing your other videos and learning much before I start my next project. I’m just getting back into the hobby after many years away so finding wonder in the builders, constructors and artists who now populate this hobby. What a great time to get back!
great approach, thanks for sharing. One question, at the beginning you comment that the enamel was to cover all the parts. So did you paint the whole part first, then the detail, followed by the wash. or as the part bare when you started?
Very nice ! But unfortunately I painted my M1A2 model already , even though it's not finished , I think that I made a huge mess just painting it , I will make a video about it after I finished , please don't dislike that video because I spent a lot of time painting it , I tried to paint the best I could , but I have faced a difficulty, the tank basket needs to cut a mesh to it so that I can put things in there , but I suck at cutting things , can you teach me how to do that if you have a model that needs to cut mesh ? Thanks !
Karson mate don't worry about making mistakes. We learn by making mistakes mate. As for Cutting mesh, I don't have a model with mesh yet, when I get one I will definitely do one, but it wont be till next year maybe.
This is NOT about highlighting raised detail, but painting it in its entirity. Including its edges. In any case if you have a better technique please share.
