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One of the challenges I'm going to have to face for the 1918 German aircraft is painting the ubiquitous lozenge camouflage pattern. In most cases this will just be on the upper surfaces of the wings but in others, such as the Hannover CLIII above, I'll have to tackle the fuselage and tailplanes as well. I have some ideas for how to go about this but it's either going to be a piece of cake or a complete nightmare!
I do it in 1/600th by painting the plane in the dominant shade of the lozenge pattern then painting a repeating sequence of dots on it in two or three of the contrasting colours. Go for effect rather than accuracy. I make mock-ups of the wings on card and test out colour schemes and patterns first. Once I have one I can do consistently, I do the actual planes. Actually doesn't take long.
ReplyDeleteYou can see examples here:
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Good advice. Thanks. I'll give it a try. I was thinking of something like that but will experiment as you suggested 👍
ReplyDeleteYour stuff looks great 👍
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