This model has been waiting on my painting-desk to get painted for a long time. I wasn't sure what colours to use to paint this Stuka. As you can see at the picture it is a second hand model.
First thing I had to do was to remove all the old paint. The former owner hadn't given the model a proper treatment before painting with as result that the paint chipped of the model. I placed the plane in a little container which was filled with a cleaning product named "Blue Wonder" and left it in there for a full 24 hours. After that I scrubbed the model with a thoothbrush. All paint came of the plane very easily. Next I sanded the plane a little using fine waterproof sandpaper. Then the only thing left to do was to clean the plane with warm water and a little soap and glue it all together. (Sorry forgot to take a picture how it looked after cleaning).
Next thing to do was to prime the model and here I may have made a mistake. At the time I primed my models (most of the time I prime all my models in 1 go) I didn't know what colours to use to paint the Stuka. So the model is primed black as I usually do with all FoW models.
Now that I know which colours I want to use to paint the Stuka (more about this later) I realise that it was maybe better to prime the Stuka white or grey.
The main colours I am going to use to paint the Stuka. These are Vallejo Model Color.
Base colour: Desert Yellow. Going to paint the whole plane using this colour mainly to "hide" the black primer so I don't need 3 or more layers of the main colours because the main visible colours are bright.
As you can see on the picture one layer of Desert Yellow isn't enough to cover the black primer. I hope that one layer of the following colours will be enough to cover it all.
Bottom of the Stuka will be painted using IraQuian Sand.
Top and sides of the Stuka will be painted using Yellow Ochre.
Next step is to paint Camo on the top and sides of the Stuka using probably German Camo Orange Ochre. The Camo will be painted on the Stuka in irregular patterns and stripes.
End of part 1.
First thing I had to do was to remove all the old paint. The former owner hadn't given the model a proper treatment before painting with as result that the paint chipped of the model. I placed the plane in a little container which was filled with a cleaning product named "Blue Wonder" and left it in there for a full 24 hours. After that I scrubbed the model with a thoothbrush. All paint came of the plane very easily. Next I sanded the plane a little using fine waterproof sandpaper. Then the only thing left to do was to clean the plane with warm water and a little soap and glue it all together. (Sorry forgot to take a picture how it looked after cleaning).
Next thing to do was to prime the model and here I may have made a mistake. At the time I primed my models (most of the time I prime all my models in 1 go) I didn't know what colours to use to paint the Stuka. So the model is primed black as I usually do with all FoW models.
Now that I know which colours I want to use to paint the Stuka (more about this later) I realise that it was maybe better to prime the Stuka white or grey.
The main colours I am going to use to paint the Stuka. These are Vallejo Model Color.
Base colour: Desert Yellow. Going to paint the whole plane using this colour mainly to "hide" the black primer so I don't need 3 or more layers of the main colours because the main visible colours are bright.
As you can see on the picture one layer of Desert Yellow isn't enough to cover the black primer. I hope that one layer of the following colours will be enough to cover it all.
Bottom of the Stuka will be painted using IraQuian Sand.
Top and sides of the Stuka will be painted using Yellow Ochre.
Next step is to paint Camo on the top and sides of the Stuka using probably German Camo Orange Ochre. The Camo will be painted on the Stuka in irregular patterns and stripes.
End of part 1.
Could hopefully just be the resin,as i have read its not very good a keeping the paint on ? Hope another coat of paint will do it.
ReplyDeleteI'm about to try a Hawker Typhoon and I'm a little worried about how I'm going to paint that! Thanks for posting, it's given me a bit of a prod to have a think about what I'm going to do!
ReplyDeleteYou could follow this advice ?
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