Paint Distressing Technique - Sovjet KV-2 1/35 Zvezda - Episode 2 - Creating Variation and Contrast

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As a BIG Fanboy of Uncle Nightshift I have to try out in this Video the 'Paint Distressing Technique'!!!... Creating Variation and Contrast to the Base Coat.
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- Tamiya Semi-Gloss: amzn.to/39J7EdL
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[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Its so important to build depth and you have done a fantastic job. Great to see your techniques

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Yes, I share you opinion Steve, there has to be contrast and depth! Thank you for you nice comment!!!

[@gaetamodeler]

Nice work,I really like this technique, thanks for sharing, I have subscribed.👍😀

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Hey Gaeta, the technique is really easy to apply, I like it very much too... A big thank you for your support!!!

[@gaetamodeler]

@@AirandGroundinScale Your welcome, my friend👍🏻😃

[@bubbapipe]

Really like the look you achieved, little bit of grim and dirt weathering and it will be perfect 👌

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Thanks a lot Ed!!! I've already started with oils. Then there will be dirt :)

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Nice and useful tutorial Leon 😊👍

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Nice to hear this from you :)

[@DenXioTV]

Yeah! Another very informative tutorial. 😊👍

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Thank you very much!!! 😃😃😃

[@DenXioTV]

@@AirandGroundinScale, welcome sir. I will apply that technique to my mecha model kit. 😊

[@AirandGroundinScale]

@@DenXioTV That sounds very interesting. The mechas with their brighter colors could really push this technique. Go for it :D

[@mattcollett2098]

Been a while since i've checked in Leon. Another great video. I'll be watching the others tonight!

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Thanks for tuning in!!!

[@plasticscholar7983]

Hey Leon, quick question. How long do you let the base coat dry until you apply the chipping fluid? Thanks man

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Depends on the color brand. But in general I let it cure as long as possible. That means I try to end my modelling session by finishing the base coat. Because it already happened to me, that when i was in the chipping process, that i scratched the surface, what i think wouldn‘t have happened when i left it longer to cure. This happened with mission model paints - acrylic paints. But i think with lacquer paints you can continue after several minutes...

[@plasticscholar7983]

@@AirandGroundinScale thank you

[@user-wo9he9sh5p]

В цвет 4БО не попал. ((

[@AirandGroundinScale]

какой цвет 4bo лучший? КВ-2 оливково-зеленый или 4БО? надеюсь, ты тоже будешь там в следующих нескольких эпизодах :)

[@user-pk9ge3uj3y]

Лучший 4БО можно искать бесконечно )) каждый видит его по своему... Я когда-то делал его смешивая цвета, как и ты, смотрел фото. Сейчас появился хороший цвет у Hobby Colour H511.

[@user-pk9ge3uj3y]

Вот одна из моих моделей: karopka.ru/community/user/19016/?MODEL=515828

[@AirandGroundinScale]

@@user-pk9ge3uj3y Nr. H511 is NICE!!!

[@AirandGroundinScale]

@@user-pk9ge3uj3y Отлично! Вы преуспели в свете и тени.

[@danielp946]

1:53 Your paint is too thick and pressure too low... Painting looks like covering with dust... Remember when you thin paint you lower pressure... Thinn paint and high pressure leds to weting and spider legs effect...

[@AirandGroundinScale]

Thank you for the comment! The Mission Model Paints are pretty thick, but don't spray well if they are too much thinned. Yes, it looks like spraying dust :) but after several passes it has a good coverage and nice finish. I haven't had the problem of wetting or spiderlegs. But the Polyurethane additive I have, isn't usable anymore. So I fought with a dry Airbrushtip and at low airpressure it was getting worse, so I cranked it up and it worked for me. But I have to say I'm used to Tamiya, Mr.Paint and other lacquer based paints, which are in my opinion much easier to spray...

[@czaczaja]

You CANT spray the primer without the thinner. The thinner ACTIVATES the primer. Read the manual before talking

[@AirandGroundinScale]

:D your absolutely right, I should have mentioned in a disclaimer, that on the Website of Mission Models it is written, that the thinner activates the primer. But in this situation it worked absolutely fine for me without thinner. After I emptied the first Airbrush-cup, I was too lazy to mix a new one, so I poured the primer directly from the bottle into the Airbrush :-O Even after several layers of paint over the primer, the paint still holds on to the model and it has still a nice surface. Perhaps I got lucky... Again, to all the viewers!!!: As @Czaczaja mentioned, you CAN'T spray the primer WITHOUT the thinner!!! :D

[@czaczaja]

@@AirandGroundinScale haha. Im sorry those MM paints have given me so much headache and I ended up pulling them out of the trash can so many times and they just wont work!

[@AirandGroundinScale]

@@czaczaja Thank you for your answer! And I agree! MM paints CAN be nice to spray, IF you got the right ratio of paint to thinner to airpressure. It is even different between the colors themselves. I often start with adding only about 15% thinner and a very low airpressure. Then I dial in those two factors until I'm happy with the result. I often struggle because I added too much thinner to MM Paints. Mr. Color and Mr. Paint are MUCH easier to handle in my opinion...