Replicate real jet exhausts with basic paint mixes

[@shannonchurchill4556]

Exhaust discoloration and heat staining is something I learned to pay attention to at a young age. It was a revelation to learn that afterburner cans are ceramic coated, which gives them that color. The SR's I've been lucky enough to stuck my head in the tailpipe were actually a yellowish/tan color. I haven't built the new Revell kit, but I built 2 Testors kits, one an SR, the other a YF-12, and paid a fortune for resin parts to replace incredibly poorly detailed kit parts, (intake, exhaust amongst them) and it was well worth the money.

[@kevinheuman3623]

Excellent video thanks ! FYI the last piece you wanted to know the name of is basically what you called it. The adjustable thrust nozzles. Individual parts are called vanes.

[@markdoremus7294]

Hi, dropped in from over at Scale Model Podcast. LOL, your reference photos of the SR-71 engine include my work bench from last February's Scale Model exhibit at the Seattle Museum of Flight. I've queuing up a SR-71 build for 2023, I'll be sure to re check these videos when I get started.

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

That's right! My friends were there and one of them snapped engine photos. I hope to get to that model show someday.

[@markdoremus7294]

@@ModelAirplaneMaker Your buddy Jim Bates is running the show for 2023 and probably a few years more. Next show is Feb 18-19, 2023. Hope to see you there.

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

I bought a metallic kit from Vallejo, and painted an indoor slow-fly model plane with it, using most of the colors. Amazing colors! Your model looks fantastic!

[@selay333]

I mostly do gunpla stuff but I feel for at least one model in particular this way of painting would work really well.

[@amazonamazon4872]

There are actually colors for that pink my friend. MRP paints has under US aircraft salmon pink primer mrp-130 But bro, you definitely nailed it with your mixing skills 👍👍 looks amazing anyway.

[@thomasbialzik3060]

Thanks to you and Steve for doing the research and providing a process that yields a strong representation of the real deal.👏

[@canton7180]

you did a great job buddy, that picture is from McMinnville air museum in oregon\ I always visit the blackbird when I go, I think that museum is on the same level as the one in dc as far as quality and I ve been there as well so this is a first hand perspective

[@waynebrinker8095]

Very nicely done. It's too bad that the turkey feathers* aren't more visible. They add a bit of colour, and look splendid! Good tutorial. *de facto name, not official term. I have heard them called "petals" as well.

[@Wasphamma]

Thanks for mixing basic paints! Very frustrating when vids use a very specific painting system.

[@natalebabbo-gunplaanddioramas]

Very nice! Probably the best description of how to paint a jet engine and the importance of having reference material to know what colors are needed. Thank you!

[@stevenarmer8245]

I think your jet engine turned out really nice. Im a subscriber now. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

[@seriousjan5655]

Great idea and awesome approach ...

[@stevehammond9156]

#1 is not the "burner can". Those are found inside the engines and are also known as combustion chambers. #1 is the annular afterburner flame stabilizer fuel manifolds.

[@kevinheuman3623]

Try not to stress too much about getting the colours perfect, as the engines change colours as they age. They get darker and bluer as titanium goes bluish-purple as it oxidizes. Happy modelling!

[@mohammedcohen]

...back about 50 years ago after I got home from the better part of three years with the Army in Germany, I ordered several bottles of a then new metallic paints from Archer's Hobby World in Tustin, CA....IIRC a couple of the names were 'Burnt Exhaust & titanium..they were of a very thin consistency - suitable only for airbrushing....IIRC they were eventually bought by Trestors...they were perfect for natural metal finishes and for jet exhausts...this my be what you have now...

[@markuspemler3489]

Thanks for your tutorial, very inspiring 👍🏽

[@daefx2802]

Nice! the exhaust nozzle on the SR-71 i believe is called a variable ejector nozzle

[@waynebeattie2230]

The exhaust looks fantastic. Vallejo’s metallic paints are fantastic. It took me awhile to find a metallic acrylic paint that looks right. I have used them on a few projects.

[@taxman3749]

This was a great video, thanks. I used your method for my Space Wolves Thunderhawk, and it came out beautifully.

[@SuperTexasBlues]

the section closes to the rings almost looks like radome tan with something added... pink? salmon? either way, i think you did a hell of a job... going to use your technique/colors for my 1:32 FA18

[@jarheads88]

Great video you hit out of the park, thank you for sharing

[@bugler75]

A great result there 👍🏼

[@pawpawstew]

Nicely done! You've achieved very realistic results. Also thank you for being probably the only English speaking person on KZbin to pronounce Vallejo correctly. You've earned a sub. 👍

[@x3mperformace]

Haha. In my country (Denmark). Nobody can pronounce that, or Mallorca, or Jarama, or.... :-) Just near how it actually should be.

[@dave8599]

ukraine, Not Our War.

[@danburns3097]

Someone probably beat me to it but I believe the grooves in the upper wing surfaces are just referred to as corrugations and are there to help add structure to the wing to help it deal with the stress and temperature of flying at Mach 3. Now, I read this somewhere on the internet so I can't vouch for it's accuracy.

[@marcuscutting7118]

The nozzle is a convergent/divergent it restricts the flow when not in afterburner but opens up when the afterburner is engaged.

[@grumpyoldmanxo]

Nice job

[@stuartshallproductions7409]

Well done!

[@sfsk8r]

Nice work!

[@44hawk28]

I think that the colors that you are replicating has a little bit to do with the lighting where that engine that was photographed and the effect that the lighting was having on the photograph itself and the way the photograph was replicated. I've been around a number of jet engines when I was in the Air Force including the sr-71, and I don't remember too much pale green or pink inside the afterburner sections of Annie military engine I remember Light tan in the lean burn area and a rusty darker sand color in the back, and the copper goldish flat color in the emitter Rings where the fuel was and the charcoal areas at the head end. The tail feathers had that grayish charcoal light gray color a lot. But I believe that that pink that you are seeing is a polarization effect of the lighting inside that building and the camera.

[@LayneBenofsky]

I don't also wonder if the coloration of those metal parts has a lot to do with the decade upon decade of accumulated oxidation from sitting unused? Each of the components are going to weather and take on colors and textures based on their composition. An actual working engine would look entirely different to what we see on the floor at a museum.

[@PiersLawsonBrown1972]

It is at moments like this that I hate being a colour blind modeller

[@Maxtherocketguy]

It’s okay

[@lincthomas7178]

Well that's why the tins of paint are labeled lol

[@HobRob148]

Fantastic! Looks great.

[@michaelbuchholz2164]

Good job!

[@joseluiscastanorestrepo]

Great work.

[@mpierrela]

Always interesting and informative.

[@sherry7831]

I think I would of used deck tan from color masters for the center section and then used the black weathering power to make it look a little Burnt. But I think your engine looked great in the end!

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

That is an excellent idea. I was trying for a 'pale' yellow and I think deck tan might be a good one to try!

[@warrenchambers4819]

Part @5:35 is called exhaust veins

[@mrsaizo0000]

Cool, I had the same model once (about 30 years ago)! On to topic, it can some time be a real hassle to paint that part. Sometimes I use "gun metal" (pigment), it's darker than silver, and looks better than Titanium colors. Also, try some weathering effects on the engines. I use colors from Ammo by Mig Jimenez, but Vallejo as well.

[@Salty_Balls]

New mold.

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

DUDE!!! 'Model A/P Maker'!!! I was just like that girl in the intro of painting the exhaust cans " Pink " 👀🤨 But, after seeing the End results.......Wow, that was truly Cool Beans!! I have just bought Several of the 'Alclad II' paints....but you have shown that 'Vallejo paints' ( acrylic at that ) look pretty dang Good!! Just kinda curious, have you done this with some of your other planes ..... I understand that you do mostly 'prop planes', but do you have examples of this technique for other large exhaust cans on say....B-1s or MayBe F-16s & F-14s??? You have come up with some Interesting ways on painting planes that I have begun to follow..............Maybe I should 'Sub'........ DONE -> I have 'Sub' your channel!! Good show and techniques.

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

I am mostly props but I did an F-14 earlier this year.

[@ianmcpherson2301]

Desalination of color is best achieved by the use of a Payne's gray or the smallest amount of ivory black.

[@nhschreiner]

Beautiful technique. I’m a old time newbie. I was your final assembly using what I believe was TMT glue. My question is, do you experience the same issues gluing acrylic painted parts as we used when glueing Testers enamel painted parts?

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

I remember that effect - the painted part almost looked like a crocodile skin. So, no, if you get a little glue on Tamiya or Gunze or Vallejo paint, it won't have that effect. But you will melt it a little at the point of contact and you risk the glue going to places where it shouldn't go! Always best to scrape the paint off the gluing surface

[@TheModelGuy]

This is a fantastic tutorial! Too bad it came out after I did my 104 exhaust, would have been perfect :)

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

Thank you! You did a 104? I'd love to see it.

[@hollowpoint1057]

Uhhh…. “Pale orange”, “reddish pink terracotta” color? Those sound like reasonable descriptions for “light rust” to me. In other words, I don’t think the Revell instructions are far off. Great vid though.

[@devonpenner7177]

😂😂

[@jorgepascual1799]

👌👌👌😍

[@Panzermeister36]

"As much experimenting as a repressed liberal arts major does in her first 4 weeks of college" 😬😬 Great result! That's something I never would have thought of, but pink was perfect. And the powders and enamel washes do give a great dusty look lie the prototype.

[@metroplex3k]

it's too bad you cannot stencil a micro gauze mesh of some kind to create the "weave" texture on the exhaust nozzles - only way to simulate would be to 'grey' it a little more - but that's it.

[@ModelAirplaneMaker]

Hey! That's a really good idea. I have to think about that one...

[@abrahamzuniga606]

I don't buy "brand" paints, I use Mercedes-Benz quality automotive paints in primary colors and experiment with my own nuances

[@blueline308]

Well, aren't you special.

[@mrbtapir]

So... you _do_ buy brand paints?

[@RedDuckStudio]

Your videos can no longer be seen thanks to KZbin's abusive ad policy. A shame for sure.

[@TheC1kabar]

Remarkable.

[@TheC1kabar]

And all I loved, I loved alone….

[@TheC1kabar]

He describes a lot of us…