Enamel Paint Help

[csquare]

I am getting ready to paint my Fine Molds Falcon and am using enamels for the first time. Once I paint the base color with enamel paint I was going to piant the detail instead of using the decals, but I was going to use acrylic paint.

I need to gloss coat the model to do my washes...so what type of gloss coat should I use with enamels? Also what type of dull coat should I use once everything is weathered? I have Testors gloss and dull coat but I read on here that it tends to yellow especially light paint (and If I paint the detals in acrylic will this ruin the acrylic paint). It is an expensive model and I'd like to get it right the first time. Thanks for your help!

[kenlilly106]

I'd use Future Floor Polish as the clear coat, it's an acrylic.

What medium are you using for the wash? (oils, inks, etc.)

For the final flat coat I use Testors Dullcote from the bottle, cut 50-50 with lacquer thinner and airbrushed on in light coats, I've used the spraycan in the past but find it hard to control.

Ken

[eeun]

For the final flat coat I use Testors Dullcote from the bottle, cut 50-50 with lacquer thinner and airbrushed on in light coats, I've used the spraycan in the past but find it hard to control.

Seconded. I've had very good results with light coats of a dullcoat/lacquer mix. The spray can is okay, but harder to control (for me, at least) and will indeed yellow if put on too thick.

Took me a long time to master the patience required, but the most important thing to do when painting with different mediums like Future over enamels it to make sure the underlying coat is fully cured.

If you haven't already, reading through the Future Floor Polish thread will answer any questions you might have about this god-given gift to modeling. You can even use it on floors, though that seems wasteful to me.

[csquare]

I'm using oils to wash the model with. Will Future and oils blend well together?

[Mark Yungblut]

I highly recommend using future and then go back with you oil washes.

In fact here is s trick that might help your wash results. make sure you have a nice fairly heavy coat of Future on you model and let that set several days, until it is rock hard. Then as you are doing you washes, use an artist's kneadable eraser to go in and remove the wash from highlight areas.

Eraser

What I do is dab the earser after kneading it till it is soft. the cool thing is you can get a fairly fine point on the eraser and that will give you the ability to detail small area by picking out the highlighted area. if you thin you wash with Turps you can have hours of working time to use the eraser on the wash.

I used that technique here to highlight the fur:

Cloak



Cheers,

Mark