slave1pilot
Well-Known Hunter
Thanks for posting. How are you getting the weathering? Is the paint coming up with the tape?
I mask off the areas that I don't want painted with Blue tape.
Then I use Liquid masking fluid to mask the major areas that are to remain silver
Then after the paint has thoroughly dried (very important to be patient here) I remove the tape
I let the paint dry even longer , then I get to work with an X-acto knife
I look at reference pics & try to duplicate the majority of the scratches
I don't try to make it exact, (that would drive me crazy) i just try to get the "feel" of the scratches
so, they are real scratches & chips on the jet pack
I feel it gives a very realistivc feel to the pack when seen in person