Thanks Tim, but I'll stick with the simple tap water method I'm used to and has served me well, but thanks for the info. none the less.
Moving on to the other bits.......PETER LOW, WAKE UP AT THE BACK!
Again the parts are left on the sprues for easier handling and painting.
As before with the fuselage, mix enough colour for your needs.
Here's some wing components brushed with a first coat of colour. you can just see the patchy coverage, particularly on the engine thingies
In detail, the starboard lower main wing. Note the state of the wing tip. I'll clean that up after the part is painted and removed from the sprue.
I don't paint the panel lines first. It's not necessary. Sometimes I see this done way too heavily anyway. The brush does enough for my liking as I go along.
'Colour modulation' In my book that is just a posh way of writing 'shade difference' I've seen some long winded ways of doing this. I just alter the consistency of the paint on certain panels to give a lighter or darker tone/ shade. It's near enough for me and works just fine. Add you own rude words here please...............
Right, using the large flat headed brush, quickly paint the whole surface. Try and do this in one go rather than waste time re-charging the brush. Pay particular attention the all around the edges. If you are painting a completed aircraft's wing, brush on the light underside colour first. Don't worry, if a bit of the colour is transferred to the upper surface. The darker upper colour will easily cover it. Dark over light - Remember?
The trick with brush painting a wing, no matter what scale, is work from the centre, outwards to the wing edges. If you paint from the edges inwards, your brush is guaranteed to get huge drips and lumps of paint on the under side of the wing. Once you are happy, gently lay off the paint in the direction of the airflow. Finally check the wing undersides. This whole exercise should be done very quickly. Faff about and the paint won't have chance to level out and you
will be left with ridges of paint on the surface. Be warned!
Here's the half wing after it's second coat of Vallejo Black, directly onto the white plastic. The panel lines are showing more than enough. The state of the sprues give an indication of how I just quickly I applied the paint at the start, and how much easier it is whilst still on the sprues to keep your 'Comics' clean....
The upper starboard main wing after the same treatment as the lower. I had some left over black, so I gave some of the outer engine thingies a second coating too!
Right, off into the playground and collect your milk and biscuits!
Cheers.
Ron