Paint chipping using salt

[Elroy13]

Has anyone tried the method of using wet salt to get the effect of paint chipping? I did see a website somewhere that a guy building Japanese aircraft painted the a/c a natural aluminum. Then dabbed wet salt with a cu-tip then let it dry and then paint the over all color. Once the paint dried he chipped the dried salt off exposing the aluminum. I couldnt believe how great it looked!

Anyone ??

[spookythecat]

I saw that too but i'd be afraid i'd muck up my model. Maybe someday i'll build something and use it to test all these crazy ideas.

[Cripes A Mighty]

Found this. Looks like a pretty solid technique.

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Salting.html

[Elroy13]

Thats the process!! I picked up a cheap 1/72 scale Corsair that I might try it out on.

[Steve Nelson]

I haven't tried the technique, but a friend of mine tried it on a B5N "Kate." The result looked pretty good.

SN

[Django]

Pretty cool technique!

I looked at Swanny's site. Pretty impressive. Also found his board. Where I found this Helldiver...

http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1190601077/0

[Cripes A Mighty]

OH MY............................................................

[Elroy13]

Now thats some impressive stuff there!

[CAPFlyer]

I love the SB2C he's doing, but for the life of me I can't understand something. The yellow tips are painted second on real planes, so why paint the tips out of order when there really isn't any need to? I've always thought one of the cooler things to do is paint the props right becuase it's so easy to do, both on models and in the real world. Paint the base color, then paint the tips, then add decals and stenciling as required/desired.

[Mike Bates]

I find when painting something that small the color ends up being translucent and by the time you get the correct coverage you end up with a step from the black to yellow.

Also note it looks like he had a base of white or a gray primer under the yellow first. You see this done with many colors to keep them true so they don't have the color shade effected by the underlying color.

This is not as much a problem on something full size.

Mike

[CAPFlyer]

Actually, most of the props I've been around have a step between the Yellow & Black for the same reason. You should see the tips on some of the CV-240s where they did the Red-White-Blue treatment as a 3-layer process instead of a 3-color process. That's why I was wondering. The only time I've not found a noticeable "step" between the colors is on props that are either otherwise polished or lightly colored (like the light grey on the R4D).

[Second Air Force]

I always paint the tips first--spray a very light coat of flat white to the tips, then the yellow. You get a great, true, yellow finish, and masking the tips is a breeze with just a little Scotch type tape. Spray the blades and hub the appropriate colors, and voila! I never get a big step due to the coverage you get with black paint. Don't forget the wear on the leading edge and rear face of props with a bunch of hours--I simulate that with a little careful dry-brushing with silver.
I also glue the propellers to a piece of parts tree as seen on the right pair to make painting and drying a little easier. These are all 1/72nd P-47 and B-24 props.


Hope this helps,
Scott

[Elroy13]

I paint the overall prop first and the tips last. I too noticed this in the SB2C link and thought it was weird. I think his engine work is some of the best ive seen in a long time...back to the IPMS days.

[Cripes A Mighty]

I use the same method Elroy. Yeah I found it interesting as well. 2nd AF do you think painting the tips 1st makes for a better prop? Might have to try that.

[Elroy13]

I went back to actually look at the section of him painting the tips. He uses a/c foil tape for the rolled up life raft and painted it the same yellow. Looks like he painted the tips first since he had the paint out already...makes sense.