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Offline cory colquhoun

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Camo pattern
« on: November 19, 2017, 01:34:42 AM »
Hoping for some ideas on painting a camo pattern on my p40 , thought of laying strips of masking tape down and then cutting random patterns out of it or maybe contact book covering but not sure if it will lift the paint , is there something in particular that would be suitable.

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Offline Will Davis

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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2017, 06:05:03 AM »
Cory,

The p40 had lots of variations to the camo paint job, a good source of ideas would be to google p40 avg . They were not as random as you would think according to most photos .

I have use poster board   Paper templates and   1/4 inch 3m fine line tape  on a couple  models with good success. Less tack area to reduce risk of paint adhesion issues .

Good luck
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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2017, 06:58:38 AM »
"KIS."

Keep it simple.

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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2017, 11:51:45 AM »
What Will said.

I crawled a bunch of sites and found a few great image sites.
Cut out cardboard "paper dolls" as Windy calls them.
Lay them out trace lightly then mask and paint.

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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2017, 01:47:49 PM »
Camo applied in WWII was typically applied by the plane's ground crew, with mops or brushes, no masking, no patterns. Easy to duplicate, no, but easy to approximate.  H^^ Steve
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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2017, 04:03:47 PM »
Cory,

Camouflage isn't necessarily difficult. I have done several with the most recent one being my Mustunt IV.  The airplane had a sorta German Messerschmitt appearance but the techniques are similar.  In my case , I blocked out the large fields of color  with masking tape then spray painted the edges with thin color to complete the effect.

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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2017, 04:32:33 PM »

 It's actually very simple, just paint the airplane in the base color then add your camo color(s) with an airbrush.
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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2017, 05:11:32 PM »
Some nice looking planes guys, doesn't sound too difficult , I was thinking it would be easier to paint entire plane in olive drab, apply random patterns and then finish with a couple coats of tan as I don't have an airbrush, not to worried about scale just fun plane,

Thanks for the tips
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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2017, 05:14:45 PM »
Quote from: Al Rabe on November 19, 2017, 04:03:47 PM
Camouflage isn't necessarily difficult. I have done several with the most recent one being my Mustunt IV.  The airplane had a sorta German Messerschmitt appearance but the techniques are similar. 

Hmmm.. To me, looking at it, it has more of an Italian Macchi look to it with that turtledeck.  But that's just me.

Mark
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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2017, 06:37:46 PM »
You could always do a traditional camo, but because of the weather change, add white with a brush.

As said, the Germans applied winter camo with a mop and a brush.

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Re: Camo pattern
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2017, 09:17:58 PM »
heres a far out & groovey  ??? one , aledgedly authentic .



Just click on the blue bit , it works ( Video )



( was looking for Kiwi Pacific ones . Garth Hogan , a Ex Drag Racer runs one / rebuilds them in NZ . . Olive Drab , white empenage - RNZAF )
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