> Hi Gang, I've found that artist oils are very well suited for
> wood grained finises on WWI a/c. I also use them for blending to enhance
> faded surfaces. I like the fact that they are partialy transparent and tend
> to pick up the tone of the base color. I also use them to paint out the
> instrument panels as they dry-brush quite well. I first started useing them
> at the suggestion of a friend who paints figures. It payed off. My models
> have a completly different look to them.
> There is a lot of flexibility with the oils. You can shade a model
> in such a way as to make it appear to be sitting in the sun at a certain
> angle to the light. The limit is really with your imagination.
As I said, I've only used them on figures. All of the above sounds
Ok, but which scale are you working in? 1/72?
Cheers,
Mick.
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