I am working a 1/2500 model of the Enterprise C. Now that I have done the base coat, I need to paint a few details. I attempted to do so with a very tiny brush, but try as I might, it's hard for me to stay in the "lines".
You can see my work at the link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvis_susan/9251619768/
Masking such small curved pieces seems like an impossibility, but maybe I should give it a try.
Ignore my other mistakes caused by my lack of patience.
Any suggestions on masking these details or how to paint them without them looking messy?
Thank you.
Brush painting small, irregularly shaped details?
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- Joseph C. Brown
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Here are two possible approaches:
1) Find good quality masking tape, like Tamiya tape or Frog tape:
http://frogtape.com/index.php/products
This should allow you to mask right up to the edges of the detail areas. Burnish it down completely! Then paint the detail areas.
2) Strip the existing paint.
Then, paint each detail area as you wish, and ignore any 'wandering-brush' messy edges.
Then (use the appropriate tape) mask off each of your detail painted areas.
Then apply the base color.
Then remove the masking from the detail areas.
I'm sure other folks will chime in with more options.
1) Find good quality masking tape, like Tamiya tape or Frog tape:
http://frogtape.com/index.php/products
This should allow you to mask right up to the edges of the detail areas. Burnish it down completely! Then paint the detail areas.
2) Strip the existing paint.
Then, paint each detail area as you wish, and ignore any 'wandering-brush' messy edges.
Then (use the appropriate tape) mask off each of your detail painted areas.
Then apply the base color.
Then remove the masking from the detail areas.
I'm sure other folks will chime in with more options.
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What I've done before is to take a new knife blade and lightly trace a path around the area to be painted, you don't need to press hard, the weight of the knife will make a slightly raised line in the paint, when you paint use the brush combined with the surface tension of the paint to flow the paint along this line, giving you a straight edge.
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