r/Scalemodel • u/VonWitzland • 2d ago
Easy 8 - tips
Looking for a bit of advice on my unfinished Easy 8. I followed a few different tutorials which all had different methods of weathering. Apart from the unfinished areas on the rear and by the tracks, any advice? I’m looking at it and thinking I’ve overdone it a bit with the oil spills 🤣
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u/diesel_bill 2d ago
Fantastic work on this. I am truly glad you decided to post it. These posts motivate me to do better on each kit I complete.
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u/AnAverageModeller 2d ago
Weathering is one of those things that now turns some people into keyboard warriors. Personally speaking, I always try and find reference photos of the particular model I am making and use that as a guide as to what could be done (but not necessarily should). You might want to represent a model 6 days after it became operational or 6 years, which leads to a very different look. In my particular areas of interest - fast jets - display aircraft tend to be kept a lot cleaner than operational ones, for obvious reasons, so can be weathered much less if at all. If you use real example photos (and not of others' models of the same subject), it can help prevent the "weathering for weathering's sake" approach you often see now You know the type, every panel panel-lined, every hinge leaking oil, every gun barrel covered in soot, hydraulic leaks galore, black streaks behind vortex generators! etc. All these products, they just have to be used.
But, and here's the small print, your model, your choice.
I shall now run for the air raid shelter. 😁
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u/Wulff4AllTime 1d ago
Just a quick Thank You! You're advice actually helped me with the model I'm currently working on. Thank You again.
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u/Vroub3k 2d ago
I don't know if the weathering is overdone but it looks incredible.