Get great paint jobs and add lifelike details to your models! Perfect for the beginning plastic modeler who wants to learn more advanced techniques, this photo-driven guide includes an introduction to airbrushing and sections on brush painting, dry-brushing, applying washes, and pastel chalk weathering. From FineScale Modeler magazine.
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Some Great Stuff!,
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This review is from: Modeler's Guide to Realistic Painting & Finishing (FineScale Modeler Books) (Paperback)
My modeling interest these days is pretty much limited to model railroads but is sure wish I had had this book in my younger days when everything was fair game. It is a great resource.It is not a continuous book. Instead, it is a collection of short articles. It starts out with some very basic articles on the tools of the trade and on various methods of painting. The tools article was very basic but I found it very helpful. Now I know what some of those gizmos I see in the hobby shops are for as opposed to what I thought they were for. The articles on painting with spray cans and airbrushes also were very basic but those are the reason I bought the book. I am considering getting an airbrush. Where the book really shines, however, is in the later articles detailing specific methods. Some of these apply to military figurines, some to cars and some to airplanes. Some are applicable across lines. I will probably use few of these but I was fascinated by what can be done. I was especially fascinated by the article on using aluminum foil to give aircraft a real metallic finish. It makes me want to build a plane just to try it! This is a great resource for those who want to make their models, of whatever type, look great.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great info but could be better,
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This book is a collection of articles on techniques. Some of those article are actually available for free on the Fine Scale Modeler website. The content is good but lack any depth and mutiple example or exercises.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Good complement book regarding painting, after "Basics of Scale Modeling",
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Great book. I recommend it as a a complement to "The Basics of Scale Modeling (FineScale Modeler Books) (also from FineScale Modeler Books)" on the more detail topic airbrushing.But please be aware that I only recommend this one or "How to Use an Airbrush" (from FineScale Modeler Books). I've bought the two and 50% of the contents/projects are shared between both.
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