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Treehugger
Looks like a nice paint job. 🙂

Have you ever done a pin wash?

Katya Hodgson
I have not no, the closest is using Tamiya Panel Line accent, but other than my Space Battleship Yamato models and a couple of Star Wars kits that I did, that never seems to go very well.

Treehugger
It is important to not just add a wash on top of a painted surface, or you will propably find that the wash sticks to the matte painted surface, and then it looks ugly and is next to impossible to work with.

You will want to add some kind of varnish, like gloss coat. And it is a good idea to mix enamel and acrylic, so that they don't react against each other. Like, acrylic paint + acrylic gloss coat + enamel pin wash.

So, a pin wash is just adding small amounts of say Tamiya's panel line accent color, around bolts, and in panel lines, then clean that up with a cotton bud moist with white spirit. I prefer the odorless white spirit, being so much more nice to be around without the awful smell from the typical bottle of White Spirit.

I have not figured out how Vallejo's Wash products work, which I guess, are all acrylic. Seems like they point out in videos, that you must keep the surface wet when working, to avoid the wash to stick in ways you don't want it to. They suggest using airbrush cleaner to remove hard to remove wash if the wash has fully dried. It kind of looks funny. On a painted surface, dried for some time, they just brush the entire surface with water, and then add the wash, and then slowly create the desired effect. Unsure how complicated that is. I am only used to Enamel pin washes myself.

As for Tamiya's panel line accent color, I think you can mix and also dilute the stuff, mixing liquid from various bottles into a small cup, to get the desired shade.

Some people apparently make their own oil wash. Have not tried that myself. After adding a gloss coat, they just smear the entire model (not clear parts) and then let that dry, and then, they start wiping the model clean using a very slightly moist piece of cloth or something similar.

Katya Hodgson
I only really have future to use as a clear coat, I do actually have some Revell and Humbrol enamel matt clear and gloss clear, but i'm never putting enamel through my airbrush again.

Thomas K.
nice work!, it looks really good! 👍 Tipp: Clear from Humbrol is a good alternative to Future; important: light coats! after ca 30 min. you can do the next coat. For Washing i recommend the Washes from Vallejo, acrylic and waterbase. so you can eraser the coulour easy.

Katya Hodgson
Thanks for the compliment! Might have to try some washes and things in future. 🙂