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Salt Fading is done!



The first coat was 5:1 thinner to paint RLM02.

The second coat was 5:1 thinner to paint Olive Drab and German Gray 1:1.

Only three passes with each color instead of six like in my test.

Tip: baby wipes help get the salt off there pretty well.

There is some fogging but from what I understand, that is to be expected. I still have some salt to clean off from the nooks and crannies, and I’ll be using my airbrush @ 15 PSI to blow any stray grains of salt out of there before I clear coat the work.

I’m happy with this, I think for my first go at Salt Fading on an actual model, it went very well! It just has this nice sheen on top. Kind of khaki brown, kind of gray is green, which I feel totally works for it. It isn’t overdone at all.

very nice. beautiful effect.

LyleW wrote:very nice. beautiful effect.

Thanks Lyle!!

You are most welcome. I was in IT for some 35 years. All application programming on (gasp) mainframes (bigger gasp)- Honeywell at GE Appliances and then with the county school board in Louisville, KY. Retired in 2014.

Ah! We still have a mainframe and she’s still truckin’ along. I never programmed one of those before. I’m a Perl guy, myself. But boy are they cool.

That looks like a cracking job to me Kenny - Lovely work. I could never pull off something like that.

portman wrote:That looks like a cracking job to me Kenny - Lovely work. I could never pull off something like that.

Thanks my friend! And I’m certain that you probably could indeed do it!

Man, that's gorgeous! You should try modeling, it's a great hobby that may match your skills.

Beautiful results, Kenny! You have to be really aggressive in removing all of the salt residue from your model. It may not show up until you spray another flat coat and then it'll flare in recessed areas as a white frost. What I do is use spray bottle and spray a wing down with water, with the wing tip pointed into a trash can to catch the dripping water. I'll then wipe off with a clean cloth and repeat for the other side.

mostrich wrote:Man, that's gorgeous! You should try modeling, it's a great hobby that may match your skills.

That’s so good! The fading looks amazing, Ken!