Airbrushing Your Model’s Finish

Give your model “life” with these simple techniquesBy Dave GarwoodPhotos by the author, except as notedAs seen in the April 2008 Model Aviation. Sometimes only a painted finish can produce the results we want for a model airplane. The main reason to finish a Scale model with paint rather than iron-on covering is that with a larger number of paint colors available, more accurate color matching greatly enhances the scale appearance. Additional reasons are to achieve the matte finish that is desirable on military models and to produce a “feather edge” for camouflage colors—not too sharp and…