Tag: black basing

• Douglas Boston MkIII – Part Four – AK Air

  

  I am hoarding my bottles of AK Air colours for the most important of my Allied builds. This is a foolish mentality, as the paints are still sold by the larger hobby shops in the eastern states…however I am being frugal these days and rationing myself. The business of covering a black-based model is, in…

  Dick Stein

  April 29, 2021

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Painting, Scale Models

  AK paints, black basing, Douglas, Painting

• Republic Thunderflash – Part Four – £ 1 + 1d.

  

  In for one, in for the other. I have decided to see if black-basing has any merit as a technique. The Thunderflash is a sleek enough aircraft and there will be some variations of the metal finish needed. Time to see if this vaunted paint technique actually does anything. That’s a smooth black but I’m…

  Dick Stein

  April 20, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, design, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  black basing, paint