A Love-hate relationship with this model, I present to you a 3D print, paint and assembly of a 1/72 scale model of the F-16C viper.
Tried to emulate the paint job of the F-16C Block 25 used by the 33rd TFS for the opening of Desert Shield as illustrated below - however my the desert sand color came way too dark, and some decals got lost into it.
This time I tried using a blend of water-based acryllics and
Yes, I know, wrong armament for this specific model and service during early gulf war...
Yes, I know, small details are not printed properly...
Yes, I know, the paint job came too dark...
Yes, I know, the 3D printer is not particularly clean in printing fine details
I'm an amateur model builder, who just had fun trying to get the love-hate relationship of an aircraft to life using Simpleplanes. I hope it encourages more simpleplanes gamers to make their own models come to life :)
Here is the in-game Original model in case anyone wishes to try printing and building it. I would not encourage making it flyable in game, because... there's way too many F-16s in here...
And before anyone asks, no. I will NOT be printing your models. But If you want help or tips, I'd be more than happy to help where I can.
@Falkenwut i use Tamiya for some stuff but mainly i use something called Citadel paints, now yes they are meant for miniatures and have very saturated pigment paints so you do have to thin them a little bit more then usual(most cases the paint is usually forgiving if you don't thin them as much) but by far they have the best finishes
@crazyplaness it's a friend's printer, a Creality CR-10S Pro V2
@L1nus What paint do you use? I usually user acryllic or water-based acryllic. I might need to move away from them and start using sifferent paints...
@Falkenwut i have a tip for that. when i paint models, i typically would grab a paper towel and cup of water. then add paint to the brush, quickly dabbing it in the cup of water and then brush excess paint off onto the Paper towel so as to not saturate the paint layer. this way you can control exactly how much paint you add so you can get a nice even layer of paint. also another way of testing paints and colors before applying is using plastic spoons as a test bed for testing colors and practicing thinning.
Apologize for the yap
What printer(s) do you have?
@L1nus No I haven't. I'm an absolute amateur on model painting.
have you tried thinning the paints?