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by **Victorious** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:25 am

For anyone modelling in the LARGER SCALES, 1/96 upwards, then a good effect is to use rough grade wet and dry paper, stick it down with a waterproof adhesive. This can then be sprayed over with a dark tarmac coloured paint and given a coat of matt varnish for the final effect. Unless of course you are modelling one of the pre-war wooden deck carriers.

by **atago46** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:34 am

Hey Stu
When you say you use water paint. What exactly are you refering to.?
Do you mean regular water color..??
I would like to know myself
Robert.....

by **Stratboy** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:20 pm

A carrier straight out of re-work will have a new looking deck nice lines etc. At the end of a gulf cruise the lines will be worn almost off in spots, new in places where they have been touched up. At the end of my first cruise aboard the Nimitz in '87 a good portion of the landing area was worn down and had greasy/rusty bare metal surface. The lower island structure was blackened with exhaust, pretty ratty looking. Modern non-skid wears somewhat better but after the last cruise of the USS Constellation her deck had a lot of bare spots in the LA as well.
Rob

by **simon b** » Sun May 08, 2005 3:07 pm

In the pic below i used MIG pigments to fade the deck markings.
They work very well over a matt varnish

[img]http://theshipyard.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/images/gw12.jpg[/img]

by **Bill Code** » Thu May 05, 2005 9:08 pm

great pictures of her deck...I seem to recall that we must of been using a darker nonskid back in the late 70s when I worked that deck... I remember when we deployed how great the deck looked with its white stripes and foul lines ect...It didnt take long to get really,really grubby up there.. Those picture really show the ware around the arresting wires to good effect with the nonskid chipped off the worst around the no2 and 3 wires.. also notice the non skid worn off the weld seams .. I would go with a darker deck than the pictures if you are doing an early Nimitz ..but they really show the grime and rubber left from all those tires...I also plan to use some pastels on my Nimitz .. When we came home you could bearly see the 68 on her bow form all the rubber laid down.. Whatever system you use grubby her up...nasty place that deck.. cheers Bill Code

by **Ron Smith** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:40 am

by **JS68** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:59 pm

I don't know if it's already been said, but for any size of ship, the best results I ever get alwayse come from droping a dab of smoke black acrylic model paint in to a teacup of water, mixing it and LIGHTLEY brushing layors on to every part of the model. How weathered you make what size model look depends on the nomber of layors.
This works for just about anything that floats, including old sail ship models and wooden ship models.
If you want it to look old and like it's been sitting unused for a while, then simpley glob layors on followed by a layor or 2 of white acrylic paint mixed and applied the same way.

by **Kelly Quirk** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:52 pm

Timmy C wrote:Mr. Zues, please do refain from making a jab (however tempting it may be) at another member of this board. Especially a moderator. It can prove rather....ah...unhealthy to your time here. In regards of Abe's work, his works can be found in the Main Forum under the thread entitled something similar to "what's everyone building now".

I "fixed" it. Zues, I trust that won't happen again, thank you. And for what it's worth, he was right - please do not type in all caps.

by **Timmy C** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:14 pm

Mr. Zues, please do refain from making a jab (however tempting it may be) at another member of this board. Especially a moderator. It can prove rather....ah...unhealthy to your time here. In regards of Abe's work, his works can be found in the Main Forum under the thread entitled something similar to "what's everyone building now".

by **THE GREAT ZUES** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:59 pm

I used a dark gray chalk,and applied it directley. Heavy on area that are mostley worn and faded on
the carrier, and then carfully wiping it off with a dry cloth (any cloth) till you like the results you are looking for.

I found the chalk at a local MICHAEL'S hobby store.
They carry a pack that hold 10 chalks from white,light grey's,dark grey's to black in that pack, its great for military
models.
I am 100% satisfied with realistic results it gives and I'm sure with time and patiance you will be too!

by **richter111** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:19 pm

Ok I post my technique in this forum

Ric

by **ArizonaBB39** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:26 am

kennylibben wrote:
ArizonaBB39 wrote:TGZ, could you please refrain from using all caps, thanks.
he only said 4 words in all caps? BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH lol. oh no! here comes the meat wagon... lol.

That's because I changed the original post to lowercase...

by **Timmy C** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:17 pm

kennylibben wrote:
ArizonaBB39 wrote:TGZ, could you please refrain from using all caps, thanks.
he only said 4 words in all caps? BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH lol. oh no! here comes the meat wagon... lol.

The entire post was in all caps before, Kenny...

by **kennylibben** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:12 pm

ArizonaBB39 wrote:TGZ, could you please refrain from using all caps, thanks.

he only said 4 words in all caps? BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH lol. oh no! here comes the meat wagon... lol.

by **Anonymous** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:01 pm

How about a step by step how-to and materials used for this chalk method?

Please....

by **Kelly Quirk** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:20 pm

Kevin, those are excellent pictures!! Thanks for sharing. If you have anything of the hangar deck area I'd love to see them.

by **Winks** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:10 pm

by **ArizonaBB39** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:38 pm

TGZ, could you please refrain from using all caps, thanks.

by **Anonymous** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:30 pm

Once ive painted the deck and added the smaller decals (electrical hatches etc). I will give the deck a light going over with MIG black pigment. Then add some more in the more worn areas. This will firstly give the deck a used look as opposed to my Big E's showroom finish. Then it will weather the actual markings somewhat.

Ive been checking out some pics of the current carriers and some of the ones involved in constant deployments have very little in the way of colour left in the markings due to wear and tear.

by **THE GREAT ZUES** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:08 pm

Hey thank for the tip on using chalk for wheathering my carrirer flightdeck, It worked out
even greater than I thought.

I would highly recommed this technique to anyone working on carrier flight decks.

Thanks Richer111

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