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Hints & Tricks 1: How to paint hub wheels |
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by Wolfram Bradac |
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The painting of hub wheels of airplane tires takes a lot
of time and rarely leads to a really satisfying result. There do exist some
masking sets on the aftermarket but not for all types - and they cost a
lot of money. The best solution would be a stencil. I have tried first with
a stencil for circles from the paper shop - it does work but the disadvantage
is that the diameters of the circles rarely fit ; futhermore - as these
stencils are made of plastic - they do not endure the cleaning with turpentine
very well.
By chance I found the road wheel stencil by ROYAL MODEL - an Italian
company for AFV accessories - which is originally made for airbrushing the
road wheels of tanks. With the numbered circles on the stencil it is possible
to airbrush the road wheels of all common german and allied tanks in standard
1:35. The smalles circles in the lower part of the stencil can perfectly
be used for the airbrushing of aircraft hub wheels. The stencil is made
from white metal and instead robust and insensitive to each kind of solvents. |
| Instructions for painting hub wheels: first of all the
whole wheel is airbrushed in the wheel colour. Next you search on the stencil
the circle which fits best and cover the nearby circles with tape - I always
cover with the sticking side on top as the handling of the stencil is much
more easy then. |
After covering as a.m. you can start the air-brushing! I put everything
flat on the table, fix the stencil with one hand and spray as vertical as
possible using not too much colour. As most of the hub wheels are deeper
it is possible to turn the wheel around and do the backside as well in one
step. And here is the result: |
For this exact result I accept the cleaning procedure of the airbrush because
in total the time involved - including the cleaning - is much less than
the work with a paint brush. In Austria and Germany it is hard to get this
stencil instead please find below 2 supply sources - I have of course ordered
mine in USA at Discountmodels - received it after 4 days by air-freight
without any customs - and this merchant has very low forwarding expenses
so that the whole matter was not more expensive than it would be when ordering
in Austria (the difference is the delivery time - and I do not like to wait
3 months). |
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Sources: Royal Model Nr. 048 - Roadwheel
Masking Stencil |
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Price approx. US$ 14,00 (both stores accept
credit cards) |
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meet the author |
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Wolfram Bradac |
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I was born in 1962 in Vienna.
During my school time I started modelling with Airfix kits.
After a long break I restarted modelling. My main subjects are
aircrafts of the German Luftwaffe of WWII, also military vehicles.
Like most other modellers I stored a lot of kits, more than
I built. Beside modelling photographing is my main subject. |
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Email:  luftwaffe@chello.at |
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