Hairspray technique examples post yours

[danb.]

Hey all as the hs technique is very popular on this forum i thought a good idea would be to post your latest efforts so we could help each other on improving our efforts and for a Q&A on the subject hopefully people would be interested

so i will start my latest try!!!!!!!

Dan B

[406 Silverado]

Good results there Dan. Agree with Chris, we should explain more of the steps that we used. I've been trying the AK worn effects and it works pretty darn good. I'll try to get something up on it here.

[robbo]

Here's a close up of my first attempt on a T-34

[danb.]

thanks Chris and Rob i will explain what i used and how,

Both panels were primed in black then i used Revell enamel matt #84 dark brown as a base coat for both panels.
Panel 1: once the base coat was dry i sprayed a light coat of Revell matt #80 mid brown this was to highlight the panel and give a mid rust tone then i used a bright orange to simulate fresh rust Revell matt #85 i dried the panel under a lamp until touch dry then put a small amount of all the above colours on my palette and used the sponge technique.

Panel 2: on this panel i wanted a darker rust colour so i highlighted a few areas with Revell matt#80 mid brown and left it at that no sponge technique this time.

Once both panels are dry i gloss coated them with Revell gloss #01 i left them to harden for 24 hours then sprayed some hairspray into the lid and filled my airbrush and gave the panels 2 light coats i left these over night as i have found with my hs it needs time to harden.

Then for both panels i used Tamiya dark yellow thinned 50% with rubbing alcohol sprayed 2 light coats until it just covers the dark base on the first panel i used Tamiya Nato green as camo but it didnt show up well once chipped.

Then it was just a case of chipping and scratching the panel to you taste.

hope this helps sorry for a long write up
Dan B

[TRM]

Nice one Steve!! I was looking at some of them "Dimitri" pics....the withwas had a lot of choppy chipping. Thinking this is the way to go, v.s. the rubbing method!!

I might have a couple chipping pics hanging around......where were they??

[danb.]

Steve that looks very nice for a first try keep experimenting my freind its the only way to learn

Dan B

[AndyArgent.]

Here is my one and only attempt mixed with the salt technique

[danb.]

thats one mighty fine chipped big cat

Dan B

[406 Silverado]

Nice Tiger Andy. The chipping and weathering look fantastic mate.

[wouter]

Nice to see all those wonderfull examples of the HS tech which is much fun to do and fairly easy...

Here's my example

one of the things I obtained on the whitewash is a 'crackle' effect on the whitewash: I wasn't too happy with it in the beginning, but it gave the endresult a little extra 'oomph'...Still don't know exactly how it happened though ;D


Cheers

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

This my one and only attempt too. ;D


Tony

[AndyArgent.]

Nice job guys.

[406 Silverado]

oooohh some nice w/w stuff. Looks like you fellas have it down pretty good. I remember that one Tony

[danb.]

Thanks guys for posting up lots of examples i thought this thread would fall flat on its face!!!!lol looks like we have all got the hang of it
Stevereid: i decant the hairspray into my airbrush i find you can control how much you put on better and seems to give flatter smoother results im not speaking for the others these are my findings hope this helps.

Dan B

[wouter]

thanks fellas, glad you liked it ^^

@steve: I didn't decant the hairspray on my model. I used it straight from the spray can. And it was a very cheap one. I think I used two coats and waited about half an hour before spraying the Tamiya off white thinned with water (which was quite hellish since it clogged up on the nozzle rapidly!) and waited another half an hour. Then using lukewarm water and a brush I obtained the result.

I used a tutorial by Mig Jimenez at that time, though I lost the link. But I guess it still can be found on the net ^^

Cheers

[bigjohn]

Tony, where have you been hidding that thing? Did you loose it out in the snow again?

[danb.]

These few pics are from my latest KT i used the HS technique on camo i wanted a worn rushed thinly painted camo and this gave me what i wanted as i learned while doing this it takes a few goes to get the right balance of HS and paint by doing it a few times it gives some depth too.





Dan B

[406 Silverado]

I love seeing all these great first attempts at the HS technique. As with any technique, if you don't try it you won't learn it. You will also see what you've done wrong, or rather what to do different next time round. It really is a great technique, especially for worn w/w winter camo.

[armorguy]

Interesting thread, beautiful first attempts !

Some of you will probably remember my first attempt on the hairspray method.









Once you understand in what way the hairspray reacts it's a very controllable technique.

I had great fun trying it !

[danb.]

I remember this from the old forum it looks awesome dude well done

Dan B

[Biskup.]

Here are few pictures of something I did with hairspray:

[406 Silverado]

Another junk car and great use of the HS tech. Was it done with HS or the AK stuff ?

[406 Silverado]

No prob Werner. Your test looks great bud. It's a fun and very easy technique eh.

[Biskup.]

Hey Rob. This Jag is pretty old so it was the Hair spray.
I have the AK solutions and I will try them out within next few days.
Regards

[Haggis]

Here's my efforts.

Revell Heinkel 111 1:32





Hasegawa P-40 1:48





Tamiya T-55 1:35





Trumpeter T-34 1:16

[406 Silverado]

Oh man Jamie, those look fantastic. The wingie stuff in very impressive. I will use these pics as ref when I finally do my Jap plane.
Love the weathering on the T-34, especially the streaking.

[wouter]

wow, I agree with Rob, this is amazing stuff mate!

Cheers

[spud]

Awsome Stuff

[noname]

Agreed, those planes are top notch. Excellent use the the hair spray technique.

[TRM]

Outstanding Jamie!! Love em!!

Agreed Rob...waiting on the PTO bud! However the T-34 is getting the mojo slammed into overdrive!!!