camouflage

[slusher]

Does anyone make or sell camouflage stencils?

[High octane]

I believe most of the guys camouflage with an air brush without stencils, however I'm not positive on that.

[Snake45]

Slusher, what kind of stencils are you looking for? What exactly are you trying to achieve? 

[slusher]

3 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Slusher, what kind of stencils are you looking for? What exactly are you trying to achieve? 

Just have some ideas of building a pick up and camouflaging it. I can do it with spray cans but was wondering if there was stencils.

[D. Battista]

4 hours ago, Snake45 said:

 What exactly are you trying to achieve? 

Invisibility.....

[SfanGoch]

Unless your building a a late '70s-late '80s Dodge /GMCs which were used by the U.S.Army and were painted with the then-standard MERDC pattern, just freehand the pattern. If you're building something more contemporary, google "camouflaged technical pickups" and check out the images. All of the camo is non-standard, field-applied stuff. This Waffen SS-style Plane Tree Pattern camo is interesting:

[LDO]

Some armor modelers are using Silly Putty for masking camo.

IMHO, it's a pretty cool idea. You don't waste paper by cutting masks, and it goes around corners with no problems at all. I found some at the checkout area of a Hobbytown USA for 99 cents per package.

...or Silly Putty by another name.

Edited January 28, 2018 by LDO

[High octane]

2 hours ago, LDO said:

Some armor modelers are using Silly Putty for masking camo.

IMHO, it's a pretty cool idea. You don't waste paper by cutting masks, and it goes around corners with no problems at all. I found some at the checkout area of a Hobbytown USA for 99 cents per package.

...or Silly Putty by another name.

Wow, that's a great idea Lee, I'll have to remember that I hope?

[kitbash1]

My dad did all his camouflage jobs free- hand on all of the WW2 aircraft he built. Didn't look too hard.

[fat50]

This one is free hand.  Lay down your green/olive drab, then tan patches, follow up with some black and your done.

Here is a .PDF of the military spec on camo.

 

camo.pdf

[slusher]

2 hours ago, fat50 said:

This one is free hand.  Lay down your green/olive drab, then tan patches, follow up with some black and your done.

Here is a .PDF of the military spec on camo.

 

camo.pdf

Very nice work, thanks for the tips guys!

[El Roberto]

The trouble with stencils is that you get a hard edge which isn't too realistic.  Use putty or blu-tac, works great on the model aircraft I build.

[gotnitro?]

Most if not all US military equipment is painted using stencils and has a  hard edge . Our booth used them for each type equipment,  until everything was sprayed CARC tan . Touch ups which were frequent was done free hand . When I paint armor in 3 tone NATO or other it's with an airbrush and use silly putty or blue tack.. 

[slusher]

3 hours ago, gotnitro? said:

Most if not all US military equipment is painted using stencils and has a  hard edge . Our booth used them for each type equipment,  until everything was sprayed CARC tan . Touch ups which were frequent was done free hand . When I paint armor in 3 tone NATO or other it's with an airbrush and use silly putty or blue tack.. 

Thanks, saving all these tips...