1:72 Italian aircraft camouflage airbrush template _ 2 Pieces_NO. 4

A template for Italian camouflage patterns, 1:72

An aid for modelers who want their mottled Italian finish regular and clean. Instead of laboriously guessing the size of the patches, the pattern is sprayed through a cut-out shape, so that the drawing comes out the same across the whole surface. In the name it carries the designation number 4 and the information about two pieces; the other numbers of the range have different shapes.

Why it comes in handy

Imitating Italian camouflage blotches by hand is among the harder things that the painting of aircraft offers. An uneven size of the blotches gives haste away at once, and repainting an area back to the base shade tends to be a lengthy affair. With a template there are practically no corrections, because the pattern is under control from the first pass. The aid is moreover not tied to a single type of aircraft; it suits anywhere the subject carried irregular blotches of a similar size.

Advice for the work

• Hold the template loosely above the surface, not pressed to it.
• Thinned paint and low pressure give a finer and more natural pattern.
• Proceed from the edges of the surface toward the center, so that you have somewhere to reach.
• Shift and turn the template now and then, so that the pattern does not visibly repeat.
• Remove dried paint from the openings, otherwise the shapes will gradually round off.

Who to recommend it to

It suits especially those who plan several Italian machines at once - one aid will last for a whole series and all the models then look uniform. But it will also serve as a calm way to venture upon mottled camouflages for the very first time.