Camoflage paint - airbrush tips

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Hey all,

Does anybody out there use an airbrush to paint camoflage effects on their stocks? I've got an Iwata Eclipse airbrush which I bought last year and have barely used so I'm going to finally get started this afternoon. I don't know which would be the best paint to use on the stocks, as it needs to be resistant to moderate physical wear.

Any tips or pattern suggestions (stippling, tiger stripes, etc..) would be fantastic.

I'll be posting pictures of my progress FYI.

Thanks,
-Dave
 
Paint one colour, or a simple two-colour pattern. Let it dry. Cover the gun with a laundry bag or a bug screen or cheesecloth, then paint through it with the other colours you want to use. You can get reptilian looking scales by that method, or try folding the screen/bag over itself and get a random pattern that will break-up the outline well and still look clean and professional. You could also try sprinkling circular confetti over a (just barely) tacky base coat to get a flecktarn/pea pattern effect.

Duracoat or Armacoat are reccomended, but for paint, I'd base coat with Krylon. Paint your pattern in enamels over that, then spray your cam job with a clear, matte laquer so the paint doesn't rub off too easily. Walmart sells a good matte laquer, but I forget the type. It's named in one of the big m-14 threads. By Hungry, I think.

Hope that helps.

P.S. You lucky buggar. I want an Iwata Eclipse HP-CS for modelling. I'd have one if firearms weren't my main hobby now.
 
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Hi Dave, I bought a Badger Anthem 155 specifically for that job. So far, I've practised using food colouring. I'm pretty well ready to go on synthetic stocks. I will be using Krylon Fusion paint, I've been told that plastic (not fiberglass) requires searing, then acetone cleaning before painting. I look forward to seeing your project. I have a couple in mind and have started to cut out my template on Frisket film.
 
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