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06-05-2010, 06:44 PM
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06-06-2010, 02:44 PM
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Painting Assistance
Ok, world's lousiest painter here. Looking for suggestions on how to paint the mounting wires to look like tracer fire.
The AC-47 had limited sensors and was manually aimed - guns fixed and bore-sighted (if that makes any sense when shooting sideways). Impact point was adjusted by maneuvering the plane - hence the requirement for tracers to see where the bullet stream was going. Tracers don't look like a continuous line (no laser beam effect) but a dashed line of luminous streaks. At high firing rates the bright streaks are longer than just the "dot" of the bullet - persistence of vision effect. Tracers are usually only a portion of the ammo load - say one in every six bullets. US tracers are usually orange-red and the bad guys greenish - or "good" tracers are out going and bad ones incoming, regardless of color. Any thoughts? Yogi YouTube - My AC-47 Gunship (Spooky13) Aircraft and Crew Link to the video rather than embedded so you can peruse the related videos as well. A few slick C-47 shots cut in on takeoff - otherwise looks authentic
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#34
06-06-2010, 04:08 PM
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Here ya go...
 The "cone of fire" created by a spooky at night
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06-06-2010, 04:20 PM
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I like the idea of clear rods and U mihgt try and make the front of the round Bright then fade to the back should give a sence of movement. any way Great build and AWESOME presentation!! BRAVO!!!
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#36
06-06-2010, 05:36 PM
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Hi Yogi,
Great build! Like your descriptions and techniques. Fishing line with paint dots for the tracers? Seems like once you've seen them, the picture always remains with you! Mike
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06-06-2010, 06:50 PM
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Classic picture murph - but remember, you're typing to the world's worst painter here. Any specific ideas/techniques on how to capture that image? Bit of time lapse in the photo also ...
Nice idea, nh. Need to see if I can find strong enough plastic rod that thin (glass would be stiff enough, but don't want that hazard). Now, just how do I do the fade? Blob of paint and pull it out with a brush or ...? Mike - nice idea. Would work for a ground vehicle, except here the rods are holding up the model. Yogi (house painter, boat varnisher, NOT a detailer or artiste)
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06-06-2010, 07:19 PM
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Not overly practicalor maybe even not possible, but here's an idea..
-Make the supports out of a clear plastic rod. I'm sure hobby shops have something you can use. -Carefully bend another plastic rod into a C shape enough to simulate the path the plane has taken, and attach it to the last support rod. -Run fiberoptic cables from below the ground to the rod in the cone shape. -Put a red/orange highspeed flashing light under the base at the ends of the fiberoptic cables. Dunno if this can even be done, but I bet it would look cool, especially in dim light. And no painting involved.:D
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06-06-2010, 07:29 PM
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Very coooool idea
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Nice one murphyaa P.S You can purchase L.E.D's with built in flasher circuit - bright ones in various colours {Radio Shack}
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06-07-2010, 04:06 PM
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HI again Yogi start with a light red and paint the whole rod after it drys get a brighter red and just a small quick stroke toward the sorce. then get an Orange the is brighter then the red maybe add some yellow, and put small bit around the start of the stroke. hope that helps!
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