Oh my, i like these little templates, and the effects you created using. Ive seen naval and marine aircraft that flew for months off of aircraft carriers, they looked just those photos in the book. Off course squadron command had us repaint the aircraft once we were back on land based command. Thank for this video.

Boy, this was a wake-up, Nigel! Can't wait to try this with some light tans or yellows for a tinted effect variation thrown in. Thanks muchly! Dane

Thank you Nigel,really informative. A view into the dark arts of weathering.

I like the way you put on effects and then turn down the effect.

Building A-10 looking at some of your older videos this jet weathering video is helpful I dont usually build many jets

Bloody awesome technique mate. Have saved this for the one day in the future I decide to finish my f-14.

I'm working on Revell's A-10 Warthog at the moment and this is exactly the information I need exactly when I needed it. Thanks!!

lol nice to see we share the same taste in cigars

I've got a copy of Cormans' EE Lightning book and it is excellent

Great Stuff Mate, I am not a jet man but well for a first crack at it legendary effort, Cheers Jason

Glare is my favorite color on the F-14. It's classic.

Nigel fantastic video ,, you explain the techniques so well and detailed 👌😎

Very interesting affect nigel. Thanks

I think that different specular variation is often overlooked. We all end up coating in flat/goss whatever. Love watching yer vids!

Got the Uschi set 1 recently but I haven't used them yet so this was very helpful. Before the video had finished I was on to Premium and bought set 2 and some Infini clear files. Expensive watch despite NMB10!

Great technique demonstration of using stencil masks. Many modelers talk about this technique but few actually demonstrate it. Thanks for thaking your time and sharing it with us.

Cool stuff Nige, thanks for that, I will have to pick up a set of those.

Amazing tips

Very interesting Nigel, very informative. You're a magician mate, you're messing around and it turned out crazy nice. Putting a set of that stencil in my cart. Thanks! Cheers

Great video mate. Was lucky enough to see F14’s being serviced following deployment many years ago. They were like patchwork, no two panels the same colour. Always said if you weathered an aircraft like the ones I saw people just wouldn’t believe just how battered they really got.

Great review! Much appreciated.

Hi Nigel, great video. I would like to try this technique on a ship hull, or maybe even a submarine. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff

Very interesting idea and looks really weathered. I’ve not seen the stencils used like that before. Usually you see people holding the stencil in one hand off the model and spraying lightly through it to get a post shaded/highlight effect. There’s a good video of Scale Model Shed using them on the Swordfish (posted in the last couple of days). I’ve used de-layered scouring pads and you get the same effect but the stencils look much easier to use … and those inifini standing sticks (all types) look so useful. Looks like I’ll be going onto Premium Hobbies to get some of those 😁

Interesting stuff Nigel. I have no experience of all this pre shading and post shading lark lol. I have seen a few examples of how other modellers do it. One guy primes the whole aircraft with black, then sprays a blotchy pattern of matt white all over. Then puts the main colour down with a light coat on top. Another guy primed with a grey first. Then he sprayed a swirly pattern with Tamiya Deck Tan, before putting down a light coat of the main colour. I am trying the white over black method on my Hornet build. I have done the white over black. But not put down a base coat of the main colours yet.

I wonder if small bits of blue tack or white tack under the 4 corners of the template would stand it off from the surface a bit and ensure those soft edges.

Thank you for this one Nigel. I think this would be a very effective technique to use especially on carrier based jets that are exposed to the wearing effects of salt water spray. Cheers.

Hi Nigel, great video(again), many thanks. I made my own painting stencils using sheets of evergreen polystyrene, mid thickness. I used a soldering iron to melt the splatter and effects I wanted. I did try using plastic from notebook covers thinking it was nice and bendy but it was too hairy at the edges of the melting. a pig to clean up. in terms for the hard edges when using the splatter stencil. would it be an idea to tape post it sheets to the edge of the stencil thus increasing your masked off area beyond the spray blast but but not actually having anything stick to the model which hampers movement? worth a thought. Cheers Will

Excellent video Nige, I have a couple of different templates that I have dabbled with for black/colour basing but was nice to see something similar with pre shading thrown in as well! 🤔little practice for a 1/32 Tornado build by any chance🤞🏻

I think there is a lot more to do with oils and brishes.

all grey jets that are matt look a mess.......... those stencils look way to small for 1/32 jets, would rather the sheet was 7 inches by 7 inches........... but unfortunately the actual jet in your photos was way dirtier, whatever the case it looks really hard to do..... it looks like hairspray chipping over black and then a wash of dirty grey........ and then another coat if need be......... but only on a cheap junk test model HA HA