Quoted: how the hell did u do this in 5 minutes??
did u just put way too much paint on, let it dry and then scrape off the excess carefully? |
Scrape? Never. Here is the secret to speedy engraving filling using Testor's...
a) The paint needs to flow freely. I have found that white is the only Testor's paint that is pretty runny. Anything with color in it will need to be thinned for best application. Sooooo, thin your paint.
b) I apply the paint with these nifty little "microbrushes". Don't let the name fool you---I am not brushing the paint at all. These microbrushes have tiny little sponges on the tip. The sponges will hold a BIG drop of paint. One big drop of paint will fill in maybe a full inch of rollmark or more.
c) Since the paint is thinned and very runny, you just TOUCH the tip of the microbrush (some people use toothpicks, but it takes longer) to the rollmark. Right when the drop touches the surface, the thinned paint runs down the rollmark like water running down a gutter. It literally fills in itself! No brushing, no dabbing, no syringe squirting, and definitely no "cramming" of crayons. Just touch the paint drop to the rollmark. That's it!
d) Clean-up is easy, since the thinned paint runs down the rollmarks and goes nowhere else. The only clean-up I ever have is the little spot where I touched the tip of the microbrush to the receiver surface. I just let it air dry for a minute and lightly wipe the receiver with a shotgun patch moistened (lightly) with CLP.
All I ever use...