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Posted by willshak on June 6, 2008, 6:25 pm
on 6/6/2008 5:52 PM willshak said the following:
> I got addicted to watching all those Japanese tutorials on model
> making on You Tube, especially those posted by sleepylafiel, which
> seem to come out of the same video studio. I have found them most
> informative, especially in the painting and weathering, even though
> they are in Japanese. I wish the lighting was better in some of them,
> though.
> I observed that most all of the different Japanese builders seem to
> build the entire model before they pick up the airbrush for painting,
> even after putting on the small parts which would be painted different
> colors. I usually prepaint the parts in their base color before
> assembly, and in some cases, while still on the sprue. How many of you
> paint the models after complete construction?
>
> Another curiosity is their use of English words for some parts and
> paint colors. Those of us that are not fluent in Japanese will note
> those English words in the narrative. Don't the Japanese have their
> own words for 'engine', 'cockpit', 'track', etc.? For any English word
> ending in a consonant that they use, a 'U' is added to the end, as in
> 'cockpitu', 'masking tapeu', 'tissue paper'.
> Also the paint colors used have the English words, ie. 'blacku',
> 'german grey', 'green', 'clearu flatu', etc., even the technique,
> 'drybrush',
> Although it helps in understanding what they are talking about, I'm
> just curious as to why that is.
>
>
Sorry, wrong group. If any of you are model builders, you might find it
interesting anyway.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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