How do you paint and mask camouflage detail?
I can see that once I assemble my 1/350 DD, BB, and CVE and add all the details, adding the camouflage measures will be very difficult. How do you mask fine photo-etched details without breaking them? Is it necessary to cave in and use a brush (which will reach around some of the obstructions)? I am a new air-brush user trying to plan ahead, and I'm darned if I can see how it's done. I want to add three- and four-colored 1944 camouflage measures to a Fletcher DD and a Casablanca CVE but I cannot see how to do it without marring the result, either by over-spray or by pre- spraying sub-assemblies and then "touching up" after final assembly.
Please, a few hints for a newbie from some of the more experienced hands?
{Rob Robinson}

I don't do modern warships myself, being more the sailing man-of-war fan, but from what I have read in magazines, etc. on the subject, I guess that the best thing to do is to complete the basic structure of your model (hull, funnel, superstructure, gun turrets and so on) and camouflage it before adding all the fancy detail.

Of course, this leaves you with the problem of painting the fancy details...:)
{Staale Sannerud}

Pretty easy, you paint the "fancy details" with a fine brush after you've airbrushed the rest.
{Paolo Pizzi}
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