Someone here asked me how I create a camo pattern without the intricate use of the airbrush. Well, being from Massachusetts and basically lazy when it comes to airbrushes (all that disassembly, cleaning, re-assembly, changing colors, more cleaning, etc.), I employed a little "Yankee Ingenuity". I first paint the entire air frame with the lightest base color to be used. For example, SEA camo scheme = light tan overall. Then, depending on the scale and the pattern, I would sometimes use something as simple as an old handkerchief, t-shirt or other such material, and lay it on the fuselage and/or wings and apply a secondary color to get that feathered edge. OD over gray or GSB over white are two of the easiest ones. Back to the SEA multi-color scheme: once you have the base color on, simply take an old greeting card or one of those shirt insert thingies - something with a little thickness to it - and rip out (NOT CUT OUT) an odd-shaped opening, lay it over the area to be painted and spray through the opening. Once everything is dry, you can use the same piece to apply a different color (turning the piece over creates yet another shape). Splinter pattern schemes are more tedious to mask, but the same theory applies to those as well. Anyway, I've managed to achieve the desired results (for the most part) using the method(s) described. A little practice and anyone can do it "the easy way". Hope the explanation made sense. Happy Modeling.
