How to hand paint camouflage in scale models

The challenge when hand painting models is that you tend to use more piant than using an airbrush. This could lead to lumps of paint on one side, but very thin on another. The technique is to paint it in very thin layers at a time.
This requires a lot of patience. As you have to let the paint dry, before you apply another thin layer.
If it's a challenge in a monotone color, just imagine how it would be for camo?
Since I already have painted a number of models, I decided to challenge myself to handpainting camouflage.

My first try at handpainting a camo. No masking, just pure handbrush.

Obviously, you would acheive a far better result using an airbrush. As a fellow modeller told me, it's impossible to paint such camo without an airbrush or masking. Well, impossible is nothing. It's our mind that sets our own limits

With this sample, I would like to share how I hand painted the Israeli F-16 Netz.

First I start painting with the ligher colors first. They are much easier to cover compared to the darker ones. You can also start with the color which is covers the model to a greater extent than the others.

I started with the earth color. And then, using reference photos, I penciled out the next layer, so I can have a pattern to place the buff color. no worries with the pencil, it will disappear under the colors.

again, do it in thin layers.