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by cnq » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:42 pm
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by Axis Nightmare » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:49 pm
Love the flaking on the anti-glare panel! You have a fabulous collection of models!
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by cnq » Sat Mar 18, 2017 6:16 am
Axis Nightmare wrote:Love the flaking on the anti-glare panel! You have a fabulous collection of models!
Thank you Axis.
This kit is old and cheap. I think it's a good kit for beginner to try out for their 1st model.
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by USCGMK2 » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:32 am
Very nice Oscar. What color/brand yellow did you use for the wing I.D.?
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by cnq » Sun Mar 19, 2017 6:36 am
USCGMK2 wrote:Very nice Oscar. What color/brand yellow did you use for the wing I.D.?
Thanks.
I used Tamiya and mixed Yellow & Red to get that color since the instructions said to use yellow orange color for that section.
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by tmanthegreat » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:44 am
Very nice!
How did you get the realistic "paint chipping" effect?
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by jlspec » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:50 am
Looks very good
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by cnq » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:00 pm
Thank you guys.
tman,
I did the "paint chipping" by first painted it with aluminum silver, waited a day for it completely dry, then painted that section with top color ( black in this case), then immediately I used an aluminum tape (very sticky) or any tape that sticks well, then applied to the section that I wanted the "chipping" to appear, and pulling it out real fast, and repeated it until I satisfied with the result. The black paint while still not dry yet, would stick to the aluminum tape, and left behind the bare metal silver. I hope I explained that well.
There are few ways to do it i.e. hairspray, salting...etc...Just google in youtube and they will come up.
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by tmanthegreat » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:08 pm
cnq wrote:Thank you guys.
tman,
I did the "paint chipping" by first painted it with aluminum silver, waited a day for it completely dry, then painted that section with top color ( black in this case), then immediately I used an aluminum tape (very sticky) or any tape that sticks well, then applied to the section that I wanted the "chipping" to appear, and pulling it out real fast, and repeated it until I satisfied with the result. The black paint while still not dry yet, would stick to the aluminum tape, and left behind the bare metal silver. I hope I explained that well.
There are few ways to do it i.e. hairspray, salting...etc...Just google in youtube and they will come up.
That is very helpful! I've seen a variety of different methods about how to do the chipping effect. I've simply "scratched" chips on using silver paint and a stiff brush. It works well on small surfaces, but doesn't look as good on larger ones... Your method seems a simple (and realistic) way to achieve the effect
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by cnq » Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:16 pm
tmanthegreat wrote:cnq wrote:Thank you guys.
tman,
I did the "paint chipping" by first painted it with aluminum silver, waited a day for it completely dry, then painted that section with top color ( black in this case), then immediately I used an aluminum tape (very sticky) or any tape that sticks well, then applied to the section that I wanted the "chipping" to appear, and pulling it out real fast, and repeated it until I satisfied with the result. The black paint while still not dry yet, would stick to the aluminum tape, and left behind the bare metal silver. I hope I explained that well.
There are few ways to do it i.e. hairspray, salting...etc...Just google in youtube and they will come up.
That is very helpful! I've seen a variety of different methods about how to do the chipping effect. I've simply "scratched" chips on using silver paint and a stiff brush. It works well on small surfaces, but doesn't look as good on larger ones... Your method seems a simple (and realistic) way to achieve the effect
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You're welcome.
Now when would we be able to see the big B17 you've been playing with
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by tmanthegreat » Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:54 pm
Progress on the B-17 has stalled the past few weeks, largely due to some increased demands with my job
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I'm hoping things will quiet down soon and then I'll be able to get back in the groove of things with that model. Now that the weather is warming up and is a little less wet, conditions are getting perfect for model building
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