Bruce Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 great looking foil jobs Bruce I use kitchen foil strictly and reserve BMF only for areas I want some contrast in as far as tint, but generally the glue isnt strong enough for me and tends to come off sometimes, where as I have had great luck actually masking and painting over household kitchen foil. Bruce is correct; the natural grain of kitchen foil VS BMF is very evident once applied to the model. This can be seen if you foil as the real 1:1 plane was built; panel by panel, varying the grain VS the panel next to it and keeping thing symmetrical by foiling a panel, and then foiling its match on the opposite side of the wing/fuse/stab/rudder ect. Also dont discount the dollar store foil. Its thin and cheap but I buy all different kinds of foil from cheapy thin stuff all the way up to the Renalds Wrap Heavy duty to foil candy wrappers I find. Together and reversing sides, they make a wide variety of grains and looks. Here is a P-47D of mine that shows a fair example of this. Per documentation I grained the foil with a variety of things to achieve the look I wanted. Especially on the fuse top where anti-glare panels reside, where the paint needs more "bite" to stick properly. This is slightly hard to see after the full length anti-glare strip was added. Some of the upper sections of the fuse are grained with the fuse from top to bottom as apposed to front to back giving it a more realistic machined aluminum look after graining: SORRY FOR THE UN-GODLY HUGE PIC! (I though LSP scaled these down after posting but I guess not! If you right click on the pic and then left click on "view image" you can actually get the whole image on the screen. lol) I also used varying chemical process on my kitchen foil to produce everything from deep dark grays, to light platinum colors to a bleach solution that produces golds, greens, purples and different heat treated looks. Here is a Trumpy bearcat of mine that is an example of panels treated with an egg shell water solution and then grained after being burnished on the model to produce a flatter, more worn look: I only offer these techniques as examples since modeling is an ART to me and there is no right or wrong for me, just individual tastes and tecniques for each modeler. Your doing a great job Gomer! Your pony is coming along nicely. Im about to start a 1/32 Has mustang in foil myself...... Cheers, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 O.K. Brian, you have me totally convinced. That's an incredible foiling job. I'm going to do that on a big VFS P 47. I hope it comes out half as good as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Thanks for lettin me stick my heeed in here. Def NOT trying to hijack Gomers thread or show off. I just LOVE foiling and after spending MUCH more time to get my spit paint job the way I wanted, im trying to spread the joys of foiling, since it seems to take almost LONGER to do a good paint job IMHO than it does to put down a pristine panel by panel foil job....... Cheers, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomer Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 little more foil added brian your input has been great thanks for the tips. my helper always getting in the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Allok Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Starting to look pretty amazing. I'm starting to be tempted to give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldur Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Wow, that looks very nice. groeten, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotorhead Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Brian, I'm not trying to hijack gomer's thread, but you HAVE to leave a link as to just HOW to get that bare metal finish on the Bearcat. Please?? What "eggshell treatment"? Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Brian, I'm not trying to hijack gomer's thread, but you HAVE to leave a link as to just HOW to get that bare metal finish on the Bearcat. Please?? What "eggshell treatment"? Regards Steve Yeah this thread is all about Gomer and his model. That being said Steve, just shoot me a PM and we can discuss............ Cheers, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomer Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 starting on the wings all input is welcomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomer Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 one more thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theseeker Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Looks great! Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Very shinny Gomer, I like shinny things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 That plane shines like the top of the Chrysler building. It really looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Wow, that's some serious bling gomer! Cool. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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