Iain Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That's very sharp paint Kev - agree on pressures - I tend to run a lot lower these days. Going to look gorgeous! My F Mk. IV will be RAF - probably 611 Sqn Royal Auxilliary Air Force. Iain LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Kev Sure is looking mighty sweet. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Just WOW!! cheers shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkis Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 nice paint job, indeed! What are you using for masking that you get that nice sharp edge...besides lower air press? Very nice, indeed Clark LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Clark, it's just standard Tamiya tape at different widths. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Great stripes there Kev! Which Gunze are you using? The acrylic or lacquer? I find the lacquers harden off fairly quickly but you're right about the acrylics taking a bit longer to dry. You can also thin the Gunze and Tamiya acrylics with either of their lacquer thinners and that helps speed up the drying time too. Carl LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 great paintjob. nice looking buils too. Very clean. Oliver LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Thanks fellas. Carl, I'm using the Gunze Aqueous stuff. I've tried all sorts of stuff to thin it with (generic lacquer thinners, Mr Color Thinner, metho, Windex), but the stuff that seems to work the best for me is Tamiya's X-20A. I went through a phase of thinning almost everything with lacquer thinners, but I'm trying to dial that back now, as I suspect the lacquer thinners is one of my major allergy triggers. And I'm happy to report that, since starting to use the nasal spray that DrDave recommended, I've had nary a problem! Very happy about that. But I still want to treat the issue at the cause if I can. Kev Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel460 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Great build so far Kev! Paint looks excellent! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Dan and Maru: many thanks! After a bit of mucking about I finally got the silver on: There are plenty of spots that need touching up, most of which aren't' really visible in the photo. If I were doing this again, I'd definitely paint the silver first and then the stripes after that. Doing it the other way around made me lazy with my masking, and consequently I got silver overspray on some of the blue. And when trying to polish it out with some worn wet'n'dry, I managed to break through to the yellow underneath. So now all three colours need touching up! Don't you just hate it when you turn out to be your own worst enemy? Anyway, touch-ups, gloss coat and decals await. Kev SinuheH and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Wow, that looks awesome Kev! Love the choice of colour scheme. Gonna be another beauty! Cheers, Wolf LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Put on side the required touch up (that we can not really see on the pic), this is awsome mate ! Looks very beautifull Edited January 11, 2014 by Loic LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Groovy. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Thanks fellas. I've now touched up all the dodgy areas, and in the process completely forgot about the blue panels on the fuselage spine! Ah well, it's a simple matter to mask them up and paint them in. We've got a week of high temperatures ahead of us here, so I want to get most of the painting in before it hits if I can. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 *drool* LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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