Bill Cross Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The nav lights were a PITA, agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 The nav lights were a PITA, agreed. On the plus side - at least they provide them as clear parts, and at least they fit! But yeah, the frame-on-clear can go jump off a bridge. Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Matt Wonderful progress on the Corsair and I'm taking notes as you go. I'm done with my P&W and am getting ready to attach the cowl and cowl flaps. I'm still out to lunch on whether or not I want to use the Vector cowl flaps or leave the Tamiya ones in the close position. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Looks great I added the nav lights last and hand painted the frames with a fine brush. It worked out well and was easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Initial primer coat is down. Now the fun begins...slowly. Need to test a few of my painting approaches on some scrap before I commit to them. Stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Looks great I added the nav lights last and hand painted the frames with a fine brush. It worked out well and was easy. I'll be using Tamiya for the upper surfaces, and it and paintbrushes just don't get along, at least in my presence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Matt Wonderful progress on the Corsair and I'm taking notes as you go. I'm done with my P&W and am getting ready to attach the cowl and cowl flaps. I'm still out to lunch on whether or not I want to use the Vector cowl flaps or leave the Tamiya ones in the close position. Keep 'em coming Peter The Vector flaps are gorgeous but installing them and handling the cowl after is a bit of a PITA. I decided to do mine open on this one, and will be doing closed on the F4U-1A. No idea what I'll do to complete the trifecta with the inevitable -1D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha71 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Beautiful work. Plane will be fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Looking forward to the paint work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pg265 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hi, Beautiful! Waiting for the paint work too!! Pascal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Last night was given over to some experimentation. I'm planning an extremely battered birdcage, and part of that will involve worn and chipped paint. Instead of just chipping down to bare metal, though, I wanted to show primer peeking through in places. Multilayer chipping, in other words. This left me with some questions to resolve. Would going back over the chipped bare metal/primer with black and then with blue be too much for chipping to work? How necessary would it be to seal the chipped primer before putting stuff on top of it? What about "thinning" the paint on top with a water/windex solution to create a worn look? Here's the fruit of my labors: From aft forward, I conducted three tests. All of them began with alclad, followed by hairspray, followed by Tamiya XF-4 than was then chipped. Aft: No clear coat. Additional layer of hairspray over XF-4, followed by X-18 Semi-Gloss Black and XF-18 Medium Blue Mid: Clear coat of Gunze Semi-Gloss. Then hairspray, then X-18 and XF-18 Very front: Clear coat of Gunze Semi-Gloss. No hairspray. X-18 and XF-18 and attempted thinning with Windex/water solution The results were very clear - the middle approach far and away worked best. Without sealing, I was still chipping all the way down to the Alclad on the aft section, even after the black and blue had gone down. And up front, the Windex/water did nothing, until it did everything and bored right down to the Alclad. All of this paves the way for me to begin painting the Corsair very soon. Can't wait! mywifehatesmodels and Mal_Belford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Looks sharp, especially the weathering. Wow! Tim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Fantastic results, Matt! If I may ask (and forgive me if I missed it), how did you remove the paint to make the chips? Sandpaper? Knife? Tape? I've been planning a similar type of effect for the wing roots of my Sturmovik, so this info was timed perfectly. Thanks for posting your test results! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Oooh - that's looking nice - especially love the chipping with primer as well as aluminium showing through - very convincing!! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Fantastic results, Matt! If I may ask (and forgive me if I missed it), how did you remove the paint to make the chips? Sandpaper? Knife? Tape? I've been planning a similar type of effect for the wing roots of my Sturmovik, so this info was timed perfectly. Thanks for posting your test results! John Water and a small stiff-ish brush. That's it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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