Guest Maxim Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Looks real nice! Good save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Now that's smart looking! Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Rock On. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Well done! A very attractive scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Great recovery! That second go round of paint looks even better than the first. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) I think I hit on a good formula for Tamiya paints. The key was, for 5ml of paint, I used 2.5 ml of Tamiya thinner, 2.5 ML of Tamiya Clear Gloss, 10 drops of Tamiya retarder. If i were to make some future adjustments, it would be to add maybe another 1ml of thinner and another 5 drops of retarder. Paint was generally dry in a minute, which was a little hot, but still enough time to re-level itself when spraying another pass in opposite directions. The paint ended up slightly translucent, which was good because it clearly showed with the light primer any spots I missed and had to recover, the second coat pretty much sealed the deal. Now comes a decision, do i try to do some light chipping again, or just leave it as is? Ill have to sit on this one a bit. Edited May 1, 2018 by 1to1scale Vandy 1 VX 4, Shawn M, BloorwestSiR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Chipping done. LSP_Kevin, BloorwestSiR, Dragon and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Looks great, keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 That looks nice buddy.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Great recovery and the light chipping came out nice too. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Looking very sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 If at first you dont succeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Looks real nice! Good save. Excellent! Now that's smart looking! Torben Rock On. Sincerely, Mark Well done! A very attractive scheme. Great recovery! That second go round of paint looks even better than the first. Well done! Looks great, keep up the good work! That looks nice buddy.....Harv Great recovery and the light chipping came out nice too.Carl Looking very sharp. If at first you dont succeed! Thanks to everyone for your encouragement, I seriously thought about putting it in the box until the pain subsided, but I persisted and pushed through it. I'm still not out of the woods, now I need to get it clearcoated and decayed. I ran a test spot with the tamiya decals last night to see if they would silver on the semi gloss GSB. I'm about to go take a look in about 5 minutes. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) Decaling did not go so well... I ran a test under one of the wings, the decals did not silver, however, they looked like thick metal plates bolted to the wings. I used Tamiya's strong decal solvent, nothing, its like those damn decals are made of steel. So after looking around for stencil decals, I determined that there are none available. I did manage to find HGW wet transfers, so I ordered a set...from Australia. CRAP. It seems like anything I need for this Corsair, it ends up being in Australia. By the time I'm done, I could buy another Tamiya Corsair with the shipping costs I am paying. Edited May 7, 2018 by 1to1scale Vandy 1 VX 4 and Dragon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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