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1/32 AVG Warhawk


Alex

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I'm still getting used to how much you need to thin Mr Color lacquer for it to spray well.  It doesn't help that they lose solvent sitting on the shelf even with the lid on tight.  If you don't thin enough, you get nasty gritty surface texture.  Fortunately, there's a way to (mostly) fix this error.  Once the color cost is dry, spray a liberal, wet coat of pure Mr Leveling Thinner on the model.  Voila!  Anyway, this is the base color, straight up Dark Earth on the vertical surfaces, lightened with Sand Yellow on the horizontal ones to account for sun fading.  Medium Green, again lightened on the wings and horizontal stabilizers, will complete the camo pattern.

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Thanks!  Hope to get more done today & post progress...

 

8 hours ago, MikeMaben said:

Looks nice from here  :coolio::speak_cool:

 

1 hour ago, jep1210 said:

Nice, I'm jumping on for the ride.

 

 

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The great thing (one great thing) about Gunze lacquers is that they are optimized for impatient people.  By the time you are done cleaning your airbrush, you are good to pull the masks.  I literally picked it up and peeled them off 10 minutes after I finished shooting the Medium Green.  There are a couple tiny area of overspray where I didn't get the masking job perfectly sealed, but all in all I"m happy with how crisp it is.

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Couple other views.  One thing I've definitely learned as a best practice is to always put some thinner in the airbrush paint cup first, and actually shoot a bit through it to fill the channels inside the spray head, before adding any paint.  Then mix well while slowly adding paint.  Adding paint first and then thinner leads to clogs, swearing, etc.  I know if I was REALLY doing this right I'd be mixing paint and thinner in a separate cup, but I'm lazy and don't want to waste paint.

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