Thunnus Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 Thanks guys! Appreciate the sympathetic comments! 21 hours ago, JayW said: Well John - I have seen your repairs before and they turn out perfect. I suppose this will too. But as many builds as you have done what do you think happened here? What's different? One thing that's different on this one versus my past few is that I didn't rivet this one. When I rivet, the entire surface gets sanded and I think that creates a better bond between the paint and plastic. The paint lift occurred in areas where the plastic was not sanded. I probably won't incorporate primer on builds where I've sanded the surface but I'll have to consider it for these types of situations. After removing as much of the weak spots as I could with sticky tape, I sanded the area with 600# sandpaper first and then 1000# sandpaper to feather the edges of the paint down to the plastic and hopefully not leave any hard edges. The general area was then sprayed with Mr Surfacer 1000 thinned with Mr Leveling Thinner. No sign of raised edges so the paint repair should be fairly seamless. Most of this area will be covered with high contrast markings so I decided to skip the marble pre-shade and just half-heartedly trace some panel lines with black. In parallel with the fuselage repair work, I re-did the upper wing stars and bars. The Olive Drab was then restored. The Real Color OD 81 was sprayed first and then a slightly lightened version was sprayed over that. So here's where we are at now... I've also started to weather the fuselage sides and wing root area by gently Micromeshing the OD paint to reveal traces of the Tamiya AS-12 Silver base layer. A closer look a the completed stars and bars on the wing. The big test will be the masking to come... stars and bars and bottom invasion stripes yet to come on the fuselage and then the stripes and numerical code on the tail. Stay tuned! LSP_Kevin, Dandiego, TAG and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 He shoots! He scores! He wins! Kev Pete Fleischmann, scvrobeson, JayW and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Any other mortal modelers both happy that this turned out so well, and slightly discouraged that John’s repairs look better than their own first non screwed up efforts? Ayovan, scvrobeson, ARay87 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Awesome save John! I had no doubt, but you also find ways to make the repairs look just the original. Matt Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Like he said - more to come. Fingers crossed John! So far, so good. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Great recovery! Hip Hip! Man, looking fantastic! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Awesome recovery, but no surprise there, which is a tribute to your modeling skills. Cheers, Chuck Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 Thanks guys! I'm getting accustomed to fixing my own boo-boos but I should work on NOT making those mistakes in the first place! I think the key here was using 600# sandpaper... you need some "bite" when addressing the ragged paint edges. Time to test the new paint finish and paint the stars and bars again. First the blue. And then the white. Moment of truth... pulling off the masks! Masking is not done yet but zero paint lift so far gives me confidence in getting the rest of the markings on. Fingers crossed! Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin, mc65 and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Unsurprisingly given your skills there is no trace there was any problem at all with lifted paint. Well saved sir! The airbrushed marking look spectacular man! Ernest Thunnus and JayW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Dandiego, mc65, Madmax and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Wow! Watching this build unfold is a bit like watching Tiger hit a massive drive, just to have it land a bunker, but then strolling confidently into the sand and splashing the ball onto the green... and roll into the hole. Great recovery John! JayW and Thunnus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Superb recovery Cheers Dennis Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Awesome!!! John Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 3 hours ago, Madmax said: Wow! Watching this build unfold is a bit like watching Tiger hit a massive drive, just to have it land a bunker, but then strolling confidently into the sand and splashing the ball onto the green... and roll into the hole. For eagle. That is a very appropriate analogy! Thunnus and Madmax 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Beautiful jug there, John. I haven’t been following closely as I’m neck deep in a zero build of my own but your work always incites me to up my game…. I’m glad I’m not the only person who experiences paint lift after pulling the masks away…frustrating as it is, you’ve managed to elude the “bullseye” effect on the repair. Very well done! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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