LSP_K2 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Top lines (across fuselage), as well as vertical lines that were lost during sanding of the window areas, have now been restored. I went a bit deeper that I normally might, but am counting on the paint to blend that all in nicely. Landrotten Highlander, Shoggz, Rampenfest and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Great work Kev. Derek LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 I’ve decided that Tamiya light grey primer is as close as I’m likely to get for the bottom color (certainly not a dead match, but at least acceptable), so have now painted it accordingly. Naturally enough, despite my best efforts to be thorough, I still managed to miss a few spots that will now require repair. LSP_Ray, LSP_Kevin, Derek B and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 Here the white demarcation band and rudder have finally been painted, using Gunze gloss white lacquer. As is all too typical for me when shooting gloss, I got a wee bit heavy handed and will now need to sand those ridges off. Next up, the fuselage light blue. I’m so excited! Alex, Shoggz, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 And the 767 gets its coat of light blue (Tamiya TS-23). Top seam still has some minor flaws, but should be easy enough to straighten out (I hope). chaos07, Fanes, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Major, major boo boo here; while masking for the dark blue, I realized I’d completely screwed up the previous masking, but decided to go ahead and paint it anyway just to see “what might have been”. With the dark blue band now sprayed on (Gunze Mr Color #5), it was time for the big reveal. Looks like yet another candidate for the landfill. chaos07, patricksparks, Shoggz and 5 others 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Why landfill? I don't understand what is wrong from the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 27 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said: Why landfill? I don't understand what is wrong from the pics. Basically, two things. The dark blue band tapers to a point at the tail, because of not masking the previous demarcation properly, and the dark blue is supposed to be nearly twice the width of the white band, which I have as almost exactly the same width. My initial knee jerk reaction was to just throw it in the trash, but I may well just wet sand it and choose a different (easier) livery altogether; Delta or some such. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 It's just paint, so sand and respray, or strip it entirely. Kev LSP_K2, Derek B and Landrotten Highlander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 8 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: It's just paint, so sand and respray, or strip it entirely. Kev I may, but in the meanwhile it looks like a bunch of the decals out there as options, are out of stock, and I don't have the time to just keep putting everything off. What, if anything, will strip Tamiya lacquer paint? I've never had any luck with that. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 8 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: I may, but in the meanwhile it looks like a bunch of the decals out there as options, are out of stock, and I don't have the time to just keep putting everything off. What, if anything, will strip Tamiya lacquer paint? I've never had any luck with that. Tamiya lacquer thinner! Or Mr. Color Thinner - whichever one you have to hand. Just don't use hardware store lacquer thinner, as will be almost guaranteed to damage the plastic. But honestly, unless I'm feeling fussy about surface details, I'm often happy to just go over the existing paint after a quick sand to knock it down a bit. Kev Derek B, Out2gtcha, LSP_Ray and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 What Kev said. LSP_K2 and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted Sunday at 05:12 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:12 PM 11 hours ago, LSP_Ray said: What Kev said. Yes. Such a lovely colour scheme, so it would be a shame to give up on it now (the worst is over - you have learned things so are now better armed!). Derek LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted Monday at 10:08 AM Share Posted Monday at 10:08 AM I'll echo what the guys are saying. Keep at it Kev! Derek B and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted Monday at 11:13 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:13 PM I appreciate the support, fellas, I really do. My initial "knee jerk" reaction was to just trash it, but I now believe it may yet be salvageable. Top of the dark blue band looks nice and straight, as it should be, so perhaps I can carefully mask and redo the rest after all. Either way, for various reasons, it probably won't be finished for the show in June, which sucks, but may eventually still turn into a decent looking model. LSP_Kevin, patricksparks, Derek B and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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