I forgot a big blob of dark earth so I gotta mask up and spray humbrol again! 
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Kotare Spitfire
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Heavens Eagle
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Have not had too much trouble with Humbrol. Just have to get it thinned right, and found that Testors thinner and Xylene work quite well. I also don't shake Humbrol cans or any of the old type bottles. I shake thouroughly Vallejo bottles and have a couple of small Stainless bearings in them to help things along. I also use Vallejo thinners with Vallejo paints and have been having quite good results. Have not tried the Vallejo primers yet, but am getting close so we will see how that goes.
I think it did, I started spraying on Sat evening and it was doing well, then work called!
Heavens Eagle
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That is why I have a "warm" room in my house that vents the gasses out the winder.
Oh trust me Paul, the shed is heated at airconditioned. The outside temp was cold but inside not so much.
paddy
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In fairness to Humbrol i think its a case of what you usually spray so what you are used to ?
Humbrol is about as far away from something like MRP as you could get but i get great results from MRP, I know you cant thin it and will need 6 coats to get a cover which would blow the mind of a Humbrol sprayer
... So why spray MRP ? well it has a micro pigment so the finish is like glass which works for some subjects but not others.
Humbrol is about as far away from something like MRP as you could get but i get great results from MRP, I know you cant thin it and will need 6 coats to get a cover which would blow the mind of a Humbrol sprayer
... So why spray MRP ? well it has a micro pigment so the finish is like glass which works for some subjects but not others.
The only reason I sprayed Humbrol to start with is it was the only Dark Earth I had on hand.
Got back in the shed today to mask off the canopy. I decided to do a double mask to get interior and exterior frame work. First a black primer, then the interior color on the inside, exterior on the out.
It's not scratched, I promise. I didn't seal it this time because I was using only acrylics and figure it would wash right off if I screwed up.
It's not scratched, I promise. I didn't seal it this time because I was using only acrylics and figure it would wash right off if I screwed up.
on the headrest and seat, yeah that's some overspray. I'll get it.
Heavens Eagle
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Well I'm in a little trouble. The canopy didn't take the clear coat well, when i stripped it I saw there are in fact some cut lines from masking, really didn't think I cut that deep but there they are. So I used those new sanding sticsk I got which include the glass sanding sticks. Goes all the way up to 7k grit. Then clear coat again, looks like shit.
Would it be blasphemy to put the Malcolm hood on this aircraft?
Would it be blasphemy to put the Malcolm hood on this aircraft?
Fine, I'll just do the Malcolm hood. I've polished clear before, don't know why this one is evading me.
