Well, if you want something different... this is an extremely accurate profile:
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Kotare Spitfire
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Who are you and what have you done with our Sharkmouth!
You have a profile that doesn't have teeth?
When am I going to learn to let the chemicals work? @Rhino preaches it all the time!
I'm not going to talk about what I did with the lacquer clear coat and enamel washes...Enamels should go on Acrylic or Acrylic on Enamels! So anyway in my attempt to strip off a layer of screw up I did a little of what I'm describing to @paddy . I took a high count sanding stick with water and was able to scrub down to my primer coat. Which in this case the wrong color for a Spitfire but the effect is the same.
Corrections are coming, I'm not to the point of totally stripping her and starting over. It's like I have to learn this crap everytime I do it!
I was a long time subscriber and contributor to SAFO (Small Air Forces Observer) with a focus on Latin American (Portuguese and Spanish speaking) air forces. It is why we have @Mikkel here! Anyway, it is a rarely modeled Spitfire Mk. Ia which was a combat veteran, a training veteran, then refurbished and passed to Portugal. They also received the more commonly modeled Mark V.Who are you and what have you done with our Sharkmouth!
You have a profile that doesn't have teeth?
We're not to that point yet! I got the colors cleaned up and letting a coat of AlcladII Aqua Gloss cure.
paddy
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I think the problem is the different coats adhere so its very hard to go through one layer and not the next unless you have quite heavy coats., The whole point of the chipping fluid is to create a barrier between coats. I have gone in my case with airbrushing a finish in order to get the MkIX done. Silver is using the principle of dry brushing but using a sponge an dabbing rather than brushing
Heavens Eagle
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That looks really good Paddy! The weathering with colors like silver over colored paint works well since the silver color goes on so thin that it looks like the colored paint has worn down to it, rather than actually trying to wear the paint down
