<> **** DONE: 1/48 F4U-7 (BuNo. 33710) - WW1 / WW2 over Water.

[fubar57]

Thanks for popping in guys.

Good stuff Geo. Those sprue attachments must have been a real pain.

Terry, even after I clipped all the attachment points it was still so tight the engine parts wouldn't release and I didn't want to force it for fear a breaking the part. I had to use a small set of side cutters to cut a chunck of sprue near an attachment point and then it popped out

 

[Robert Porter]

Looking great! I think your self mixed color is fine! Getting parts off sprue is either easy peese or ridiculously painful does not seem to be an in between! Enjoy work! Be safe!

 

[Crimea_River]

Have a good week Geo. Odd about the lacquer thinner. It's my go-to product for cleaning my brush and I never had an issue. It dissolves all paints that I have ever used, even when dry.

 

[Robert Porter]

Same here, I use good old hardware store lacquer. I have seen polyurethane paints do that but adding more lacquer always resolved it.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far George!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks guys, internet finally back up. I've had that tin of thinner forever so maybe its off. Is there are particular brand that is better? I tried checking around on my phone last night during breaks but everyone has there own favorite between lacquer thinner, turpentine and white spirits which I thought were one and the same but I found out that turpentine is made from trees. Any thoughts on this would be gratefully appreciated as I do not want to go through that again

 

[Airframes]

Turpentine, and its subsitutes, are basically the same as White Spirit, and the same stuff used by artists who paint with oils - if they don't use Linseed oil-based formulas.
A lacquer thinner however, can be anything between cellulose (not a good thing for plastic), and petroleum spirit, to a very 'harsh' version of Turps.

 

[Crimea_River]

Geo I get generic one at Home Depot. About 18 bucks a gallon.

 

[Robert Porter]

I also buy the generic one specifically labelled "Lacquer Thinner" at the hardware store. In large doses it can harm plastic but I have yet to experience even the slightest damage using it as a thinner/cleaner. In fact I often dampen a cotton ball with it and use it to wipe fingerprints off the plastic before painting etc.

 

[Wayne Little]

Gonna have some fun there mate..!

 

[fubar57]

Thank so for the input gents. Doing a bit of research and noticed there is an odourless version. Is this as good? Right now I'm involved in a shovel move which means I move at 1.5k/ph or I'm stopped. Estimated time of finish, midnight. Gonna be a long night.......

 

[Robert Porter]

Have not used it but a review I recently watched said all the "Green" or odorless ones do not work as well, and for airbrushes the prognosis was even worse in terms of causing gum ups.

 

[fubar57]

Just the info I need, thanks Robert. I'll use the regular stuff sparingly during the winter and then move it outdoors in the summer as I want to try spraying some enamel for the first time. 1.5 hours into the move and I've travelled about 300 meters......

 

[Crimea_River]

Texting while driving eh?

 

[fubar57]

I have moved 0 feet since my last post and not expected to move for another hour . Stupid shovel moves

 

[Robert Porter]

Dang! How well do the cabin heaters work in your office?

 

[Crimea_River]

Don't bother him. He's watching the road.

 

[fubar57]

Actually, I'm watching the other grader work

Still haven't turned a wheel and I'm outta lunch now

 

[Wayne Little]

You must be getting tired form that intense concentration George...

 

[fubar57]

It's over Wayne. Started walking the shovel at midnight and released from duties 45 minutes later

....back to real work; still outta lunch though