**** DONE Dornier Do-217 E-4 U5+XN 5.KG 2, Gilze-Rijen, 1942

[vikingBerserker]

- Dwight

Heck of a difference on the paint from your first model to this one H. Nicely done!

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks

 

[Heinz]

Canopy looks good Harrison, keep it up!

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Alex

Just painted the props... hope they dry soon so I can get the little remaining paint of my RLM 70 on and have them done.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

I don't know if you know this trick but I find if you use a soft but pointed wooden stick or clothes pin you can clean up the lines on the canopy without scratching it.

 

[B-17engineer]

Didn't know that! Will try it on the other clear parts! Thanks!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

I think you can find friskit paper in an art supply store. Air brush artists use it frequently to keep their lines crisp on their art work, depending on the effect they want to achieve.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Didn't know that! Will try it on the other clear parts! Thanks!

If you want to see what it would look like after using a wooden stick look at that P-61 I built. I didn't use any tape and I painted it by hand using a small brush.

 

[B-17engineer]

Will take a look thanks!!

 

[B-17engineer]

Got loads of work tonight on Guns, props, etc.

The hub thing that goes over the props has 3 colors... I should've started with the smallest white dot, went to the red and, then the biggest. I need to wait for them to dry before repainting

EDIT: Just wiped them down with a rag soaked in Tamiya thinner.

Will repaint tomorrow morrning.

How do you guys mask spiiner that are circular?

 

[Airframes]

Coming along nicely H. But, you're reaching that dangerous part, where it's nearly finished and you want to see it in all its glory. This is when you'll be tempted to rush the last bits, which = mistakes! Step back, check it all over, and take the last steps steady. Remember how long you spent on the P40, even allowing for the coaching from Wojtek? This one is four times the size and much more complex, so rushing due to enthusiasm can result in four times the mess! Just a thought - I've done it myself - once!

 

[B-17engineer]

hehe I know but these parts except these dam spinners are all one color so I thought I'd get them outta the way. The glass parts, well I am still a beginner

But I have to wait till I get more RLM 70 in the mail.

 

[Wayne Little]

Progress is looking good Harrison!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

I looked at the beginning picture you posted to get an idea on what the spinners are suppose to look like. I only saw two colors, red and I think a yellow is that right? If the colors on the spinner are a kind of bullseye pattern I have a suggestion. In art painting you paint from back to front or farthest to nearest. In the case of the spinner, if I was going to make it look like that picture you posted, I would paint the entire spinner in the largest color first and give it time to dry throughly. In this case it looked like it was red. The next color looks like a dot on the tip of the spinner. There are a couple ways you can achieve this. One is to carefully just make a dot on the end with a very small brush. The other is to use something like a stiple brush or sponge. This is a brush that is round and has a flat tip. Load this brush up with paint and spin the brush so that the paint is applied the desired size of the dot you wish to create. Of course there is always the Ally Oop method. Attach the spinner to a drill and apply paint while its spinning.

 

[Crimea_River]

Masking spinners and other tapered pieces: Best to start painting at the pointy end and working toward the thicker areas. Take your tamiya tape and cut it lengthwise into thin strips ~ 1/16 inches and carefully apply it to form the edge you want to paint. The other edge won't stick down well because of the smaller diameter but that's ok as long as you get a nice straight line where you want the demarcation to be. Apply more thin strips or small pieces around the part you want to cover then paint the next section - and so on.

Another technique I have not tried is to paint the entire spinner with the colour applied to the largest diameter area and then dip the spinner holding it perfectly horizontal into a shallow cup of paint to achieve the other colours. The disadvantage of this method is that you would have to hold the spinner perfectly horizontal (difficult) and also the paint drip on the end will need to be brushed off so as not to dry as a thick blob that will distort the shape of the spinner.

 

[Crimea_River]

Oops - overlapped with post above. That's another method you could try.

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks guys!!

There are three colors actually NFN White at the tip, red, and then black farther down.

Will try those

 

[Airframes]

There is another way, but it can be tricky to prepare accurately. As already mentioned, paint the entire spinner one colour, the one which will finally be at the rear of the spinner. When dry, punch or cut round holes in thin but stiff card, to the diameter required where the line edges are, and fit the rear one first. Then paint the next colour. When this is dry, use the next (smaller) template mask, and repeat the exercise. If the final colour is just a 'spot' on the very tip, then freehand painting is best.
As you can imagine, the difficult part is getting the holes to the correct shape and size, which is much easier if you have one of those multi-headed punches used in the fabrics trades. But once in position, the masks will fit tight and work well.

 

[B-17engineer]

Ohh I just painted the whole spinner white.... since that is the toughest, smallest color, the when dry will paint the red, then when that dries will paint black.

Thanks

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

...As you can imagine, the difficult part is getting the holes to the correct shape and size, which is much easier if you have one of those multi-headed punches used in the fabrics trades. But once in position, the masks will fit tight and work well.

I like that idea, you could use one of those drill bit gauges. The one with lots of different sized holes to calculate what size drill bit you need.