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Benevolens Magister
PHEW !
It looks like it's on the way to recovery.
The window cleaner didn't seem to make much difference, hardly moving the Future/Flat Base top coat, and having no effect whatsoever on the underlying neat Future gloss coat. It did 'loosen' some of the thinner, patchy areas of the matt coat though, allowing me to scrape off the residue, and it also lifted one stencil decal on the starboard side, and the serial number decals on the port fin.
After washing the model, I did a test on the engine cowling, and brushed on Tamiya gloss clear. This seemed to dry as well as could be expected over the patchy and uneven surface, so further tests were made, until finally, all areas of Olive Drab were re-coated, returning the finish to a more even appearance, and eliminating the paler, greyish tinge.
I'll now leave this overnight, before replacing the individual serial number decals, which will then be sealed with the Tamiya varnish and, when fully dry, the model will then receive a coat of the Tamiya Flat Clear (Not Flat Base), thinned and applied with the airbrush. Hopefully, this will cure things, and allow me to proceed from the point where things went t*ts up, although I don't expect to have a pristine surface finish, as it would have been had things not gone wrong with the Future/Flat Base.
All being well, I hope to have a further up-date some time tomorrow.
It looks like it's on the way to recovery.
The window cleaner didn't seem to make much difference, hardly moving the Future/Flat Base top coat, and having no effect whatsoever on the underlying neat Future gloss coat. It did 'loosen' some of the thinner, patchy areas of the matt coat though, allowing me to scrape off the residue, and it also lifted one stencil decal on the starboard side, and the serial number decals on the port fin.
After washing the model, I did a test on the engine cowling, and brushed on Tamiya gloss clear. This seemed to dry as well as could be expected over the patchy and uneven surface, so further tests were made, until finally, all areas of Olive Drab were re-coated, returning the finish to a more even appearance, and eliminating the paler, greyish tinge.
I'll now leave this overnight, before replacing the individual serial number decals, which will then be sealed with the Tamiya varnish and, when fully dry, the model will then receive a coat of the Tamiya Flat Clear (Not Flat Base), thinned and applied with the airbrush. Hopefully, this will cure things, and allow me to proceed from the point where things went t*ts up, although I don't expect to have a pristine surface finish, as it would have been had things not gone wrong with the Future/Flat Base.
All being well, I hope to have a further up-date some time tomorrow.