TheRealMrEd
Airman 1st Class
- 118
- Aug 2, 2017
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Ok .I just got my sand paper and Tamya putty in mail. I decided to sand the entire plane. There are tons of mistakes and way to many coats of paint .As far as the grey .When I'm done sanding as you mentioned I'll spray the entire wings grey then tape areas where I want grey. Paint the plane and remove the tape where the grey is right away .I'm going to start this now I just wanted to check in with you. Also .Should I use any thinner at all while I sand?OK... threa are two ways to fix the model. The first one is to wash off the entire paint and the primer from the model. That's quite time consuming way but IMHO that's the best one. The second way I, would suggest , is to sand the model surfaces slightly with the fine sand paper in order to get it matt and smouth.. I mean the one of 1100-1200 grade to remove all these imperfections on there. If you need to use the putty to fill these gaps at the wing roots that's the moment..It seems you don't need to sand the entire model but the wing tops with the fuselage area with the grey only . When sanding is done the model has to be washed up with a soap and warm water to remove the dust and other crumbs. Then re-apply the grey colour. Instead of the rost olium paints I would suggest the Testors Spary cans. But if you want you may stay with these rust olium ones. The grey should be applied on the wing tops in the way it should cover the all wing surface from the leading edge to the trailing one. When cured you have to mask the grey areas there with the Tamiya tape. Having that done you may re-apply the chrome paint but with really very thin layer.. The masking should be removed carefully as soon as you apply the chrome. The reason the first attempt failed, is the thickness of the coat and the paint itself.
Also .Should I use any thinner at all while I sand?
Should I paint the cawlings grey as well because they have grey on the top edges?
Cool thanks. Ok just did my strip. Going to bed. Lol .Here's picOhhhhhhhhh .I see! Thanks!
Also I would like to ask you about your workbench. What is the pleace where you try to paint your model? Is that a garage, a basement or attic?
Just a question... is there the blue grey paint on the wing tops still not removed or you had to leave it there becuase it was quite difficult to get rid off? Is that the primer?
And one more .. what is the kind of the Tamiya putty you got? Is that in a tube or in a jar? A picture would be nice.