Yesterday, I made sure that the paint and brushes I had were still good, and dug the tool box out of the back room. Went shopping, refreshed paint supply, tape, model filler, glue, cement, and beer. I was feeling cocky so I bought a beer that was new, and I hadn't tried before (this I'm sure becomes important later and the cause of all my problems). I was ready!
Tonight, laid out my tools on the table, open the kit, and made the previous post. I start to clip the cockpit pieces away from the sprue...clip, file, sand...clip, sand.. I started thinking about the cockpit details, wondering if I still had a steady hand to hit the details. Open the first bottle of beer... and it's disappointing really not good, but it's cold and paid for so away I went.
I really was feeling good and though it's been years since I've built airplanes, I've had plenty of experience building models for war gaming. So it's all coming back. I tinkered over my paints, took a break and went looking online for some color instrument photos, found something that would work. Open the dark grey..and stopped... I had forgotten something, something important I was sure.. I applied a few strokes to a bit of sprue tree, drank more beer. While waiting my test spot to dry, I removed the fuselage from the sprue. ..clip, clip..file, file, sand, sand, sand.... took a look at my test paint spot, and wondered why it looked thin, and a bit runny. I promptly drank another swallow of beer, and decided it's really almost not worth drinking.
Primer, I forgot Primer!!!!
I should really know better. Sadly, I hadn't bought primer.
I did have some left over that was used for painting the gaming mini's. It's a GW White Primer used on plastic models. It still sounds good, I'll do a test spray on a box on Saturday. Before I even try it on the Ju-87. I need to know if the nozzle is bad, and if it's not separated. Using white might seem a bit odd, but it would work in a thin coat.
Any thoughts? Suggestions?
I didn't take any pics, seeing that I didn't make much progress. If I get it primed, I'll start post some pics.
Cheers!