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Very nice build there John. I've got my own Shelf of Doom project on the bench at the moment so I can definitely appreciate the sense of satisfaction of getting them done. Maybe a Corsair for your next build? Carl

Ok, red is on. Now to let it dry and see what I have.

I know! That's why it's back. I've started a WiP if you want to see the gory details. Carl

Here's one that tried to bum a ride in our car a few years ago.

Rob, so far just metallic silver. I might be a bit late on trying a test first though: That being said, when I had to reposition some of the tape, there wasn't any paint lifting or other issue. So fingers crossed it works out.

Harv, my understanding is it's an acrylic lacquer. So it's smells stronger than Tamiya acrylics but maybe not as strong as Mr Color does. It dries pretty quick .The LHS said to thin it with Mr Leveling Thinner so that's what I've been using. Definitely not a water soluble paint.

Works for me. Carl

Thanks Rob! I'm really happy with the paint. It's nice and opaque and seems fairly tough. The LHS said you can mask over it without any issues. I guess I'll find out soon enough. As for the Mossie, I didn't really have a choice. The first try ended up way too dark and uniform. I painted it the same way the actual aircraft was. They sprayed a thin coat of dark sea grey over the original Ocean Grey/Dark Green camo. The second attempt pulled off exactly the look I wanted.

Perhaps something with a squirrel in it?

Okay I finished the silver for the fuselage. Now to mask off and do the dayglow panels. I think it'll work much better this way.

I tried the primer trick once before on my Seafire 47 (another slightly abandoned project) and it worked well enough there. It works well to replace the raised panels I had sanded off. As for the stripping, it was best done outside as the smell of the lacquer thinner would be overpowering. Thankfully Tamiya lacquer thinner is cool enough it won't melt plastic. I've even used it to strip and repaint canopies.

Ok, I spent the early evening fixing the putty work. This mostly involved spraying some Mr Surfacer onto the wing root areas to recreate the slightly raised panels Then once that dries, I sprayed some silver. I'm using Tru-Color Metallic Silver. So far it's been spraying really great. Not as smelly as Mr Color. No black base coat as per what my LHS said using the paint. Just straight onto the plastic.

Thanks Harv. Should be interesting. Hopefully this time I can finish it. Isn't that the truth. I had to strip my Mossie when the top coat ended up too opaque. It came out much better the second time around. Which is what I hope happens here.

It's a good thing I didn't use the vacuum.

So I dug this out form the shelf on a whim. Basically I had gotten the hard part of the build out of the way and due to a bad paint job, gave up. This was my first try at a NMF and it may have been a bit ambitious. For a better assessment, I dusted it off. I guess I shouldn't have used a cloth soaked in lacquer thinner. It actually took a fair bit of scrubbing to get it back to bare plastic. I tried a quick sanding at first. After a couple quick swipes, I went outside armed with Tamiya lacquer thinner, some paper towels and cotton buds. The putty work needs some touch up and then I'll start on a second try at the paint job . Carl

Thanks Harv! I used Alclad but can't recall the specific shades. There's a number of issues with the coverage and I couldn't at the time think of an easy solution.

Found something buried. The paint job went pear shaped so back into the box it went I don't know how many years ago. Time to fix it and get it done me thinks.

Supposedly HpH has a 1/32 B-58 in the works.

Yes! Or better yet, a CF-105.

That's ZM with the F-4 in 1/48. HK has yet to do anything in a different scale from 1/32. Maybe a Grand Slam Lanc?

So Purdy. Makes you want to take her home and introduce her to your parents. Carl

Thanks Phil! I thought it was a bit overdone but looking at photos they were that dusty. Thanks Kev!

I'll take the black one ...

That's the way my bench looks normally.

Ok, I added some more weathering and finished the stowage bits so she's all done. I might try doing some crew figures up in a bit. We'll see.