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[Martinnfb]

Blob strikes again. 

[belugawhaleman]

20 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Blob strikes again. 

Oh, I have to see the direction this takes!

[Martinnfb]

 

[belugawhaleman]

2 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

 

Is that Milliput? I bought some to improve the deficiencies of a Dragon

kit ( missing details on a motorbike crankcase) . Never used it. Does it

work well?

[Martinnfb]

Tamiya's putty, milliput can't touch it.

[belugawhaleman]

1 hour ago, Martinnfb said:

Tamiya's putty, milliput can't touch it.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

[mark31]

so far so good i hope this will be the first model to go over the finnish line in 2025

[Martinnfb]

Mk.V seat flare rack.Not great , not terrible 

 

 

[ScottsGT]

Well that was a bust.  
First side I tried it in one piece.  Not only did it wind up with many wrinkles, but when I went to do the other side they didn’t even come close to matching up on the bottom of the cowl. 
As I was applying side one I was telling myself I could have probably done a better job just painting these on after cutting out Tamiya tape as a stencil.  
Guess which route I’m taking now?  
Besides, I did some paint touch up yesterday and 24 hours later the lacquer bubbled with hundreds of tiny bubbles in that area.   Not sure if it was the Micro Set/Sol it the Tamiya decal adhesive with softener in it.  But I do need to sand them out now.  

[BlrwestSiR]

That's a bit annoying there Scott. 

More so with the paint reaction too. I've never of clear lacquer reacting to decal solutions and I've even used Tamiya X-20A as one without paint issues. Let us know if you figure out more. 

[CANicoll]

2 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Well that was a bust.  
First side I tried it in one piece.  Not only did it wind up with many wrinkles, but when I went to do the other side they didn’t even come close to matching up on the bottom of the cowl. 
As I was applying side one I was telling myself I could have probably done a better job just painting these on after cutting out Tamiya tape as a stencil.  
Guess which route I’m taking now?  
Besides, I did some paint touch up yesterday and 24 hours later the lacquer bubbled with hundreds of tiny bubbles in that area.   Not sure if it was the Micro Set/Sol it the Tamiya decal adhesive with softener in it.  But I do need to sand them out now.  

That is a PITA....

[Martinnfb]

Oh, that sucks she was almost done. 

[belugawhaleman]

While packing up my Sherman to take home for painting.....

I decided to start this Tamiya StuG....Got the build Part almost

completed. If all goes to plan, I'll have two finished this week.

 

[belugawhaleman]

On 1/4/2025 at 3:12 PM, ScottsGT said:

Well that was a bust.  
First side I tried it in one piece.  Not only did it wind up with many wrinkles, but when I went to do the other side they didn’t even come close to matching up on the bottom of the cowl. 
As I was applying side one I was telling myself I could have probably done a better job just painting these on after cutting out Tamiya tape as a stencil.  
Guess which route I’m taking now?  
Besides, I did some paint touch up yesterday and 24 hours later the lacquer bubbled with hundreds of tiny bubbles in that area.   Not sure if it was the Micro Set/Sol it the Tamiya decal adhesive with softener in it.  But I do need to sand them out now.  

I had that happen on a Tamiya Valentine I was working on, well something

similar anyway. As I was applying some Decal solvent the decal shifted. The

solvent made it too soft to reposition and everything went to Hell. I know

how frustrating that must have been for you!

[CANicoll]

This arrived the other day but I finally am able to post pictures.  Thanks to @TJTX for this nice 104 with some extra goodies from the Christmas Raffle. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Chris, that should make a great project. The Italeri 104 gets a bad rap but It's not  as bad as some folks say. I've done two so far, one in NMF. It looks like you've got the weak spots covered too. 

Carl

[CANicoll]

Thanks, Carl.  I did one before but without the goodies so this will be a much better build.

[ScottsGT]

2 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

I had that happen on a Tamiya Valentine I was working on, well something

similar anyway. As was applying some Decal solvent the decal shifted. The

solvent made it too soft to reposition and everything went to Hell. I know

how frustrating that must have been for you!

Yea, very!  This morning I took a look at the paint and all the bubbles had smoothed out.  Go figure.  I used my spare set of decals and did a copy on my printer/copier and played around with making a stencil.  I’ll probably be able to paint everything but the actual tigers mouth/teeth and the eyes. I can cut those out of the spare decals I have.  The black outline looks simple using my paint pens.  I played around on a test panel today using them. 

[KevinM]

While the MiniArt P-47 is getting close to a close time to launch another kit the Tamyia F-84 sssheee going to be shiny!I figured out what happened with my Tempest and the F-106 Dart the black base from Alclad would not dry even after a week or more.I have shifted my base to Tamyia XF-18 semi-gloss dries hard and fast if memory serves me right no acrylic clear over lacquer clear it will fracture.

I was looking at the Academy F-4c Col.Olds crate have been collecting different subjects with "SCAT"from WWII to Vietnam kit looked real Nice then I looked at the stencils boxed it back up.....

[KevinM]

The F-84G is moving right along simplicity,perfect fit and a low piece count=Tamyia fir ya.The P-47 had a couple of other pieces added this evening tail wheel area and the pitot tube tomorrow the running lights and the lower wing lens with a touch of paint.The Ta-152 will follow the F-84.

[ScottsGT]

Cut out my “stencil” today.  Did one the other day and I sat on it thinking about it and made a few mods.  
Now I need to remix the yellow/orange since my first attempt is just too orange.