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31 minutes ago, Bomber_County said:

Eduard P38, ZM P51 and PZ IV H……AK Extreme Matt Alu + Xtracolor faded OD + XF2 / XF53 mix for Pz IV interior..

Don't mix 'em up, the kits I mean :D.

Cheers Rob

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10 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Quite a production, amazing 

The booth isn’t ready to use all the time because the table doubles up as my office etc, I like to have a big bash when it’s out……..also the ZM and P38 are basically there just the spraying and finishing…..which I always bugger up……

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13 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

 Very nice Dennis, the Tempest is all muscle……..I struggled with my SH Tempest and then the damn stencils silvered on me……great finish…..

Thank you, yes the Tempest does look formidable, I cheated and used HGW Wet Transfers, worked a treat, only lost two and no silvering.

Cheers

Dennis

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On 7/1/2021 at 8:20 AM, Spitfire said:

Thank you, it was a struggle but worth it in the end.

Cheers

Dennis

I think I've made mine extra hard by swapping some Special Hobby bits into it. We'll see when I get back to it. 

 

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Strings Rob's excellent Ford GT, I've pulled a couple cat kits out of the stash/SoD and thrown some paint at them. 

First up is a Subaru Impreza WRC.

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I had to fix a lot small blemishes in the original paint and redo it. It's come out much better this time. PXL_20210704_172525620.thumb.jpg.cba54e8e8fb1b45cc1b8bddbd049afb5.jpg

That encouraged me to try painting a Tamiya RX-7. The base coat is Tamiya Titanium Gold.

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I've now started putting on layers of Tamiya Clear Red.PXL_20210704_173530580.thumb.jpg.abfc480f4bf9d3204acf8192cbe480ff.jpg

I did this years ago with a 300ZX kit and it turned out great. Then the paint fully cured and spider webbed. Tamiya eventually changed the formula of their clear paints as it started to happen to other modelers.

 

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40 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

First up is a Subaru Impreza WRC.

Great body painting, if only the Ford GT designers would've known that their blue is the same Subaru uses :D.

Cheers Rob

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14 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

That encouraged me to try painting a Tamiya RX-7. The base coat is Tamiya Titanium Gold.

I like the idea of putting tinted clears over a metallic base. Is it difficult to get a consistent tone over the full body, spraying the clear read. I can imagine that even the least bit of different thickness in the clear coat will lead to tonal differences.

Cheers Rob

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4 hours ago, DocRob said:

I like the idea of putting tinted clears over a metallic base. Is it difficult to get a consistent tone over the full body, spraying the clear read. I can imagine that even the least bit of different thickness in the clear coat will lead to tonal differences.

Cheers Rob

Rob you can get streaking and variations in the colour if you're not careful.  This time around I thinned the paint quite a bit and did light coats. This gives you a bit more margin for error. Also use as wide a spray pattern as you can.

The one challenge is that if you make a mistake, you have to start all over again. 

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2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

The one challenge is that if you make a mistake, you have to start all over again. 

And case in point. It looks like I got a bit too heavy on the hood and the paint has pooled a bit. This means I'll have to strip it back and start over. 

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