BlrwestSiR Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Martin, that's not a bad idea. Let me see how that turns out. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Carl Looking so good and nice progress and then; ouch. Somehow on so many of the work in progress builds of late, Murphy has joined the show. Sorry to see how badly the tape glue adhered to the tail and now is an issue and has to be removed the hard way and then a redo in restoring the NMF. Fingers crossed martin's suggestions works like a charm 🤞 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 So Plan B is a fail. After getting rid of the tape residue, I decided to switch to Mr Color for the dark steel panels. The paint is fairly sturdy and sticks well. So I sanded the tail section smooth, but left the black primer in place to give it that mottling look Martin suggested. Well it seems very thinned Mr Color does not like an enamel base. I've now got a rolled steel sort of look to the panels I sprayed. Seeing what was happening, I didn't even bother to make the cost solid. Here's a close up of the texture I'm encountering. So onto Plan C which is: - strip the tail back to bare plastic -paint the grey panel - mask, and paint the steel ones - finally put the primer and silver over top. Hopefully that works. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Carl At least you tried and plan C is where I normally wind up when there are any issues at the stage of the game 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Thanks Peter. I initiated Plan C and stripped the paint off the tail. I then sprayed TruColor Titanium on the relevant panels on the rear fuselage. These were masked off and I sprayed Mr Color Previous Silver (that's what it's called). This time things worked out. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Looking good Carl. Just wonder how that colour differs from Current Silver and Future Silver? 🤪 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 3 hours ago, GusMac said: Looking good Carl. Just wonder how that colour differs from Current Silver and Future Silver? 🤪 I haven't seen the Future silver but have the current one (just called silver) and it's much glossier. 😄 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Carl Yup, the redo looks spot on the money - nice going for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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