Pete's Vampire T11

[Waspie]

This might be a write-off.:anguished:
Fairy Power spray has no effect at all. Meths had some effect but very slow and needed a lot of scrubbing. Vallejo airbrush cleaner seemed better but again needed scrubbing. Since that worked, how about another airbrush cleaner? Spraycraft worked instantly... buy attacked the plastic underneath! Leaving it to dry now, and I'll try to sand it later but if it's gone too far the kit'll go in the bin. Along with the Stynylrez. :angry:
Pete

If you build Dio's, perhaps you could use it as a crashed exhibit and paint it as if it had crashed and burned!Underside could be buried in grass/sand whatever and the canopy off and seat out, (jettisoned). Just a suggestion to avoid totally scrapping your work!!

[stillp]

Nice idea Doug thanks, but I don't do dios. I don't know why, they always fascinate me, but I just have no desire to make my own.

Pete

[yak face]

What a shame , it was looking great pete. Hope you can sort it . Cheers tony

[Gern]

You mentioned your problems at the show yesterday Pete. It looks a lot worse than you talked about! I wouldn't put so much effort into repairing the damage except to find solutions to the problem so you know what to do should it happen again.

I don't know why you didn't just buy one of the 20-30 replacement kits we showed you at the show though. There's just no helping some folks! :smiling3:

[stillp]

Yes, it's good to have friends Dave. Was it only 20 - 30 Vampires you all pointed out to me though, it seemed like more?

My Vampire looks a lot better now though, with the effects of the Spraycraft cleaner sanded, and the Stynylrez stripped with meths and about 30 cotton buds of various shapes.
Gave a lot of thought to what might have caused the problem. Stynylrez is used by a lot of people without trouble, and indeed I've used it before, although I've only used this particular bottle by brushing. I always leave a little IPA in my airbrush between sessions, and Stynylrez definitely doesn't like IPA, so although I thought I'd blown it all out, there might have been a very small amount left. Perhaps a more likely cause though is that I used an alcohol wipe to go over the model. These wipes were given to me by a supplier of industrial adhesives (think gluing 1:1 cars together) and are said to contain only 99,9% pure IPA, but the other 0,1% isn't specified.
I think I'll use Mr Surfacer on the Vampire and maybe try the Stynylrez on an old sprue before I risk it on a model again. I certainly won't use Spraycraft airbrush cleaner on a model again though, it seemed to have the same effect as if I'd spilled TET on the model.

Pete

[Gern]

Yes, it's good to have friends Dave. Was it only 20 - 30 Vampires you all pointed out to me though, it seemed like more?

My Vampire looks a lot better now though, with the effects of the Spraycraft cleaner sanded, and the Stynylrez stripped with meths and about 30 cotton buds of various shapes.
Gave a lot of thought to what might have caused the problem. Stynylrez is used by a lot of people without trouble, and indeed I've used it before, although I've only used this particular bottle by brushing. I always leave a little IPA in my airbrush between sessions, and Stynylrez definitely doesn't like IPA, so although I thought I'd blown it all out, there might have been a very small amount left. Perhaps a more likely cause though is that I used an alcohol wipe to go over the model. These wipes were given to me by a supplier of industrial adhesives (think gluing 1:1 cars together) and are said to contain only 99,9% pure IPA, but the other 0,1% isn't specified.
I think I'll use Mr Surfacer on the Vampire and maybe try the Stynylrez on an old sprue before I risk it on a model again. I certainly won't use Spraycraft airbrush cleaner on a model again though, it seemed to have the same effect as if I'd spilled TET on the model.

Pete

Onwards and upwards then Pete! Looking forward to the finished kit.

[stillp]

Looking a lot better after stripping the stynylrez and a coat of Mr Surfacer 1200.
Unfortunately scrubbing off the crazed stynylrez with meths and cotton buds also removed some of the filler on the seams, so they need a bit more work. It'll come out OK though I think.
Pete

[Allen Dewire]

Great to see you didn't give up on her, Pete!!! You'll win the fight in the end for sure...If not, just nick Tony's kit when he's not looking!!!

Prost
Allen

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Peter
Great progress on the Vampire and the little set back is you’ve had is very close to being remedied (with your perseverance). The kit looks like a good one to my eyes and the work you’ve done in the office is definitely worth the effort. I’d say your mojo is well and truly back!
Looking forward to the progress
Cheers, P

[Guest]

Agree with Paul , good recovery . Unlike Tim thought ab cleaner, I used some to clean off paint from figures and was impressed .Glad it's back on the go .

[stillp]

Well John the Spraycraft AB cleaner certainly worked - pity it dissolved the plastic as well! It was like Tamiya Extra Thin in a spraycan!
Pete

[Guest]

Well John the Spraycraft AB cleaner certainly worked - pity it dissolved the plastic as well! It was like Tamiya Extra Thin in a spraycan!
Pete

My God , heavens knows what it does to seals then Pete.
I use VMS , seems a little more gentle!

[papa 695]

Nice to see you fixed this one Pete.

[Tim Marlow]

Well John the Spraycraft AB cleaner certainly worked - pity it dissolved the plastic as well! It was like Tamiya Extra Thin in a spraycan!
Pete

To be fair, I did say Vallejo airbrush cleaner……that stuff sounds like cellulose thinners, which will take off the paint and then start on the plastic….glad you sorted it though. It was too good to bin.

[stillp]

To be fair, I did say Vallejo airbrush cleaner……that stuff sounds like cellulose thinners, which will take off the paint and then start on the plastic….glad you sorted it though. It was too good to bin.

You did indeed Tim; Vallejo cleaner seemed to be having some effect, but very slowly, so I tried the mildest of my other AB cleaners, the Spraycraft, which is milder than either Mr Tool CLeaner or Liquid Reamer. It doesn't have the distinctive smell of cellulose thinners.
Just looked up the Safety Data Sheet and it seems to be based on acetone and xylene, so I'm not surprised it dissolves polystyrene! Filed under "Things I wish I'd known"...
Pete

Edit: Vallejo a/b cleaner contains 3-butoxyethanol.