Airfix 1/72nd Westland Sea King HC.4

[Mark1]

The tape could have been a problem if its very tacky, i lot of people love tamiya tape but i think the adhesive is to thick myself and personally am not a big fan of it,ive started using mr hobby low adhesive tape as well as there standard tape, but sticking and pulling it off the back of your hand a few times will remove some of the tackiness,i also use some automotive masking tape which is very low tack and has a very thin adhesive layer, not halfords or b@q stuff.

Was considering trying to hand paint over the ruined bits, but I doubt that would work very well.

[Mark1]

Just a suggestion but maybe get a couple of the cheapy airfix starter kits just to use as airbrush practice, it takes a while to get it sussed out, my first few experiences with an ab nearly made me bin everything model related ,glad i didnt cos i got there in the end thats not to say i dont still make plenty of cock ups, we all do from time to time.

Took the rest of the masking tape off and.. just awful and I'm feeling quite sorry for myself right now, I feel useless.

[Mark1]

Thats a shame, i would sand it back with some wet and dry and then maybe forget the camo and paint it in the olive.

DISASTER!!!

I've just started taking off the masking and, well I never expected it to be perfect or great with this being my first go at camo, but I'm utterly gutted.
it's taking off chunks of the white paint down to the primer!! I'm not sure I can deal with taking it all off.. just, damn. This is a hard blow.

Two images coming, first how it looked after the last coat of olive drab and then how it looks with just two pieces of masking tape removed.

I'm not sure where I can go from this, I'm so angry at myself, so annoyed. dammit

Just out of interest: what paint are you using and was the humidity high yesterday?

I'm using Vallejo acrylics thinned with their thinners and a touch of flow improver.
as for the humidity, I'm embarrassed to say I have no idea, I'm in the UK and yesterday was cold, miserable and gloomy.

I've just given it one more very light coat. I think this should do me. However, I'm utterly terrified of peeling off the masking tape and seeing what horrible mess I've made of this first ever camo job. haha I'm going to give it 4-5 hours to dry properly before even touching it though.

[Flip]

Just out of interest: what paint are you using and was the humidity high yesterday?

I think I may need some help here. Yesterday I gave the masking two light coats of white to hopefully stop any bleed from the green.
This morning I give it a coat of olive drab, this evening I gave it another coat and when I'd just sprayed it, it looked fine.

few hours later and I just go to look at it and the paint has gone patchy. I've no idea why or how. it wasn't patchy when I sprayed it, I'm sure of it.
No images now as it's dark and the light in my painting room is poor in the evening.

I may have to give it another coat tomorrow but I'm quite baffled why its gone patchy as it dried. any ideas?

Edit:- I just checked again this morning and it's really no where near as bad as I thought, I guess the lighting last night threw me. It is a little patchy in 2-3 areas but it's only a small difference. I'm guessing one more light coat will do the job. - I guess the important lesson here is that lighting is very important.

[Flip]

Yep, does look good. Eagerly awaiting the next photos :smiling3:

[Waspie]

Well, I'm going for it. I figure if I don't try camo at some point I'll never do it. So, I've been working on masking the model.
Looking at the box it's like tiger stripe camo so I'm doing as good as I can.

Thanks also to Stillp for that great idea of doing a light coat of the white over the masking before I do green. I would never have thought of that!

Here we are so far.
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Looking good Steve.

Well, I'm going for it. I figure if I don't try camo at some point I'll never do it. So, I've been working on masking the model.
Looking at the box it's like tiger stripe camo so I'm doing as good as I can.

Thanks also to Stillp for that great idea of doing a light coat of the white over the masking before I do green. I would never have thought of that!

Here we are so far.

[boatman]

NICE WORK on that seaking lookin good an yes please finish this steve before you jump onto another build
chrisb

I've just done a base coat of white and it's just about okay. Had problems with the airbrush but it was only the 3rd time I've never used one, so I'm still trying to get to grips with it. I seem to either have it spraying too much or barely at all. Need more practice I think and maybe the psi is wrong. I'll learn ....slowly

I did consider hand painting it as it seems to be a good option for me but then I realised the first coat would be fine but later coats, I'd probably have trouble covering up to the edges without going over.

anyway, here's where I am right now. (quite frankly, I'm aching to start on another kit.. but won't until this is done)

You could hand-paint the camouflage? No masking, I mean. Draw the camouflage shapes onto the model with a pencil first, then just colour inside the lines.