Really need to get this built as i am way overdue. So i finally sat down at my model desk and stayed there for more than 30 seconds. Giving that progress i grabbed my airbrush and gave the model its RLM 04 (yellow) parts a paint. I used Xtracrylix for this. When i first started using these paints i hated them because i couldn't get the mix right. Since i got some advice on how to use these via the person who developed them, i now seem to have it sussed. I mix them with 50/50 tepid water and they seem to spray on very nicely indeed. I love these paints as their colours are very accurate. Anyway. Here are the first results of the yellow paint applied as a first coat without a primer base (a first for me).
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Looking nice Alan!
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AndrewComment
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Looking good Alan :thumb2:Comment
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Cheers guys. Hoping to get some more done to it in the next week or so.Comment
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Hi Alan
Meant to ask all. Is their paint self priming or is there something else in it that gives it extra 'bite' allowing it to adhere to the plastic without a primer?
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AndrewComment
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No idea Andrew. I've never used a primer with them before unless i'm painting white, red or yellow colours. But this time i thought i'd give it a shot and it worked lovely. Colour is really strong. I painted it on lightly and slowly at around 15psi and saw it was 'sticking' well so carried on. To be honest i'm quite impressed.Comment
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Coming along nicely AlanComment
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Looking good :thumb2:Comment
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A yellow without a base coat, clever stuff.Comment
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Nice job on the yellow Alan.
I must admit to having wondered about the wisdom behind it occasionally though. The Germans worked out complex camouflage schemes to blend their aircraft into the landscape, then put on damn great yellow (or red, or white etc) blotches that must have stood out like sore thumbs...I wonder if it was a hangover from the early days of aerial supremacy?Comment
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