discussion Papa 695s Airfix 1/72 Mustang Lollipoop.

[Guest]

Here’s to hoping you won’t see a ridge along where the silver came off, though.

 

[Guest]

That's what I like to see a real modellers workbench laid out to build models not set up as a showpiece layout. Like your model progress by the way.

 

[papa 695]

Here’s to hoping you won’t see a ridge along where the silver came off, though.

I'm going to scrape off all the silver paint up to the panel lines, so there hopefully shouldn't be any ridges.

 

[papa 695]

Like this
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[Guest]

That should eliminate the problem, yep

 

[papa 695]

Well I think it worked.
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[stillp]

I agree, it worked very well!
Pete

 

[boatman]

HI Ian enjoyin your mustang build so far an I know this a bit of a stupid question but why do you guys spray the model black ? as your answer hopefully will help me on my future builds of my kits . Please remember im fairly new to plastic kits

 

[papa 695]

HI Ian enjoyin your mustang build so far an I know this a bit of a stupid question but why do you guys spray the model black ? as your answer hopefully will help me on my future builds of my kits . Please remember im fairly new to plastic kits

Hi Chris when using Silver or any of the metallic colours it shows up better on a gloss black base.

 

[Guest]

why do you guys spray the model black ?

In this particular case I can see the point of black primer: under metallic paints, it can give the colour more depth.

Priming with black on general principles is, as far as I know, mostly a science-fiction/fantasy wargamer’s thing, and I doubt most of them know why they do this, other than because it’s the norm in that field. (And leads to many, many questions on forums such as, “How do I paint my figures white over a black undercoat? I tried and I need like a dozen coats!” :rolling

 

[papa 695]

There’s also the black basing technique, it’s meant to give you tonal variations in the top colour giving a truer look than pre and post shading.

 

[Guest]

Well you managed a good recovery Ian.
Like the anti spill system with the TET ! Mines jamed into a fancy coffee lid , been there before !
John.

 

[colin m]

Parts of the silver have pulled away

I've had that happen with my last two builds - a touch annoying. The Jet Provost was a pain to fix, the Blenheim, I lost interest in fixing so turned it into an all black night fighter. Lazy, idle - yes...

 

[papa 695]

I've had that happen with my last two builds - a touch annoying. The Jet Provost was a pain to fix, the Blenheim, I lost interest in fixing so turned it into an all black night fighter. Lazy, idle - yes...

Not sure if it's the primer or the fact the plastic was too smooth.

 

[papa 695]

Well I've had to totally strip this one, the paint kept peeling every time I put some masking tape on.
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[Vaughan]

That's a real shame Ian as it was looking really good. Hopefully the next paint will adheres better.

 

[papa 695]

Back to being black.

Going to leave it now for a couple of days, to make sure it's cured properly.

 

[colin m]

Now then, the last two problems I had with paint lifting were both Airfix kits. And now this ? We've both been building for a while, so it's not like were new to this game. I'm certainly not doing anything different.

 

[papa 695]

Now then, the last two problems I had with paint lifting were both Airfix kits. And now this ? We've both been building for a while, so it's not like were new to this game. I'm certainly not doing anything different.

This time I've also given the plastic a slight texture by giving it a little sanding. so we'll see later.

 

[boatman]

HI Ian its a shame to see all that work wasted having to strip the plane as ive never had that problem as I just spray the colour paint I want onto the planes
an ive built a few.But ive never tried what you guys do an that's painting it black afore you put on the top coat an I cannot understand why it should lift

did you use tamyia masking tape ? as ive found that very good an its never lifted my paint off But please rember im new to this panel lineing an wheathering
so ive got a lot to learn