waterman

By any chance, are you using Humbrol 30? That olive color looks exactly like the color I used on a plane. Another possibility is that olive could be a bad batch of paint. I had a similar experience using Humbrol 30, except I was airbrushing it. No matter how much I sprayed, I could not get the color to lay down in a uniform coat. I kept getting a streakyy/blotchy appearance. As soon as the paint hit the surface, it would appear as a lighter shade (exactly like the brush strokes in your photo)...it was like I was spraying a solvent. When I mentioned my experience on another forum, I hear

No, none of the needles maintained contact with side of the nozzle during their full length of travel. When I pull the trigger back very slightly to retract the needle just a tiny bit (where you can start to see a gap between the needle and nozzle opening), the side of the needle does make contact with nozzle...this is the point where the needle begins its taper. As I continue retract needle further into the nozzle, the needle stops touching the nozzle. If your needle maintains contact with the side of your nozzle throughout the entire length of its travel, you have a problem.

I looked at the tips of 4 airbrushes...H&S Infinity and 3 Iwatas. One of the Iwata is a brand new CM-SB which was returned to Iwata for shipping damaged. Iwata repaired, inspected and tested the airbrush, which has not been used by anyone other than Iwata. Viewing the tips of the 4 airbrushes through a jewelers loupe, none of the needles are perfectly aligned/centered with their nozzles. Retracting each needle from its nozzle, the gap around each needle does not remain consistent throughout. Eventually, the needles all start to favor one side of the nozzle, so that one side of the need

Anyone willing to sell the pilot in their 1/48 Bf 109F-2 kit, please PM me. Thanks! Carl

Bump. Still in need of an insignia cecal for my wing.

Thanks for responding. Tried to PM you, but I got a message saying you cannot receive any new private messages.

I screwed up the insignia decal on the wing of my 1/48 Hasegawa Bf 109F-2. Anybody have a spare Hasegawa sheet to sell (or if anyone has a sheet with the missing wing insignia in the photo)?

Have a canopy coming. Thanks to Bullymog!

The only pic I could find was a side profile of an Avenger flying, where I could barely make out the gun sight (http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album/showfull.php?photo=21739). Thanks for the description! I think I got a better understanding of the part now.

The gun sight provided in the Accurate Miniatures kit is a clear piece. Not sure what part of the piece is supposed to remain clear. Tried searching the internet for a photo, but can't seem to find one. Does anyone have a link to a photo of the gun sight? Thanks!

Sounds like good advice! Is there a particular brand of enamel that you use or would recommend? Thanks!

I want to achieve the blotchy faded look that aircraft have from being at sea. The tutorials start by saying to spray a gloss coat before applying water and salt... If additional layers of colors are added, they all say to repeat the water / salt process again. My question is whether I should also be repeating the gloss (Future) coat step again? Logic tells me yes, but the tutorials aren't very clear on this. Do you always spray a gloss coat each time, before applying water and salt?

WOW! Just AWESOME!!!

Eager to see this all painted up too! Seeing how well you paint, it's going to be one fine gem!