
K-nadian
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I'm looking forward to watching this build, ALF. Thanks for your service too!
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Hey guys/gals Any modelers on the forum into Battlefield 3 for PC? Look me up to play... Same screen name! Happy hunting! K
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Wonderful! Thanks, ill give it a shot!
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Roger, thanks mawz. I too am going with the FS36327 over FS36375 scheme. I have a really newbie question, but you might be able to help me out. On the landing gear doors there is a red trim painted along the edge... would you mask and spray that? Or just hand paint it? I dont trust my hand painting skills enough to make a crisp line. Advice?
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Just awesome! Looks great, I am actually ever so slowly building this same kit, but im a newbie so there are no aftermarket decals and parts.. going with w/e i find in-box. Just wondering why you chose those colours rather than the light gray and medium gray?
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Thanks gents. I will keep an eye on your build as well Chuck, I've learned more than a thing or two flipping through your previous builds. Keep you posted about the windex coat. Thanks
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Also, Chuck, serious question, am I staring at your build in your sig, or is that an actual bird? I would not be surprised if that's your work. Your CF-18 is a thread I often reference!
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Thanks for those tips Chuck! I'll test them out tomorrow. I actually had the same follow up question as blunce, so thanks for clearing that up both of you. Must I re-apply a coat of future after windexing? or should that do the trick on its own? If I could get a high enough res picture I'd post a pic of what it looks like, but again the texture is so fine I dont beleive it would show on my cam. Anyone got a photo of a recently Futured surface ready for decals?
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Okay just an update... im pretty certain now that my future coat is going on slightly pebbley and its not just the paintjob. Its not highly noticeable... in fact I can only really notice it when i run my finger over it that it is not perfectly smooth... rather its surface is stippled. Again, hardly noticeable by the eye, but I can feel it and its not glossy smooth. Worried this will ruin my decal work... What am I doing wrong? Ive tried spraying at 15-20psi, just wetting the surface enough to stop before runs happen. thanks!
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Devilleader501, someone else might be able to articulate "silvering" better than me, but I would describe it as that white-silvery look around the clear portions of decals (happens after some time)as a result of it not being applied to a smooth glossy surface. dmk, I have very little experience with future, and MOST of the feedback has been leaning toward thinning. I tried applying it months ago unthinned and I had a difficult time keeping it from pooling and going on too heavy in spots. Ill admit, I cant be certain it wasnt due to my technique. bugs, ill try out your method but how do you k
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Hey thanks again for your comments, I just sprayed on some future that I thinned very slightly with windex.. about 10% as chuck noted. I had an easy time with it, but I think i put my coat on rather thin for fear of putting it on too thick and getting a runny mess in places. Im practicing on an old F-117 that Im simply trying to salvage as it was something I built when I was much younger and even MORE inexperienced than I currently am haha. My intent is to put some custom made decals on it (which Ive never done before) and I guess I wanna ask just how do you know when your future coat is go
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Hey thanks for all of your replies. I would have thought the consensus was no need to thin it... but I get the impression most of you do. I have the same question as Devilleader... my windex is blue... should I avoid using that? As far as masking, does the future make the tape edges all soggy and make a mess of my edges? Thanks
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Hello builders, I will be spraying future for the first time and I was hoping you could direct me to some good info for a begginer. I was curious about pressure, thinning, whether or not I should only shoot small sections or just cover large areas... any help would be wonderful. I should also mention I read through "The complete future" guide.. but didnt get much about spraying from it. Thanks in advance!
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Thanks you guys. Yeah I'll put in the extra effort and future the whole thing. Future is cheap anyways.
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Hello ARC community! Just a quick question. I have an old B-52 I made way back when I was younger and had no experience with decals. They've all since silvered (I applied them to a flat coat, live and learn ) and I'm working on refurbishing the model. I've scratched the silvered ones off and made new ones. Here's my question: Given the large size of the model, I dont want to coat the WHOLE bird in future, decal it, then have to flat coat the WHOLE thing again if I can get away with only applying future to the limited areas I will be applying decals, then flat coating the whole thing. Can I