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    Great stuff for painting wing tip or clearance lights.

    in Tools 'n' Tips

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    For really vibrant realistic looking wing tip lights try Delta glass paint. It's used for making stained glass windows so its translucent. All you have to do is put down a base silver color then a blob of the Delta after the silver is dry. Goes on looking awful but when it dries...taa daa perfect lights. Oh..and it's water based so clean up is easy.

    You can find it in most craft stores.

    Rob

    Things I Learned Today

    in Tools 'n' Tips

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    As I said early, one is an alcohol based and the other a water based. The result is a completely clogged air brush that will take forever to clean. I hope that you took it completely apart, and cleaned each piece with Lacquer Thinner. Then after re-assembly, shoot Lacquer thinner though it to make sure it sprays correctly and smoothly.

    Joel

    Wish I had read your post before mixing the two paints together.

    And yes, I completely stripped the air brush and cleaned everything out. It works fine now.

    I did learn an important lesson, I'm never going to try to mix different brands again.

    Things I Learned Today

    in Tools 'n' Tips

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    Can anyone guess what happened when I mixed Model Master acrylic with some Tamiya acrylic, then tried to spray it?

    Nothing I like better than spend what seemed like forever trying to get the glorp out of my air brush. Oh well....live and learn.

    Recomendations for a good MIG 15 kit?

    in Jet Modeling

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    Hi yall

    Looking for a good MIG 15 kit in 1/48 scale. I've been reading reviews of different kits and if I'm to believe the reviews....there aren't any decent half way accurate MIG 15 kits out there. Could that be true, or do you suppose the reviewers are just overly critical?

    thanks

    Rob

    Painting Spitfire IX ?

    in Props

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    One of my problems is that most of the photos I've seen of the original (not modern restorations) are so fuzzy and indistinct that it's hard to tell if there is a hard or soft edge on the camo.

    I prefer the look of a soft edge but I want to paint the camo like the real thing.

    Anyone have a link to good quality WWII photos of the spit?

    Eduard kits?

    in Props

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    I have Eduard's new 1/48 scale Spitfire right in front of me. Detail is amazing, with nothing overdone or heavy handed. Dry fitting some seems pretty good. Looking forward to building the kit.

    Joel

    I had to laugh because I fiddled around putting in a lot of the little details in the cockpit area which you cant see when you close it up. But.......I know they're there.

    Eduard kits?

    in Props

    Posted

    Well, I went out and bought the Eduard Spitfire IX. Just started the build, everything so far seems to fit well (with a few exceptions), and the detail is amazing. I did have some problems when I assembled the fuselage to the wing sections. The space for the fuselage was too narrow, and forcing the two together caused the wing dihedral to come out almost flat instead of the way it's supposed to be. I guess that's why they invented hobby knives and files.

    Painting Spitfire IX ?

    in Props

    Posted

    Hi yall

    Question on painting camo on a Spit. Should I use hard or soft edges between the camo colors? I've seen models in the gallery here done both ways.

    Also, from viewing photos , the paint looks like it's slightly glossy instead of flat.

    Thanks for any advice.

    Eduard kits?

    in Props

    Posted

    Could anyone give me some feedback on Eduard kits? I'd like opinions from anyone who's biult one. They look pretty nice on the computer monitor but I haven't seen one in person. I saw a 1/48 Spitfire IX which was interesting, came with PE, masks and a bunch of decal options.

    Thanks

    Corsair landing gear color??

    in Props

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    I've been doing some research on the landing gear colors for a F4U-1 Corsair. The photos are pretty unclear as to what the color is.

    Some seem to be the same color as the underside paint or even white, others look like steel.

    Any suggestions?

    Excess weathering

    in Props

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    I find about 98% of models to be over-weathered (regardless of where the real thing was based), and especially over-chipped. Yes, paint does chip off of airplanes. But it doesn't chip off in nice even little flakes all over every panel line like a lot of models you see. The current vogue of making models look like Tammy Faye Bakker's makeup, to me, reflects people building models who haven't taken the time to study real aircraft, how they operate, and how they actually weather. They're doing "modern art" versions of historical artifacts instead of trying to replicate how the actual historical artifact actually looked in history. Sort of like the F4U version of Eduard Munch's "The Scream".

    Tammy_Faye_MSNBC.jpg

    120503_Exp_Scream-EX.jpg.CROP.rectangle3-large.jpg

    I'm not sure how you could make any aircraft as ugly as Tammy Faye short of dipping it in a vat of acid. I just may leave the gigantic eye lashes off mine.

    Excess weathering

    in Props

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    I've noticed some models of Navy aircraft have ,what seems to me, too much paint chipping. I may be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but would a Navy aircraft flying off a carrier have a lot of chipping on the prop and leading wing edge?

    I'm asking because I just bought a F4U 1 Tamiya kit and I'm doing a little advance planning on the paint scheme.

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