jochemp Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Good job mate, can't wait to see it finished. cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Five solid hours of masking: That amount of poster tack at least tripled the weight of the model. It was really tricky because I don't have good pictures from lots of angles, and I found the various kit/decal instructions for larger scales not to be very accurate. I had to guess in a few places. Painting will happen soon, but I will be doing many light coats of white so it still take a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helo 53 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 looking good . I also use poster tack (Blu-Tac) for my camouflage schemes and I know how time consuming it can be , so I definitly admire your efforts . John . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 It looks like the harrier is under attack by alien blobs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 It's going to take a little longer - I'm getting some paint cracking on the bottom where the white goes over the glossy Gunze Sangyo paint. I'll try some light sanding and repainting, but there's a crazy amount of detail there and it won't be easy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 It's going to take a little longer - I'm getting some paint cracking on the bottom where the white goes over the glossy Gunze Sangyo paint. I'll try some light sanding and repainting, but there's a crazy amount of detail there and it won't be easy. Bummer I love the painting step when it goes right, but when it goes wrong that is a real mood killer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 I finally took off the mask and it looks like I have some places I need to touch up. I guess the extended time I kept the poster tack on the craft allowed some of it to lift a little. I'll invert the poster tack and paint the top grey color on the trouble areas. The paint looks nice except in the places it was cracking on the bottom which are now a little thick. -- The main painting of the Marine Harrier is done. I made the rudder white so I could put on a colored decal printed on an inkjet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Spejic, I have been following this thread and have enjoyed your work so far as it is coming along just beautifully. I am waiting with baited breath now for the end as this is turning out to be quite an impressive looking Snow Falcon.... WOW !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kingoalie Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Those are coming along nicely. What brand of poster tack do you use? I ran out of my good stuff (no idea what brand it was). John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Those are coming along nicely. What brand of poster tack do you use? I ran out of my good stuff (no idea what brand it was). I use HandiTAK, which is made by the company that makes Super Glue. I never had problems with it before, and this did stay on the model for about a month so I assume any problems this time were on my end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helo 53 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Here in Australia the popular brand of poster tack is made by Bostik called Blu-Tack This past week I masked for a Camouflage AC-119K Stinger Gunship I realize it's not alway's easy to find the time to finish painting a project soon after you start , I think my poster tack was on for about a week It's the canopy masks that I have issue's with all the time ; I alway's seem to end up with masking tape residue in the clear parts by the time I get to removing the tamiya tape . It's a real let down after all the work I put in on the camouflage masking and painting . I just hope the Stinger and B-57G come out okay ! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kingoalie Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Spejic, Thanks, I'll have to pick some of that up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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