mingwin Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 These silver painte Nieuports really look swift! Good job on this one as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 thank you Sebastijan, i appreciate your comments (compliments) hope you have had a good time while looking at those Nieuports threads.(still one "active") and i agree that those "aluminium dope" Nieuports looks nice...even nicer "in person" ...cos i have a hard time taking photos, optimal light conditions to get close-up of a silver colored subject is hard to achieve with my (rather low-cost) camera... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Mingwin, I just noticed the Really Nice job you did on the cowling. That's a very metallic looking effect. Is that Alclad on a gloss black primer or something different? Is there a clear coat? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) well... to be exact, yes, it's Alclad polished aluminium over a gloss black base (tamiya X-1 enamel) ...to be more precise... i have had to do some repair job after i drop CA glue on it, but since i at that point it was no option for me to stripe down the whole cowl (as it was already glued on place then), i did some sanding (till smooth enough) then, i put 2 or 3 light coat of alclad gloss klear (at least 1 all over the cowl) to "smoothen everything equal, then, i did some little touch ups of alclad polished aluminium (slowly and carefully), just to make things looks "right" ...the end result, for a repair job, is very satisfying. it is bright aluminium, but not "mirror"like...(that was not my intention, anyway) ...and no clear coat over! (to make it contrast a little with the aluminium dope color of the model, that is clear coated) Edited September 25, 2014 by mingwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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