Jack12477
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Thanks Craig. I guess I need to lay in a larger supply/assortment of Model Air to the Model Color stash. Do you add any of their Flow Improver to the mix ? If so how much? Their bottle label says 1-2 drop for every 10 drops of paint !?!?!? -
Update : it now has wheels and a driver. Instructions say to attach his right arm after the shell is attached, so I guess one door must remain off until then Continuing on with the air brushing of the camo pattern I repeatedly hit snags. First the color cup kept falling off spilling paint everywhere. Then the airbrush kept clogging after a few minutes of spraying. Here's the 1st attempt results ⁹ For the main coat (green) I used a ratio of 1 part paint to 1 part thinner, adding for every 10 drops of paint 1 drop of flow improver. No clogging problems. For the tan camo coat I repeated the ratio and clogged the airbrush. This is my setup Badger 200 and 200NH Brush, small compressor at 40 psi (20 psi wouldn’t move any paint), Badger color cup. I tried the Model Air with no better results. 😌 BTW this is the same setup I used when I was using Floquil brand. And YES I did strip down and clean all parts of the airbrush BEFORE I started. So what am I missing? Craig @CDW , EG @Egilman ? Anybody using Vallejo paints in an airbrush your advice is needed ! What's the magic formula for Vallejo acrylics? Thanks !
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Excellent! Well done! Nice looking model!
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This is the camo scheme called out in the instructions
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I decided to put a coat of paint on the body of the vehicle. First I used Tamiya masking tape to attach all the doors, taping them from the inside, also taped over the opening for future windows since the interior was already paint. This is my first attempt at airbrushing Vallejo Model Color paints and I can see where I need to do a lot of experimenting with mixture ratios. At first I tried using my Paasch VL airbrush with color cup, didn’twant to work very well. So I dropped back to my old reliable Badger 200 from my days of using Floquil. 🙃 Worked pretty good with same color cup. Here's the results. The color guide calls for Tamiya red brown as the camo color, but I'm not sure I like that look.
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Great retort Chris ! Great looking model also.
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Small update : After 2 primer coats on the figure, first black, then white over black, I hand brushed two coats of his uniform green and two coats of flat flesh. Still more too do on the figure, his uniform is camo, like paint splatter. 🤔 ⁹ painted interior of cab green gray. Still trying figure out how I want to approach painting exterior. chassis assembled with seats and undercarriage Stay tuned for the next installment of the One-Eyed Jack painting 😁😁 [the camera sees detail better than I do with magnification]
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Well, saw my eye surgeon this morning. Good news/Bad news: Good news is my left eye has healed well enough that he can now do the right eye, scheduled for next Monday, 10th. Bad news is my near vision, i.e from nose to arms length, will be shot. Will have to wait for both eyes to heal before he can prescribe new glasses for reading. But they did give me a pair of those OTC "cheaters" (2.50) which may work. 🤔 Meanwhile, I will continue to plod along as best I can.
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I'm in !
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
Jack12477 replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The only two F4's I built are still flying over my workshop, one Navy, one Air Force. And in dire need of a scrub down 😫 . Don't remember who made the kits, most likely Revell/Monogram given their age.
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At the moment I am attempting to learn how to use a wet pallette, paint the driver figure after I first applied black primer, the oversprayed that with white primer holding it so the the airbrush was shooting downward over his head. Next step is to apply a glaze coat using the wet pallette to hold/mix the paint. This is all new technique for me. Very slow going too. 😴
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It my case it was held in my fingers. 😠
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No ! But taking a page from contemporary events, I think I will make this a telepathically steered vehicle. The driver has to "think about" where he wants the vehicle to go and it will automatically steer in that direction. 😎👹
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Well, Mr Murphy paid a visit to the workshop yesterday. While trying to install the steering wheel it decided to bling thru the space time continuum into another dimension. Three of us crawled around the cement cellar floor with bright LED flashlights and couldn't find the little sucker. So this will be the 1st MRAP with joystick steering. 😁😉😊🤫
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Was that a "comparative anatomy" course ?
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MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Thanks ! The photos are really good, lighting is great. Nice detail. -
MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Verizon lost all of their landline service in 3 counties up here last night into today. And no storms here. -
MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
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That's okay. You guys got hammered pretty bad down there. No hurry! Take care of family and friends first. -
MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Craig, I'm curious about your photography setup, could you show us an overall photo of your setup. Any special lighting or backdrop ? I'm always looking for ideas to improve my own. Thanks. -
MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
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Oh I don't know about that, Lou. Back in '63/'64 I attended a George Shearing concert at Notre Dame. He came on stage with two drop-dead gorgeous blondes on each arm, each wearing an ankle length Satin gown, one in Black, other in White. His famous Black and White Satin album had just been released. When he reached the piano, he picked up the album cover, showed it to the audience (the two models who accompanied him onstage were on the cover) and asked "How do you like my new album cover? I personally picked the models after interviewing them in Braille !" Needless to say the concert was fabulous, one of the greatest Jazz pianist!
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I've had this kit in my stash for quite a while. Decided to dig it out and work on it while I wile away time waiting for my left eye to heal from cataract surgery. It had the worst cataract, also worst myopia and astigmatism, so it was done first. Right eye dominates so it's been compensating even tho it has a cataract also. I hadn't planned on a build log so I never took all the opening photos. This is a very nicely done kit. It comes with a die-cast metal chassis which adds a bit of weight to the model. I'm brush painting it with Vallejo paints for now. I may finish it by airbrushing in end, all depends on what my doctor says. Okay! The box art and contents: Since I had already started I don't have a lot of photos. Below is the progress to-date: The nicks and dings in the paint will get retouched in due course.
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
Jack12477 replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Tell me about it ! My Fort Dix Army boot camp barracks (reopened WWII barracks) was right next to and parallel to one of McGuire's departure runways. The entire barracks shook when they decided to launch fighters before the sun rose. Talk about reveille at 4 AM. I'M AWAKE! BUT I'M DEAF ! -
Very nicely done. 👌
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